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    Covid-19 and essential workers: A narrative review of health outcomes and moral injury

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    Author
    Gaitens, J.
    Condon, M.
    Fernandes, E.
    McDiarmid, M.
    Date
    2021-02-04
    Journal
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    Publisher
    MDPI AG
    Type
    Article
    
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    https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041446
    Abstract
    The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a number of added obstacles to safe employment for already-challenged essential workers. Essential workers not employed in the health sector generally include racially diverse, low-wage workers whose jobs require close interaction with the public and/or close proximity to their coworkers, placing them at increased risk of infection. A narrative review facilitated the analyses of health outcome data in these workers and contributing factors to illness related to limited workplace protections and a lack of organizational support. Findings suggest that this already marginalized population may also be at increased risk of "moral injury" due to specific work-related factors, such as limited personal protective equipment (PPE) and the failure of the employer, as the safety and health "duty holder," to protect workers. Evidence suggests that ethical and, in some cases, legally required safety protections benefit not only the individual worker, but an employer's enterprise and the larger community which can retain access to resilient, essential services. Copyright 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
    Keyword
    COVID-19
    Essential workers
    Moral injury
    Worker protections
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10713/15229
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.3390/ijerph18041446
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