scholarly journals COVID-19: A perspective of a frontline worker

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 102783
Author(s):  
Emy Cowlan
Keyword(s):  
Frontline Worker

scholarly journals Fear of COVID-19 and COVID-19 Stress and Association with Sociodemographic and Psychological Process Factors in Cases under Surveillance in a Frontline Worker Population in Borneo

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 7210
Author(s):  
Nicholas Tze Ping Pang ◽  
Gracyvinea Nold Imon ◽  
Elisa Johoniki ◽  
Mohd Amiruddin Mohd Kassim ◽  
Azizan Omar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Psychological Flexibility ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Psychological Process ◽  
Process Variables ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Epidemiological Risk ◽  
Frontline Worker ◽  
Process Factors

COVID-19 stress and fear of COVID-19 is an increasingly researched construct in the general population. However, its prevalence and association with sociodemographic factors and psychological process variables has not been explored in frontline workers under surveillance in a Bornean population. This study was a cross-sectional study using a sociodemographic questionnaire incorporating two specific epidemiological risk variables, namely specific questions about COVID-19 surveillance status (persons under investigation (PUI), persons under surveillance (PUS), and positive cases) and the nature of frontline worker status. Furthermore, five other instruments were used, with three measuring psychopathology (namely depression, anxiety and stress, fear of COVID-19, and stress due to COVID-19) and two psychological process variables (namely psychological flexibility and mindfulness). Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney tests were performed to assess if there were significant differences in psychopathology and psychological process variables between sociodemographic and epidemiological risk variables. Hierarchical multiple regression was further performed, with depression, anxiety, and stress as dependent variables. There were significant differences in the fear of COVID-19 between positive cases, PUI, and PUS. The fear of COVID-19 scores were higher in positive cases compared to in PUS and PUI groups. Upon hierarchical multiple regression, mindfulness and psychological flexibility were significant predictors of depression, anxiety, and stress after controlling for sociodemographic and epidemiological risk factors. This study demonstrates that exposure to COVID-19 as persons under investigation or surveillance significantly increases the fear of COVID-19, and brief psychological interventions that can positively influence mindfulness and psychological flexibility should be prioritized for these at-risk groups to prevent undue psychological morbidity in the long run.

Managerial Strategies to Influence Frontline Worker Understanding of Performance Measures in Nonprofit Child Welfare Agencies

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1166-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Perez Jolles ◽  
Crystal Collins-Camargo ◽  
Bowen McBeath ◽  
Alicia C. Bunger ◽  
Emmeline Chuang
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Child Welfare Agencies ◽  
Managerial Strategies ◽  
Frontline Worker ◽  
Welfare Agencies

scholarly journals In Conversation with a Frontline Worker in a Care Home in Sweden during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-500
Author(s):  
Zarina N. Kabir ◽  
Anne-Marie Boström ◽  
Hanne Konradsen
Keyword(s):  
Care Home ◽  
Frontline Worker

scholarly journals Development and psychometric testing of the FLW-MSC scale for measuring frontline worker multisectoral collaboration in rural India

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. e037800
Author(s):  
Douglas Glandon ◽  
Jeannie-Marie Leoutsakos ◽  
Shivam Gupta ◽  
Jill Marsteller ◽  
Ligia Paina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Mean Squared Error ◽  
Psychometric Testing ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Factor Analysis Model ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
Frontline Worker

ObjectivesMultisectoral collaboration (MSC) is widely recognised as a critical aspect of policies, programmes and interventions addressing complex public health issues, yet it is undertheorised and difficult to measure. Limited understanding of the intermediate steps linking MSC formation to intended health outcomes leaves a substantial knowledge gap about the types of strategies that may be most effective in making such collaborations successful. This paper, which reports the quantitative strand of a broader mixed-methods study, takes a step toward filling in this ‘missing middle’ of MSC evaluation by developing and testing the FLW-MSC scale, an instrument to assess collaboration among the frontline workers of one of India’s largest and most widely known MSCs: the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme.DesignThis study involved development, field-testing and psychometric testing of an 18-item, Likert-type frontline worker collaboration scale, including internal consistency, construct validity and criterion validity.SettingVillage-level primary healthcare in rural Uttar Pradesh, India.Participants281 anganwadi workers, 266 accredited social health activists and 124 auxiliary nurse midwives selected based on random sampling of anganwadi catchment areas from 346 gram panchayats (GPs), including 173 intervention GPs and 173 pair-matched control GPs from a parent evaluation study.ResultsResults support the scale’s internal consistency (ordinal α=0.92–0.95), construct validity (reasonable exploratory factor analysis model fit for five of the six dyadic relationships Tucker-Lewis Index=0.84–0.88; Root Mean Squared Error of Approximation=0.09–0.11), and criterion validity (regression of collaboration score on an information-sharing indicator β=3.528; p=0.006).ConclusionsThe scale may be useful for ICDS managers to detect and address poor collaboration as the Indian government redoubles its efforts to strengthen and monitor MSC, or ‘convergence’, with important implications for the critical priority of child development. Further, the FLW-MSC scale may be adapted for measuring frontline worker collaboration across sectors in many other scenarios and low/middle-income country contexts.

The psychological wellbeing of frontline workers in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: First and second wave findings from the COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Murphy ◽  
Eric Spikol ◽  
Orla McBride ◽  
Mark Shevlin ◽  
Kate Mary Bennett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Frontline Workers ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Prevalence Estimates ◽  
Frontline Worker ◽  
Research Consortium

Background: Extant research relating to the psychological impact of infectious respiratory disease epidemics/pandemics suggests that frontline workers are particularly vulnerable.Methods: The current study used data from the first two waves of the United Kingdom (UK) survey of the COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study to compare frontline workers with the rest of the UK population on prevalence estimates of depression, anxiety, and PTSD during the first week of ‘lockdown’ (Wave 1) and one month later (Wave 2).Results: Compared to the rest of the population, frontline workers generally, and individual frontline worker groups, had significantly higher prevalence estimates of depression, anxiety, and PTSD during both wave 1 and wave 2. While prevalence estimates of depression significantly increased among Local & National Government Workers from Wave 1 (15.4%) to Wave 2 (38.5%), no significant improvement or deterioration in mental health status was recorded for any other frontline worker group. Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis showed that, beyond other risk factors, food workers were nearly twice as likely as others to screen positive for anxiety, while all frontline worker groups, other than transport workers, were significantly more likely to screen positive for PTSD (Odds Ratios ranged from 1.74 – 3.43). Finally, while frontline workers, generally, were significantly more likely than the general public to have received mental health advice during the pandemic (26.9% versus 20.3% respectively), this was largely reflective of health and social care workers (37.9%).Conclusions: These findings offer timely and valuable information on the psychological health status of UK’s frontline workforce during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and may aid in preparations for their future psychological and mental health support.

Causes of Caregiver Turnover and the Potential Effectiveness of Wage Subsidies for Solving the Long-Term Care Workforce 'Crisis'

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth T Powers ◽  
Nicholas J Powers
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Data ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Worker Compensation ◽  
Private Providers ◽  
Worker Turnover ◽  
Profit Status ◽  
Frontline Worker

Abstract Detailed data on private providers of long-term community-based residential services for persons with developmental disabilities permit investigation of the causes of frontline worker turnover. The endogeneity of turnover with compensation variables is accounted for in the estimation using instrumental variables. Turnover is determined by resident characteristics, frontline-worker compensation, and establishment characteristics. The share of higher-need residents and agency size predict higher turnover, while compensation and non-profit status are associated with lower turnover. Our findings indicate that public policies to reduce turnover through compensation subsidization can be effective. Our preferred estimates suggest an approximate one-quarter increase in total compensation would cut turnover by one-third.

Implementing Frontline Worker–Led Quality Improvement in Nursing Homes: Getting to “How”

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (9) ◽  
pp. 526-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liane Ginsburg ◽  
Adam Easterbrook ◽  
Whitney Berta ◽  
Peter Norton ◽  
Malcolm Doupe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Frontline Worker

scholarly journals ‘Off My Own Back’: Precarity on the Frontlines of Care Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 877-887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Baines ◽  
Paul Kent ◽  
Sally Kent
Keyword(s):  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Insurance Scheme ◽  
Profound Change ◽  
Disability History ◽  
Cultural Shock ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Frontline Worker ◽  
Care Worker

Hailed by some as representing the ‘most profound change in Australian disability history’, care work in the disability sector under the new National Disability Insurance Scheme is described by one frontline worker as ‘a massive swing towards a casual workforce and a massive cultural shock’. This firsthand account draws on 13 pages of unsolicited hand-written notes from a long-time, frontline care worker and his wife, as well as an in-depth interview and subsequent telephone and email conversations. The article gives voice to the experience of the frontline as disability workers grapple with almost complete casualization of their work, as the state retreats from its role in regulating employment and protecting workers in favour of the marketization of services and the advancing of the human rights of people with disabilities.

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