Personal Protective Equipment Portraits Canada (PPC)-Humanization and surveying mask-wearing nationally.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Portraits is a hybridized art and medical intervention that lessens the alienating appearance of PPE through wearable, smiling headshot pictures. During the pandemic, the use of these portraits was expanded, but Canadian initiatives offered portraits only to immediate stakeholders. PPE Portraits Canada (PPC) aimed to provide PPE portraits to any Canadian healthcare institution and surveyed healthcare workers (HCW) regarding these portraits' impact.

Methods

University student volunteers founded PPC via online platforms and coast-to-coast collaborations that allowed any HCW nationwide to request a free portrait via an accessible online form. PPC has gathered feedback from participating HCWs directly via an anonymous and bilingual

SUBMITTER: Rendon L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10889603 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature