Healthcare workers' experiences protecting themselves and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021.

ABSTRACT: We characterized experiences and strategies used by frontline healthcare workers to prevent severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-related coronavirus transmission at work and to household members during the coronavirus disease pandemic. Alongside an online questionnaire (n = 234), remote semi-structured interviews (n = 23: 15 clinicians, 8 non-clinicians) were conducted in 2021. Mitigation challenges and facilitators were identified from data to represent experiences as a process considering the before, during, and after work shifts. Journey mapping was utilized to visually describe how healthcare workers experienced the stages of the work environment, leaving work, commuting home, and the home environment, and strategies implemented to stay safe. Major facilitators included the uptake of coro

SUBMITTER: Ceballos DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11586277 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature