Precarious work among personal support workers in the Greater Toronto Area: a respondent-driven sampling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the role of personal support workers (PSWs) in health care, as well as their work conditions. Our study aimed to understand the characteristics of the PSW workforce, their work conditions and their job security, as well as to explore the health of PSWs and the impact of precarious employment on their health.

Methods

Our community-based participatory action research focused on PSWs in the Greater Toronto Area. We administered an online, cross-sectional survey between June and December 2020 using respondent-driven sampling. Data on sociodemographics, employment precarity, worker empowerment and health status were collected. We assessed the association between precarious employment and health using multivariable logistic regressi

SUBMITTER: Pinto AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343122 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature