COVID-19 and Challenging Working Environments: Experiences of Black Sub-Saharan African (BSSA) Front-Line Health Care Professionals Amid of COVID-19 Pandemic in the English Midlands Region.

IF 3.2 3区 医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-17 DOI:10.1007/s40615-023-01906-w
Nyashanu Mathew, Pfende Farai, Mandu Stephen Ekpenyong
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Purpose: The impact of COVID-19 is challenging for many health and social care workers. The impact has been more felt by all ethnic groups, but during the course of its tenure, it has become more apparent that the black community has been affected more than others. They have been reported to suffer more fatalities from the pandemic compared to their white counterparts. Blacks are reported to make a significant percentage of health care workers. They are sometimes undervalued, lowly paid, with many on insecure contracts and experiencing professional inequality. This study sought to explore the challenges experienced by Black Sub-Saharan African (BSSA) front-line workers in health care during COVID-19 pandemic.

Methodology: The study utilised an explorative qualitative approach (EQA). Forty research participants were recruited for the study. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data through online platforms which included Zoom, WhatsApp and Teams. A thematic approach was used to analyse data.

Results: Following data analysis, the research found that the research participants experienced undermining of expertise, lack of appreciation and unfair allocation of tasks and were overlooked for promotion and perceived as carriers of COVID-19.

Conclusion: This group was over-represented in agency and self-employed roles. There is need for a strong government commitment to prevent discrimination through enacting a comprehensive legislation to support tackling the problem. Race equality training awareness needs to be rolled out into healthcare organisations and empower managers to deal with equality issues at work.

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COVID-19 和充满挑战的工作环境:英国中部地区 COVID-19 大流行时撒哈拉以南非洲黑人 (BSSA) 一线医护人员的经历。
目的:COVID-19 的影响对许多医疗和社会护理工作者来说都具有挑战性。所有种族群体都感受到了这一影响,但在流行期间,黑人群体受到的影响比其他群体更为明显。据报道,与白人相比,他们因这一流行病而死亡的人数更多。据报道,黑人在医护人员中占很大比例。他们的价值有时被低估,工资很低,许多人的合同没有保障,并遭遇职业不平等。本研究旨在探讨撒哈拉以南非洲黑人(BSSA)一线医护人员在 COVID-19 大流行期间所经历的挑战:研究采用探索性定性方法(EQA)。研究招募了 40 名研究参与者。通过 Zoom、WhatsApp 和 Teams 等在线平台,采用半结构式访谈收集数据。研究采用主题方法对数据进行分析:经过数据分析,研究发现研究参与者经历了专业知识被削弱、缺乏赞赏、任务分配不公平、晋升被忽视以及被视为 COVID-19 的携带者等问题:结论:这一群体在机构和自营职业中的比例过高。政府需要做出强有力的承诺,通过制定全面的法律来支持解决这一问题,从而防止歧视。需要在医疗机构中推广种族平等培训意识,使管理人员有能力处理工作中的平等问题。
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期刊介绍: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities reports on the scholarly progress of work to understand, address, and ultimately eliminate health disparities based on race and ethnicity. Efforts to explore underlying causes of health disparities and to describe interventions that have been undertaken to address racial and ethnic health disparities are featured. Promising studies that are ongoing or studies that have longer term data are welcome, as are studies that serve as lessons for best practices in eliminating health disparities. Original research, systematic reviews, and commentaries presenting the state-of-the-art thinking on problems centered on health disparities will be considered for publication. We particularly encourage review articles that generate innovative and testable ideas, and constructive discussions and/or critiques of health disparities.Because the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities receives a large number of submissions, about 30% of submissions to the Journal are sent out for full peer review.
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