长期COVID流行,残疾和住宿:跨人口群体的分析
Jennifer Cohen1,2, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers3
1Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA.
Journal of occupational rehabilitation
|February 23, 2024
概括
长期COVID不成比例地影响女性,西班牙裔个人和没有大学学位的人. 残疾人不太可能远程工作,这凸显了对工作场所适应性的需求.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- 长期COVID (SARS-CoV-2感染的急性后续) 带来了各种健康挑战.
- 了解它在人口统计学中的普遍性对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
- 长期COVID对劳动力参与和远程工作安排的影响需要调查.
研究的目的:
- 确定美国不同人口群体中长期COVID和相关活动限制的流行率.
- 评估长期COVID相关损伤的员工中远程工作参与程度.
- 为了识别长期COVID的残疾人远程工作机会的差异.
主要方法:
- 利用美国家庭脉调查来识别自我报告长期COVID和活动限制的个人.
- 使用美国当前人口调查对远程工作可能性的回归分析.
- 与残疾和无残疾工人之间的远程工作率的比较.
主要成果:
- 在女性,西班牙裔个人,性和性别少数群体,没有四年制大学学位的人以及具有先前残疾的人群中观察到较高的长期COVID和活动限制的流行率.
- 远程工作虽然对活动限制有好处,但在残疾人中不太常见.
- 残疾状况与流行病相关的远程工作有负面关联.
结论:
- 对于残疾人来说,远程工作机会的不平等来源于就业部门在非远程友好的角色中聚合在一起.
- 雇主应该采取适应措施,例如缩短工作日和灵活的时间表.
- 这些住宿对于招聘和留住受长期COVID影响的员工至关重要.
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