Long-lasting lockdown effects for community healthcare workers: AUT study

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Long-lasting lockdown effects for community healthcare workers: AUT study

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Monday 2 May 2022, 04:15 PM

Community-based workers were one of the last healthcare workforce groups to receive PPE during the first lockdown, according to a study by AUT researchers [Image: James B Grey on unsplash]

“I feel like a tap has been turned on and all the anxiety of my life is running nonstop” Community healthcare workers are experiencing long-lasti

Holroyd, E, Long, N.J, Appleton, NS, Davies, SG, Deckert, A, Fehoko, E, Laws, M, Martin-Anatias, N, Simpson, N, Sterling, R, Trnka, S, & Tunufa’i, L (2022). Community healthcare workers' experiences during and after COVID-19 lockdown: A qualitative study from Aotearoa New Zealand. Health & Social Care in the Community, 00, 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13720

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