Engineering News reports that the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), together with the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN's) School of Medicine, is conducting a survey into how Covid-19 is impacting health-care workers.
Health workers are on the frontlines of the global fight against Covid-19 and across the world including SA, they have been infected by the virus. The researchers want to understand how the virus is affecting SA health workers – both physically and emotionally. The survey is being conducted on an online platform. It includes expanded professional designations – nurses, medical practitioners, medical students, support staff as well as allied healthcare workers. Among other issues, it is looking at whether health-care workers received training on dealing with Covid-19. It will also look at the use and access to personal protective equipment in the workplace; perceptions of risk in the workplace; concerns in relation to Covid-19; and the health and psychosocial wellbeing of the respondent. To participate in the study, health workers can click on the following link: www.hsrc.ac.za/heroes.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at Engineering News
- Read too, Survey launched to find out Covid-19's effect on health workers, at TimesLIVE
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