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Shared humanity, awareness of socio-economic privilege, and classism during the pandemic as predictors of supporting equal socio-economic policies
Curr Psychol. 2021 Apr 30:1-13. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01734-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe coronavirus pandemic has caused unemployment to skyrocket, exposed the longstanding inequalities in health care services and working conditions, and mainly affected the poor in different parts of the world. In the current study, we focus on social identity and social class-related factors that are critical during the pandemic to gain insights into what predicts support for policies favoring economic equality in the post-pandemic period. We argue that to the extent that individuals 1) identify with all humanity during the pand...
Source: Current Psychology - May 10, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Özden Melis Uluğ Nevin Solak Bet ül Kanık Source Type: research

Cape Cod Food Pantry Sees Increased Need Due To COVID-19
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Covid-19 Boston, MA Syndicated CBSN Boston Syndicated Local Bill Shields Coronavirus Harwich news Source Type: news

Impact of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on daily routines and air environment: evidence from Turkey
This study mainly investigates the impact of this pandemic on the daily routines of Turkish. It also unveils how COVID-19 affects the air environment. The adopted methods for data collection are based on open-ended questions and Facebook interviews as per recommended by QSR-International (2012). The sample of this study comprises of Turkish students as well as professional workers. The findings of the research show that there are eighteen different results of COVID-19 that have been identified according to the Turkish people ’s daily routines. Results reveal that increasing unemployment, decrease in air contamination, hi...
Source: Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health - September 21, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

COVID-19 Has Killed Nearly 200,000 Americans. How Many More Lives Will Be Lost Before the U.S. Gets It Right?
Forty-five days before the announcement of the first suspected case of what would become known as COVID-19, the Global Health Security Index was published. The project—led by the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security—assessed 195 countries on their perceived ability to handle a major disease outbreak. The U.S. ranked first. It’s clear the report was wildly overconfident in the U.S., failing to account for social ills that had accumulated in the country over the past few years, rendering it unprepared for what was about to hit. At some point in mid-September—perha...
Source: TIME: Health - September 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alex Fitzpatrick and Elijah Wolfson Tags: Uncategorized Cover Story COVID-19 feature Magazine Source Type: news

Across the World, Construction Workers are Caught Between Coronavirus Risk and Joblessness
Pakistani migrant workers on a construction site in Dubai. Credit: S. Irfan Ahmed/IPS By Jennifer HattamISTANBUL, Apr 30 2020 (IPS) A daily commute of two-and-a-half hours each way would take a toll on anyone, but for Özkan, a construction worker in Istanbul, the hardest part of his long journey is coping with his fears about what might happen after he gets home. “The conditions on our job site are deplorable, and I feel psychologically broken with worrying that I might infect other people, especially my wife or my 8-year-old son,” Özkan says. “We don’t have any way to disinfect ourselves on the site, so as soon ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jennifer Hattam Tags: Global Headlines Health Labour Source Type: news