Psychological impact of mandatory COVID-19 quarantine on small business owners and self-employed in China
Curr Psychol. 2021 Jun 17:1-13. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01983-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA massive home-quarantine took place in China due to the novel coronavirus in the end of 2019. The purpose of the present study was to explore the potential mental health impact of this forced quarantine and widespread shutdown among small business owners and the self-employed. A semi-structured interview was employed among 14 participants from three different cities in China. Grounded Theory was employed to analyze the data using Nvivo11 plus. Based on a qualitative analysis, 9 categories of responses emerged to describe the exp...
Source: Current Psychology - June 22, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wei Wang Wenjing Huang Xiaoxue Liu Dwight A Hennessy Source Type: research
Psychological impact of mandatory COVID-19 quarantine on small business owners and self-employed in China
Curr Psychol. 2021 Jun 17:1-13. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01983-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA massive home-quarantine took place in China due to the novel coronavirus in the end of 2019. The purpose of the present study was to explore the potential mental health impact of this forced quarantine and widespread shutdown among small business owners and the self-employed. A semi-structured interview was employed among 14 participants from three different cities in China. Grounded Theory was employed to analyze the data using Nvivo11 plus. Based on a qualitative analysis, 9 categories of responses emerged to describe the exp...
Source: Current Psychology - June 22, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wei Wang Wenjing Huang Xiaoxue Liu Dwight A Hennessy Source Type: research
Small Businesses, Criminal Histories, and the Paycheck Protection Program
The Paycheck Protection Program—signed into law as part of the CARES Act in March 2020—provided money for payroll, rent, mortgage, and utilities to small businesses. But companies owned by individuals with criminal backgrounds were ineligible to receive funds. Some of the restrictions were later relaxed, but how many business owners and employees were affected? (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - June 21, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Shawn D. Bushway; Dulani Woods; Denis Agniel; David M. Adamson Source Type: research
Profiles of total worker health ® in United States small businesses
The Total Worker Health ® (TWH) approach is a best practice method to protect and promote worker safety, health, and well-being. Central to this approach is leadership support and health and safety climates tha... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - May 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Natalie V. Schwatka, Miranda Dally, Erin Shore, Lynn Dexter, Liliana Tenney, Carol E. Brown and Lee S. Newman Tags: Research Source Type: research
Correction to: Proposing a social ecological approach to address disparities in occupational exposures and health for low-wage and minority workers employed in small businesses
Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, Published online: 10 May 2021; doi:10.1038/s41370-021-00338-0Correction to: Proposing a social ecological approach to address disparities in occupational exposures and health for low-wage and minority workers employed in small businesses (Source: Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology)
Source: Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology - May 10, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Maia Ingram Ann Marie A. Wolf Nicolas I. L ópez-Gálvez Stephanie C. Griffin Paloma I. Beamer Source Type: research
Family physician perspectives on primary care reform priorities: a cross-sectional survey
CMAJ Open. 2021 May 6;9(2):E466-E473. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200102. Print 2021 Apr-Jun.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The province of British Columbia is facing a family physician shortage despite consistent increases in the number of physicians per capita and ongoing reforms to address the shortage. We identify physicians' priorities for structural reform, describe the alignment of those priorities with BC's suite of reforms and compare responses between established physicians and those new to practice; we also assessed rates of burnout.METHODS: All family physicians credentialed within Vancouver Coastal Health in 2018 were invited t...
Source: cmaj - May 7, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lindsay Hedden Setareh Banihosseini Nardia Strydom Rita McCracken Source Type: research
Family physician perspectives on primary care reform priorities: a cross-sectional survey
CMAJ Open. 2021 May 6;9(2):E466-E473. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200102. Print 2021 Apr-Jun.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The province of British Columbia is facing a family physician shortage despite consistent increases in the number of physicians per capita and ongoing reforms to address the shortage. We identify physicians' priorities for structural reform, describe the alignment of those priorities with BC's suite of reforms and compare responses between established physicians and those new to practice; we also assessed rates of burnout.METHODS: All family physicians credentialed within Vancouver Coastal Health in 2018 were invited t...
Source: cmaj - May 7, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lindsay Hedden Setareh Banihosseini Nardia Strydom Rita McCracken Source Type: research
Family physician perspectives on primary care reform priorities: a cross-sectional survey
CMAJ Open. 2021 May 6;9(2):E466-E473. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200102. Print 2021 Apr-Jun.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The province of British Columbia is facing a family physician shortage despite consistent increases in the number of physicians per capita and ongoing reforms to address the shortage. We identify physicians' priorities for structural reform, describe the alignment of those priorities with BC's suite of reforms and compare responses between established physicians and those new to practice; we also assessed rates of burnout.METHODS: All family physicians credentialed within Vancouver Coastal Health in 2018 were invited t...
Source: cmaj - May 7, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lindsay Hedden Setareh Banihosseini Nardia Strydom Rita McCracken Source Type: research
Family physician perspectives on primary care reform priorities: a cross-sectional survey
CMAJ Open. 2021 May 6;9(2):E466-E473. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200102. Print 2021 Apr-Jun.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The province of British Columbia is facing a family physician shortage despite consistent increases in the number of physicians per capita and ongoing reforms to address the shortage. We identify physicians' priorities for structural reform, describe the alignment of those priorities with BC's suite of reforms and compare responses between established physicians and those new to practice; we also assessed rates of burnout.METHODS: All family physicians credentialed within Vancouver Coastal Health in 2018 were invited t...
Source: cmaj - May 7, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lindsay Hedden Setareh Banihosseini Nardia Strydom Rita McCracken Source Type: research
Balanced psychological contracts in the small business: The five factor model at work
Publication date: August 2021Source: Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 178Author(s): Filotheos Ntalianis, Linda Dyer (Source: Personality and Individual Differences)
Source: Personality and Individual Differences - March 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Proposing a social ecological approach to address disparities in occupational exposures and health for low-wage and minority workers employed in small businesses
Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, Published online: 27 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41370-021-00317-5Proposing a social ecological approach to address disparities in occupational exposures and health for low-wage and minority workers employed in small businesses (Source: Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology)
Source: Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology - March 27, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Maia Ingram Ann Marie A. Wolf Nicolas I. L ópez-Gálvez Stephanie C. Griffin Paloma I. Beamer Source Type: research
Blended recovery and burnout coaching for small-business copreneurs.
The purpose of this article is to present and evaluate a blended couple coaching for small-business owners and their spouses (copreneurs) to help them psychologically detach from work, which is a particularly powerful recovery experience, and ameliorate emotional exhaustion, which is the core dimension of burnout. Blended couple coaching was chosen because of the high workload of small-business owners, the frequent involvement of their spouses in their entrepreneurial venture, and the influence of spouses on behavior change, recovery, and well-being. The coaching was based on the neuroscientific Zurich Resource Model (ZRM)...
Source: Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research - March 25, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Covid-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries, who carries the burden? Review of mass media and publications from six countries
Pathog Glob Health. 2021 Mar 4:1-10. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2021.1878446. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, rich countries employed lockdown and physical distancing policies for transmission control. However, the question still remains whether these measures are also suitable in countries with a fragile economy, which rests mainly on the informal sector. The impacts of lockdown measures in disadvantaged population strata in six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) were reviewed using i) 93 media reports and ii) 17 published scientific papers. This review showed that those who suffered the most ...
Source: Pathogens and Global Health - March 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Dhia Joseph Chackalackal Ahmed Asa'Ad Al-Aghbari Su Yeon Jang Tatiana Rivera Ramirez Jose Vincent Anand Joshi Megha Raj Banjara Peter Asaga Rocio Cardenas Sanchez Maria Angelica Carrillo Juan Manuel Villa Sonia Diaz Monsalve Axel Kroeger Source Type: research
