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Impact Of Mental Health And Financial Status Of Essential And Non-Essential Workers That Continued Working Outside The Home During The Spring 2020 Covid-19 Shutdown, Adrianne Deveira
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
Objective: A global pandemic caused businesses in the United States to shutdown based on essential vs. non-essential criteria. There has been a lot of research discussing the impact of the shutdown on healthcare frontline workers. Little is known about other essential and non-essential workers, that continued working outside the home during the shutdown. The purpose of this paper is to examine the financial and mental health issues encountered by essential and non-essential workers that continued working outside the home during the Spring 2020 shutdown.
Methods: Snowball sampling of an online survey that was available from May 8 – June 6, …