'We weren't checked in on, nobody spoke to us': an exploratory qualitative analysis of two focus groups on the concerns of ethnic minority NHS staff during COVID-19.

Autor:	Jesuthasan J; Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, UK., Powell RA; Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London School of Public Health, London, UK., Burmester V; Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, UK., Nicholls D; Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, UK d.nicholls@imperial.ac.uk.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	BMJ open [BMJ Open] 2021 Dec 31; Vol. 11 (12), pp. e053396. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 31.
DOI:	10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053396
Abstrakt:	Objective: To gain exploratory insights into the multifaceted, lived experience impact of COVID-19 on a small sample of ethnic minority healthcare staff to cocreate a module of questions for follow-up online surveys on the well-being of healthcare staff during the pandemic. Design: A cross-sectional design using two online focus groups among ethnic minority healthcare workers who worked in care or supportive roles in a hospital, community health or primary care setting for at least 12 months. Participants: Thirteen healthcare workers (11 female) aged 26-62 years from diverse ethnic minority backgrounds, 11 working in clinical roles. Results: Five primary thematic domains emerged: (1) viral vulnerability , centring around perceived individual risk and vulnerability perceptions; (2) risk assessment , comprising pressures to comply, perception of a tick-box exercise and issues with risk and resource stratification; (3) interpersonal relations in the workplace , highlighting deficient consultation of ethnic minority staff, cultural insensitivity, need for support and collegiate judgement; (4) lived experience of racial inequality , consisting of job insecurity and the exacerbation of systemic racism and its emotional burden; (5) community attitudes , including public prejudice and judgement, and patient appreciation. Conclusions: Our novel study has shown ethnic minority National Health Service (NHS) staff have experienced COVID-19 in a complex, multidimensional manner. Future research with a larger sample should further examine the complexity of these experiences and should enumerate the extent to which these varied thematic experiences are shared among ethnic minority NHS workers so that more empathetic and supportive management and related occupational practices can be instituted. Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared. (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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