Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
August 31, 2020
I Don’t Want to Go Back: Examining the Return to Physical Workspaces During COVID-19
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Mental Health and Personal Impact
Keywords (Tags): mental health personal impact
- A survey of people working in the energy sector in the US (n=333) suggested that women, people of color, people living in multi-generational households, and people with childcare concerns were less willing to return to work in person during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic than others. One-fifth of workers surveyed preferred unpaid time off over returning, and a small percentage (5%) indicated that they would quit if forced to return in person. However, anticipated organizational provision of personal protective equipment for use on the job was positively associated with a willingness to return.
Liu et al. (Aug 26, 2020). I Don’t Want to Go Back: Examining the Return to Physical Workspaces During COVID-19. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32858556