The effect of losing your job or being exposed to reduced working hours, on workers’ Physical and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The study looks into gaps in the literature by exploring how changes in employment status and hours worked resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have affected people’s physical and mental health in the United States.

Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:
The article examines some associations between adverse changes in employment status and physical and mental health among US adults (aged 18 years or older) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The student is exposed to supporting and contradictory literature on the hypotheses investigated.

Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, Occupational Health and Safety practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

1. The variation and overlaps in some health effects on workers' health as a result of job losses and/or reduced working hours.

2. The need for and value of scientifically based factual data in understanding the after-effects of the stringent COVID-19 measurements workers were exposed to.
   

Instructions for this Module

• Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
• You have three attempts to pass the quiz;
• The pass grade is 70%;
• You need to pass the quiz to claim your CPD certificate;
• Please click on the CPD certificate link below to claim your CPD certificate and to update your CPD Manager.

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