COVID-19’s impact on neglected pharmaceutical staff: wake-up call for needed research

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Jehanita Jesuthasan¹  Steven Guan²  Marsha Alter³  Shivali Lakhani³  Dasha Nicholls⁴  Richard Antony Powell⁵ 

[1] Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, England;Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ, London, England;Middlesex Pharmaceutical Group, London, England;NIHR ARC Northwest London, London, England;Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, England;NIHR ARC Northwest London, London, England;Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ, London, England;Ethnicity and Health Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, England;

关键词: COVID-19;    Community pharmacy;    Mental health;    Pandemic;    Pharmacists;    Professional roles;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40545-021-00376-x

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Discussion of the necessity of the compulsory vaccination of UK patient-facing care workers as an employment conditionality has deflected from the initial and ongoing impact of Coronavirus disease on relatively neglected occupational groups themselves, including community pharmacists. This commentary highlights the relative lack of research investigating the mental health and wellbeing impact of the pandemic on this occupational group in England and urges further study of their needs and experiences to inform evidence-based supportive psychological interventions.

【 授权许可】

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