In 2021, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Lincoln were commissionsed by the Prison Governors Association to evaluate the state of their members’ health and wellbeing, with this being particulary pertinent following the immense pressure experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on semi-structured interviews with 63 prison governors and senior managers, two…Continue Reading An exploration of the wellbeing of prison governors and senior managers in England, Wales and Scotland.
Category: Covid-19 Related Research
LISTEN and learn: the long and short of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to rapid realignment of research priorities towards the shortterm effects of Covid, the national response to the pandemic and long Covid. The Community and Health Research Unit (CaHRU) has been working with collaborators at the University of Lincoln and other institutions on a number of pandemic studies including a major…Continue Reading LISTEN and learn: the long and short of COVID-19
Ethnicity and risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection among the healthcare workforce: Results of a retrospective cohort study in rural United Kingdom
The reason why Black and South Asian healthcare workers are at a higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection remain unclear. We aimed to quantify the risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare staff who belong to the ethnic minority and elucidate pathways of infection. A one-year follow-up retrospective cohort study has been conducted among National Health Service…Continue Reading Ethnicity and risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection among the healthcare workforce: Results of a retrospective cohort study in rural United Kingdom
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and publicly accessible defibrillator use in the UK
Members of the public have an essential role to play in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) chain of survival by acting to call Emergency Medical Services (EMS), start cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use a Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) to help save lives.1., 2., 3., 4., 5. In recent years, there has been a rise in bystander CPR rates across many…Continue Reading Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and publicly accessible defibrillator use in the UK
Internet memes related to the COVID-19 pandemic as a potential coping mechanism for anxiety
This study examined whether significantly anxious individuals differed from non-anxious individuals in their perceptual ratings of internet memes related to the Covid-19 pandemic, whilst considering the mediating role of emotion regulation. Eighty individuals presenting clinically significant anxiety symptoms (indicating ≥ 15 on the GAD-7) and 80 non-anxious controls (indicating ≤ 4) rated the emotional valance, humour, relatability, shareability, and…Continue Reading Internet memes related to the COVID-19 pandemic as a potential coping mechanism for anxiety
Call volume, triage outcomes, and protocols during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: Results of a national survey
Objectives During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (UK), to describe volume and pattern of calls to emergency ambulance services, proportion of calls where an ambulance was dispatched, proportion conveyed to hospital, and features of triage used. Methods Semistructured electronic survey of all UK ambulance services (n = 13) and a request…Continue Reading Call volume, triage outcomes, and protocols during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: Results of a national survey
COVID 19: Suggestions to Universities, Supervisors and Line Managers from Doctoral and Early Career Researchers.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK in March 2020, universities closed their doors with uncertainty over when they would reopen. In the early stages of lockdown, many doctoral and Early Career Researchers (collectively, ECRs) felt their institutions had forgotten them. Vitae and the UKRI-funded Student Mental Health Research Network (SMaRteN) surveyed 5,900 ECRs across…Continue Reading COVID 19: Suggestions to Universities, Supervisors and Line Managers from Doctoral and Early Career Researchers.
COVID-19: Psychological flexibility, coping, mental health, and wellbeing in the UK during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly altered the daily lives of many people across the globe, both through the direct interpersonal cost of the disease, and the governmental restrictions imposed to mitigate its spread and impact. The UK has been particularly affected and has one of the highest mortality rates in Europe. In this paper, we…Continue Reading COVID-19: Psychological flexibility, coping, mental health, and wellbeing in the UK during the pandemic
Combining Our Virtual Isolation Discussions
In this presentation, Jamie, a PhD Student studying the pathways into teaching: exploring the preparation and retention of maths and science teachers, converses with his supervisor Rachael about their combined experiences of the virtual isolation over the past year. They discuss the challenges and benefits put upon them by the situation over the last year,…Continue Reading Combining Our Virtual Isolation Discussions