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Homeworking experiences during lockdown

Debra HowcroftPhil Taylor By Debra Howcroft and Phil Taylor Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures Posted: December 13, 2021

Like millions of others, call centre workers were required to work from home at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this blog, Professor Debra Howcroft and Professor Phil Taylor examine the experiences of call centre staff and provide recommendations for improvement in the future. Managerial staff often directly and indirectly control call centre workers […]

Tagged With: #OnDigitalInequalities, AMBS, COVID-19, digital, Digital Divide, Health & Safety, Health & Social Care, WEI, wellbeing

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The economic impact of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities in Manchester

Arkadiusz Wiśniowski By Arkadiusz Wiśniowski Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Ethnicity, Growth and Inclusion Posted: November 16, 2021

Greater Manchester has seen some of the highest rates of COVID-19 and as a result has faced particularly stringent lockdown regulations. With Manchester being one of the most deprived local authorities in England, many neighbourhoods and communities were less resilient to the economic shock caused by the pandemic. In this blog, Dr Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, Senior […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, Greater Manchester, inequalities, Levelling Up, Racial Inequalities, wellbeing

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COVID-19 and access to healthcare services: lessons from patient organisations in Turkey

Headshot of Puren AtkasLiz Richardson By Puren Aktas and Liz Richardson Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: August 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a number of rapid changes to healthcare systems. Hospitals were transformed into pandemic-oriented hospitals, elective surgeries were cancelled, or postponed, and face-to-face consultations were moved to virtual platforms. Many countries experienced shortages of medical supplies, especially ICU beds and ventilators, resulting in rationing of limited healthcare resources. In this […]

Tagged With: care quality, COVID-19, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities

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LGBTIQ+ people in Brazil left to support themselves during COVID-19: vulnerabilities, coping strategies, and recommendations for more inclusive crisis policies

Picture of Luan CassalDr Billy Haworth By Luan Cassal and Billy Haworth Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care Posted: July 26, 2021

A version of this blog is available to read in Portuguese here. COVID-19 has brought huge change to society. However, the impacts have been different and disproportionate for different groups including LGBTIQ+ populations. As University of Manchester research has reported, there have been gaps in government and transnational responses in recognising and addressing those inequalities. […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, Health inequalities, inequalities, LGBTQ+, wellbeing

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The impact of COVID-19 on Rochdale’s Pakistani communities

Picture of Sophina Choudry By Sophina Choudry Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Social Care, Urban Posted: July 20, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light increased health risks among groups labelled Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME), exposing many stark inequalities. Lockdown measures are impacting all aspects of life, but differentially impacting students and families from disadvantaged areas. Here, Dr Sophina Choudry, Professor Erica Burman, Professor Julian Williams, Sidra Iftikhar and Dr Yasmeen […]

Tagged With: communities, COVID-19, education, Greater Manchester, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, Levelling Up, Racial Inequalities, The Manchester Institute of Education, wellbeing

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Building a sustainable wildlife trade sector to avoid future pandemics

By Charis Enns Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment, Health and Social Care Posted: July 6, 2021

Since early reports linked the emergence of COVID-19 to the wild meat trade, the pandemic has thrown the wildlife trade into the global spotlight for its role in spreading zoonotic disease pathogens. This has motivated calls to ban wildlife trade, among other proposals to strengthen regulation and control over the trade in wildlife and their […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, environment, food & agriculture, GDI, International trade, Pandemic, sustainability

Health messaging in the vaccine rollout: the role of the community

By Prasenjit Sarkhel and Upasak Das Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: March 31, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been met with much enthusiasm, with some hailing it as the beginning of the end of the pandemic. But health experts fear such optimism might prompt people to pay less attention to hygienic compliance measures, such as hand washing and wearing masks in public. The emergence of new strains in […]

Tagged With: communities, COVID-19, GDI, Health & Social Care, health and social care, international development, public health, SEED

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Infodemic: tackling conspiracy theories on social media

Professor Peter Knight By Peter Knight Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Digital Futures, Growth and Inclusion Posted: March 29, 2021

In February 2020 the Director-General of the World Health Organisation warned that “we’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic,” because “fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous.”  There has been large debate around ways to control the spread of misinformation and disinformation, especially on […]

Tagged With: conspiracy theories, COVID-19, digital, Health & Social Care, journalism, media, News, SALC, social media, technology, vaccinations

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LGBTIQ+ experiences of COVID-19 in the UK and the need for more inclusive crisis policies

Dr Billy Haworth By Billy Haworth Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: March 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-ranging effects for people across the UK. However, some groups have felt the effects of the pandemic and its associated lockdowns more than others. In this blog, Dr Billy Haworth, from the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, shares their recent research into the experiences of LGBTIQ+ populations during COVID-19. They […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, diversity, equality & human rights, HCRI, Health & Social Care, health and social care, inequalities, inequality, LGBTQ+, mental health, Pandemic, public health

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Area-based vaccination would better protect against COVID-19

By Ruth Watkinson and Matt Sutton Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: February 26, 2021

The early stages of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the UK have been a remarkable success from many perspectives: we have one of the highest rates of vaccination per capita, high uptake, and the government has met its first vaccination target. However, this rollout has taken place amidst a devastating surge of COVID-19 deaths, and […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, AMBS, communities, COVID-19, Health & Social Care, health and social care, HOPE, inequality, Pandemic, public health

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