Community-led responses to COVID-19 within Gypsy and Traveller communities in England: A participatory qualitative research study

Renedo, Alicia; Stuart, Rachel; Kühlbrandt, Charlotte; Grenfell, Pippa; McGowan, Catherine; Miles, Sam; Farrow, Serena; Marston, Cicely

doi:10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100280

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“…This article reports on the result of interviews with 27 migrant workers, including but not limited to Roma migrant workers. Findings relating to wider Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are reported elsewhere (Kühlbrandt et al, 2023;Marston et al, 2022;Renedo et al, 2023).…”

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Health risks at work mean risks at home: Spatial aspects of COVID‐19 among migrant workers in precarious jobs in England

Miles,

Renedo,

Kühlbrandt

et al. 2023

Sociology Health & Illness

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During COVID‐19 lockdowns in England, ‘key workers’ including factory workers, carers and cleaners had to continue to travel to workplaces. Those in key worker jobs were often from more marginalised communities, including migrant workers in precarious employment. Recognising space as materially and socially produced, this qualitative study explores migrant workers’ experiences of navigating COVID‐19 risks at work and its impacts on their home spaces. Migrant workers in precarious employment often described workplace COVID‐19 protection measures as inadequate. They experienced work space COVID‐19 risks as extending far beyond physical work boundaries. They developed their own protection measures to try to avoid infection and to keep the virus away from family members. Their protection measures included disinfecting uniforms, restricting leisure activities and physically separating themselves from their families. Inadequate workplace COVID‐19 protection measures limited workers' ability to reduce risks. In future outbreaks, support for workers in precarious jobs should include free testing, paid sick leave and accommodation to allow for self‐isolation to help reduce risks to workers’ families. Work environments should not be viewed as discrete risk spaces when planning response measures; responses and risk reduction approaches must also take into account impacts on workers’ lives beyond the workplace.

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Health risks at work mean risks at home: Spatial aspects of COVID‐19 among migrant workers in precarious jobs in England

Miles,

Renedo,

Kühlbrandt

et al. 2023

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…A range of people and interventions, such as community champions and outreach workers, community participation research, asset-based community development, community engagement, and mobilization, were used to actively seek out and include perspectives from communities that were experiencing disparities and ensuring their voices were heard and their needs were addressed. 21,22 Similarly, codesigning and conducting research with communities, rather than simply studying them, helped foster greater trust and ensured research questions were relevant to their lived experiences. 23 Public health practitioners committed to more robust and sustained dissemination of policy updates and research findings in accessible formats and languages to better engage and empower communities to advocate for solutions that address their needs.…”

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From Lessons to Enduring Legacies: Building Upon COVID-19 Health Equity Science

Fenton

2024

Public Health Rep

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COVID-19 vaccination decisions among Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities: A qualitative study moving beyond “vaccine hesitancy”

Kühlbrandt¹,

McGowan²,

Stuart³

et al. 2023

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Community-led responses to COVID-19 within Gypsy and Traveller communities in England: A participatory qualitative research study

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Health risks at work mean risks at home: Spatial aspects of COVID‐19 among migrant workers in precarious jobs in England

Health risks at work mean risks at home: Spatial aspects of COVID‐19 among migrant workers in precarious jobs in England

From Lessons to Enduring Legacies: Building Upon COVID-19 Health Equity Science

COVID-19 vaccination decisions among Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities: A qualitative study moving beyond “vaccine hesitancy”

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