Essential work, precarious labour: The need for safer and equitable harm reduction work in the era of COVID-19

Olding, Michelle; Barker, Allison; McNeil, Ryan; Boyd, Jade

doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103076

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“…Stable funding would also give SSPs the capacity to develop the inner context of their organizations—the leadership, staffing processes, organizational culture and climate, and processes for improvement that are critical for sustained implementation. 59 Furthermore, health departments and funding agencies that have historically been rigid about how money is being spent, funding only staffing or office space, for example, or having restrictive naloxone or syringe distribution requirements, should allow for more flexibility to facilitate continued innovations in service delivery…”

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“…In addition, the occupational health and safety of SSP workers needs to be considered as the COVID-19 pandemic has produced another layer of responsibilities (eg, sanitation and social distancing measures) and considerable stressors on a workforce already struggling to contend with limited resources and a worsening housing and overdose crisis since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. 59 …”

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confidence: 99%

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Ingenuity and resiliency of syringe service programs on the front lines of the opioid overdose and COVID-19 crises

Wenger¹,

Kral²,

Bluthenthal³

et al. 2021

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Ingenuity and resiliency of syringe service programs on the front lines of the opioid overdose and COVID-19 crises

Wenger¹,

Kral²,

Bluthenthal³

et al. 2021

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“…Consistent with other studies of PWUDs, there are also higher levels of mental health symptomology and disability in this population [ 103 , 111 , 112 , 113 ], reflecting broader gaps in the availability of workplace and public infrastructure to support labour market inclusion and accommodation for diverse health and ability needs. These characteristics, together with the composition of this sample by gender and migration background, suggest that this sample captures the experiences of population groups that have historically been excluded from conventional employment benefits and protections [ 63 ].…”

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Cohort Profile: The Assessing Economic Transitions (ASSET) Study—A Community-Based Mixed-Methods Study of Economic Engagement among Inner-City Residents

Richardson

Minh

McCormack

et al. 2022

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The Assessing Economic Transitions (ASSET) study was established to identify relationships between economic engagement, health and well-being in inner-city populations given that research in this area is currently underdeveloped. This paper describes the objectives, design, and characteristics of the ASSET study cohort, an open prospective cohort which aims to provide data on opportunities for addressing economic engagement in an inner-city drug-using population in Vancouver, Canada. Participants complete interviewer-administered surveys quarterly. A subset of participants complete nested semi-structured qualitative interviews semi-annually. Between April 2019 and May 2022, the study enrolled 257 participants ages 19 years or older (median age: 51; 40% Indigenous, 11.6% non-Indigenous people of colour; 39% cis-gender women, 3.9% transgender, genderqueer, or two-spirit) and 41 qualitative participants. At baseline, all participants reported past daily drug use, with 27% currently using opioids daily, and 20% currently using stimulants daily. In the three months prior to baseline, more participants undertook informal income generation (75%) than formal employment (50%). Employed participants largely had casual jobs (42%) or jobs with part-time/varied hours (35%). Nested qualitative studies will focus on how inner-city populations experience economic engagement. The resulting evidence will inform policy and programmatic initiatives to address socioeconomic drivers of health and well-being.

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“…In the long term, their ability to deal with this will depend strongly on the barriers that NGOs' meet to their activity. It will also determine their ability to support society battered by COVID-19 society (Olding, 2021). In turn, the efficiency in delivering services will depend on highly motivated staff involved in working in an organization.…”

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What affects employment by NGOs? Counteraction to precarious employment in the Polish non-profit sector in the perspective of COVID-19 pandemic crises

Mikołajczak

2021

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Research background: The precarious employment in non-governmental organizations has not been the subject of thorough scientific considerations so far. Meanwhile, the dominance of flexible forms of employment in an organization evokes a sense of instability, insecurity and uncertainty among employees. It weakens the relationship between staff and the organization, which, by not providing employees with prospects for permanent employment, creates a threat to its own development. The COVID-19 pandemic is reinforcing these fears as the situation in the labour market continues to deteriorate. Purpose of the article: The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting NGOs employment of contract employees, as a key condition for crowding out precarious employment. Methods: Logistic regression analysis was conducted based on a national representative survey of 1500 Polish NGOs. Findings & value added: Its results indicate that NGOs are increasing the employment of contract staff in order to cope with the excessive bureaucracy of public administration. A stimulating impact on employment is also provided by difficulties in maintaining good staff and volunteers, as well as when there is no sense of security in running an organization. In turn, the lack of people ready to selflessly get involved in an organization's activities, as well as difficulties in accessing premises appropriate to NGOs both reduce the desire among staff to be employed full-time. The monitoring of precarious employment (PE) in NGOs is of key importance in the shaping and effectiveness of national policies aimed at improving the living standards of society as a whole. NGOs are an important element, as they fill the gaps remaining in the implementation of such policies. In the long term, improving the quality of full-time employment in such entities by reducing the barriers to their activity will increase their potential for fulfilling their social mission. To date, such barriers and their relation to employment have not been considered in research literature. However, a considerable proportion of employees in the Polish NGO sector may join the ranks of those excluded from employment and deprived of income due to the crisis on the job market caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article contributes to the existing literature and practice by identifying the influence of wide spectrum of barriers of NGOs activity on permanent employment.

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Essential work, precarious labour: The need for safer and equitable harm reduction work in the era of COVID-19

Cited by 26 publications

References 51 publications

Ingenuity and resiliency of syringe service programs on the front lines of the opioid overdose and COVID-19 crises

Ingenuity and resiliency of syringe service programs on the front lines of the opioid overdose and COVID-19 crises

Cohort Profile: The Assessing Economic Transitions (ASSET) Study—A Community-Based Mixed-Methods Study of Economic Engagement among Inner-City Residents

What affects employment by NGOs? Counteraction to precarious employment in the Polish non-profit sector in the perspective of COVID-19 pandemic crises

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