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abstract: 'Background The evolving pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
has become a severe threat to public health, and the workplace presents
high risks in terms of spreading the disease. Few studies have focused
on the relationship between workplace policy and individual behaviours.
This study aimed to identify inequalities of workplace policy across
occupation groups, examine the relationship of workplace guidelines and
measures with employees'' behaviours regarding COVID-19 prevention.
Methods A cross-sectional online survey using a structured questionnaire
was conducted to gather employees'' access to workplace guidelines and
measures as well as their personal protection behaviours. Statistical
associations between these two factors in different occupations were
examined using multiple ordinal logistic regressions. Results A total of
1048 valid responses across five occupational groups were analysed.
Manual labourers reported lower availability of workplace guidelines and
measures (76.9\% vs. 89.9\% for all, P = 0.003). Employees with
available workplace guidelines and measures had higher compliance of
hand hygiene, wearing masks, and social distancing, and this association
was more significant among managers/administrators and manual labourers.
Conclusions Protection of the quantity and quality of employment is
important. Awareness about the disease and its prevention among
employers and administrators should be promoted, and resources should be
allocated to publish guidelines and implement measures in the workplace
during the pandemic. Both work-from-home arrangement and other policies
and responses for those who cannot work from home including guidelines
encouraging the health behaviours, information transparency, and
provision of infection control materials by employers should be
established to reduce inequality. Manual labourers may require specific
attention regarding accessibility of relevant information and
availability of medical benefits and compensation for income loss due to
the sickness, given their poorer experience of workplace policy and the
nature of their work. Further studies are needed to test the
effectiveness of specific workplace policies on COVID-19 prevention.'
affiliation: 'Wong, ELY (Corresponding Author), Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Fac Med, JC
Sch Publ Hlth \& Primary Care, Ctr Hlth Syst \& Policy Res, Hong Kong, Peoples R
China.
Wang, Kailu; Wong, Eliza Lai Yi; Cheung, Annie Wai Ling; Yeoh, Eng Kiong, Chinese
Univ Hong Kong, Fac Med, JC Sch Publ Hlth \& Primary Care, Ctr Hlth Syst \& Policy
Res, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.
Ho, Kin Fai; Chan, Emily Ying Yang; Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan, Chinese Univ Hong Kong,
Fac Med, JC Sch Publ Hlth \& Primary Care, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.'
article-number: '200'
author: Wang, Kailu and Wong, Eliza Lai Yi and Ho, Kin Fai and Cheung, Annie Wai Ling
and Chan, Emily Ying Yang and Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan and Yeoh, Eng Kiong
author-email: lywong@cuhk.edu.hk
author_list:
- family: Wang
given: Kailu
- family: Wong
given: Eliza Lai Yi
- family: Ho
given: Kin Fai
- family: Cheung
given: Annie Wai Ling
- family: Chan
given: Emily Ying Yang
- family: Wong
given: Samuel Yeung Shan
- family: Yeoh
given: Eng Kiong
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01527-x
eissn: 1475-9276
files: []
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH
keywords: 'COVID-19; Prevention; Workplace policy; Personal protection behaviour;
Occupation'
language: English
month: SEP 7
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '37'
orcid-numbers: 'Ho, Kin Fai/0000-0001-7464-3437
Wong, Eliza/0000-0001-9983-6219'
papis_id: 3add2ec0c573bd5133585b161eb474a5
ref: Wang2021unequalavailability
researcherid-numbers: 'Ho, Kin Fai/E-6131-2011
'
times-cited: '5'
title: 'Unequal availability of workplace policy for prevention of coronavirus disease
2019 across occupations and its relationship with personal protection behaviours:
a cross-sectional survey'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000695469100003
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '7'
volume: '20'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2021'