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High-profile incidents of police misconduct can have serious consequences for public trust in the police. A recent study in the British Journal of Political Science found that Eric Garner's death in NYC lead to more negative attitudes towards the police in London among Black residents compared to White and Asian residents. The current study aimed to replicate this transnational effect by assessing the impact of George Floyd's death on Londoners' perceptions of police. Using the same data and methodological approach, we did not replicate the immediate effect on Black Londoners' attitudes. We did find that attitudes across ethnic groups became more negative when using a wider temporal bandwidth. However, we discovered violations to the excludability assumption, meaning we cannot be certain that the effect is solely due to the murder of George Floyd, or at least partly due to different dynamics, like the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying policies. This means that while it is possible that police killings in other contexts play a role in shaping attitudes towards local police, these effects are difficult to disentangle from other global and local factors. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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Background: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that approximately one-quarter of adults with cancer are parents to children less than 18 years. Further, it is estimated that 2.85 million minor children in the United States have a parent undergoing cancer treatment. Previous studies have demonstrated that parents with cancer experience significant stress and disruptions to familial life following a cancer diagnosis. In a study of women with breast, gynecologic cancer and other cancers undergoing cancer therapy, 48.7% of women endorsed needing help with childcare and 64.1% needing help with household management. Despite this evidence supporting both a need for childcare among patients with cancer, data regarding the availability of on-site childcare programs and resources at NCI-designated cancer centers is limited. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess the availability of childcare resources for parents who are undergoing cancer treatment at NCI-Designated Cancer Centers. Methods: The availability of childcare resources for parents undergoing cancer treatment at all 51 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers and 13 NCI-designated cancer was assessed in January 2021 and February 2021. Childcare resources were assessed via online search and telephone calls. Specifically, centers were queried regarding availability of daycare programs for children of patients undergoing treatment and whether resources were available to assist patients in need of childcare. Descriptive statistics were performed. Results: In total, only 1/64 (1.6%) of NCI-designated cancer centers currently offer childcare resources for patients undergoing cancer treatment. This center offers childcare for children ages 2-8, free of charge with multiple outpatient locations. One additional institution previously provided patients with access to daycare, but has closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, only 1/64 (1.6%) NCI-designated cancer center offers financial assistance grants to aid patients to subsidizing childcare costs during cancer treatment. Conclusions: Institution sponsored options for childcare for patients undergoing cancer treatments are highly limited, even in the best resourced cancer care settings. The COVID-19 pandemic has limited options further, and many hospitals now restrict visitors under the age of 18. Patient grants or institutionally sponsored childcare provider networks may represent an avenue for supporting parents who are facing a cancer diagnosis. Supporting families of patients with cancer has great potential to impact quality of life, economic and psychological stress.
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The work environment and especially the psychosocial work environment influence the mental and physical well-being of employees. The aim of this study was to identify and analyse the state of knowledge regarding nurses’ work situation, health, and person-centred work during the COVID-19 pandemic through a systematic review. Methods: Systematic Review, nine included articles. The theoretical swAge model was used as the framework in a deductive content analysis. Results: The result was presented in the nine determinate areas from the swAge model and showed that all nine determinate areas of the swAge model were of importance to both the nurses’ sustainable work situation during the COVID-19 pandemic and to person-centred care. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on nurses’ health, both physically but especially psychologically, with high levels of depression, anxiety, and burnout. Nurses experienced a lack of control and support from organizations. They had to work with limited resources and sometimes care for patients beyond their expertise. Conclusion: There is a further need for more studies that address person-centredness from an organisational perspective with the intention to develop strategies and measure activities on how to make the nurses’ work situation more sustainable, and to increase their ability to give more person-centred care. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.