Division of Science Integration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA.
College of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 7;20(4):2894. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20042894.
COVID-19 workplace mitigation strategies implemented within US businesses have been effective at preventing disease and protecting workers, but the extent of their use is not well understood. We examined reported COVID-19 workplace mitigation strategies by business size, geographic region, and industry using internet panel survey data from US adult respondents working full- or part-time outside the home (fall 2020, = 1168) andfull- or part-time, inside or outside the home (fall 2021, = 1778). We used chi-square tests to assess the differences in the strategies used (e.g., masking and COVID-19 screening) and ANOVA tests to examine the group differences on a mitigation strategies summative score. Fewer COVID-19 mitigation strategies were reported by respondents in fall 2021 (compared to fall 2020) across businesses of different sizes and regions. The participants in microbusinesses (1-10 employees) reported significantly ( < 0.05) lower mitigation scores than all other business sizes, and the respondents in these businesses were significantly less likely ( < 0.05) to have paid leave than those in enterprises with >10 employees. The healthcare and education sectors had the highest reported mean score of COVID-19 workplace mitigation strategies. Small and essential businesses are critical to the US economy. Insight is needed on their use of mitigation strategies to protect workers during the current and future pandemics.
美国企业实施的 COVID-19 工作场所缓解策略在预防疾病和保护工人方面非常有效，但它们的使用程度尚不清楚。我们使用 2020 年秋季（n = 1168）和 2021 年秋季（n = 1778）在家中全职或兼职工作以及在家中或家外全职或兼职的美国成年受访者的互联网小组调查数据，按企业规模、地理位置和行业检查了报告的 COVID-19 工作场所缓解策略。我们使用卡方检验来评估所使用策略的差异（例如，口罩和 COVID-19 筛查），并使用 ANOVA 检验来检查缓解策略综合得分上的组间差异。与 2020 年秋季相比，不同规模和地区的企业在 2021 年秋季报告的 COVID-19 缓解策略较少。微型企业（1-10 名员工）的参与者报告的缓解得分明显低于其他所有企业规模（<0.05），这些企业的员工请带薪假的可能性明显低于拥有>10 名员工的企业（<0.05）。医疗保健和教育部门报告的 COVID-19 工作场所缓解策略平均得分最高。小微企业对美国经济至关重要。需要了解它们在当前和未来大流行期间保护工人的缓解策略的使用情况。
