As the COVID-19 pandemic affects Canada, nurses and UCPs on the frontline are especially at a higher risk of developing unfavorable health outcomes as they care for COVID-19 and other patients, and thus also increase the possibility of infecting their loved ones. Another result of the pandemic is that ethnic minority groups report increased personal experiences with racial profiling, hate incidents and violence.
We would like to learn how racial/ethnic minority nurses and UCPs are managing both risk factors, carrying out a crucial role as the frontline defenders against the pandemic while also worrying that they could have been attacked as a result of different reasons amid the pandemic could have devastating impacts on the physical and psychological well-being.
Please share your story. Your insights will help us predict problems, identify solutions, and shape responses to the current crisis. We hope that this study will contribute to better support and resources for ethnic minority nurses and UCPs.
All information shared is anonymous without personal identifiers. The aggregated information will be used for advocacy, research, and education.
Consent: If you are eligible and interested in participating in this study, please click "I have read and understood the information provided here. I give my consent to participate in this research as it has been explained to me."
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Yes
No
Which city and province do you live in?
What is your ethnicity?
South Asian Chinese Black Filipino Latin American Arab Southeast Asian West Asian Korean Japanese Indigenous Others Prefer not to specify
Please specify your ethnicity.
Were you born in Canada?
Yes No Prefer not to specify
If you were not born in Canada, which country did you come from? (Optional)
What is the highest level of education that you have received?
Professional certificate or diploma Some college Bachelor's degree Masters degree Doctorate degree
How many years you have worked as a nurse/UCP" in Canada?
Are you currently employed at more than one institution?
Yes
No
What is the risk that you may be infected with COVID-19?
Very unlikely Unlikely Neutral Likely Very likely
For your primary employment, what is your role?
RN RPN/LPN UCP (e.g., personal support worker, physician assistant, patient care aide)
What is your employment status prior to COVID-19?
Full-time Part-time Casual Retired
What is your area of practice?
Acute care Administration Cancer care Case management Critical care Education Institution Emergency Geriatrics Maternal / newborn Medicine Mental health / psychiatric / addiction / crisis management Pediatrics Perioperative care Primary care Public health Rehabilitation Research Surgery Others
Please specify your area of practice.
What is your employment setting?
Acute care hospital Long-term care facility Family health team Community health center Physicians' office NP-led clinic Others
Please specify your employment setting.
Age (Optional)
18-25 years-old 26-30 years-old 31-35 years-old 36-40 years-old 41-45 years-old 46-50 years-old 51-55 years-old 56-60 years-old 61 years-old and above
Gender (Select one or multiple check boxes).
Male
Female
Transgender
Gender Nonconforming/Nonbinary
Prefer Not to Specify
Do you have any concerns about the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) at your workplace?
Yes No Don't know
What is your concern? (Select all that apply)
PPE quality
PPE recycling
PPE instructions and training (e.g., donning and doffing)
PPE usage (e.g., droplet vs contact precaution, reusing PPE among patients)
Others
Please describe your concern(s) here.
(e.g., What is lacking? What were you told when this happened? When will you anticipate the situation to be resolved?)
The following questions will help us keep track of how you feel and how well you are able to do your usual activities.
In general, would you say your health is?
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor
Compared to before COVID-19, how would you rate your health now?
Much better now
Somewhat better now
About the same
Somewhat worse now
Much worse now
How much bodily pain have you had during the past 4 weeks?
None
Very mild
Mild
Moderate severe
Very severe
Does your health keep you from working at a job, doing work around the house, or going to school?
Yes
No
Have you been unable to do certain kinds or amounts of work, housework, or schoolwork because of your health?
For > 3 months
For <= 3 months
No
Have you witnessed and/or heard about any incidents of prejudice or discrimination associated with your race/ethnicity?
Yes
No
How has hearing about incidents of prejudice or discrimination affected you as workers on the front line fighting the pandemic?
Have you experienced any prejudice or discrimination associated with your race/ethnicity in your personal life and/or at your workplace during COVID-19 pandemic?
Yes
No
Where did discrimination occur? (Click all that apply)
Workplace
School
Public Transit
University
Place of Worship
Online
Public Park
Private Residence
Business: Grocery Store
Business: Non-Grocery Store
Public Street/Sidewalk
Others
If you have selected "others" in the questions "Where did discrimination occur," please provide more details here.
For any of the experiences of discrimination you've experienced, did anyone else witness these incidents?
Yes
No
For any of the experiences of discrimination you've experienced, did any witnesses intervene?
Yes (please describe more details in the following)
No
If other witness intervened when discrimination occurred, can you describe more details here (for example, who intervened, how did the witness intervene? what was the outcome of the intervention?)
What type of discrimination have you experienced? (Click all that apply)
Shunning
Verbal Harassment/Name Calling
Coughed At/Spat Upon
Physical Assault
Workplace Discrimination
Barred from establishment (e.g. restaurants, shops)
Barred from transportation (e.g. Lyft, Uber, public transportation)
Others
If you have selected "others" in the questions "What type of discrimination have you experienced," please provide more details here.
What are the suspected reason for COVID-19 discrimination? (Click all that apply)
Race
Ethnicity
Gender
Sexuality
Language
Religion
Food
Face Mask
Clothing
Others
If you have selected "others" in the questions "What are the suspected reason for COVID-discrimination," please provide more details here.
Please tell us more about your experience with discrimination in your personal life.
How did this/these incident/s make you feel? Did the incident/s lead you to change your behavior in any way? If so, how?
What resources or support have you received from any source to address anti-racism during COVID-19 pandemic in your personal life?
Please tell us more about your experience with discrimination in your workplace, including experiences with patients, their caregivers, and your colleagues and administrators. For example, negative attitudes toward you, unfair work assignment etc.)
How did this/these incidents make you feel? Did the incident/s lead you to change your behavior in any way? If so, how
What measures / actions / resources would help you address racism in your personal life or at work?
How does your workplace respond to racist behavior by patients, co-workers or supervisors?
When you experience racism at work, are there any formal or informal committees or departments at your workplace that can address these issues?
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