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- Title
Répercutions de la crise économique mondiale sur la santé des travailleurs de l'automobile sans emploi.
- Authors
Bartfay, Wally Joseph; Bartfay, Emma; Wu, Terry
- Abstract
A phenomenological investigation was undertaken to examine the effects of the 2008-09 global economic recession on the health of unemployed blue-collar autoworkers in the Canadian province of Ontario between September and November 2009.A total of 22 men and 12 women took part. Participants completed a quantitative demographic and financial questionnaire. The qualitative aspect of the study consisted of a phenomenological component comprising semi-structured focus group sessions lasting 2 to 2.5 hours. The number of years employed ranged from 2 to 31.7 with a mean of 15 ± 8. Participants reported high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression; increased physical pain and discomfort; changes in weight and sexual function; and financial hardships, including inability to purchase prescribed medications. The authors conclude that unemployment associated with the global recession has negative health effects on autoworkers in Ontario.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; AUTOMOBILES; BLUE collar workers; COMMUNITY health nursing; ECONOMICS; EXPERIENCE; FOCUS groups; HEALTH; INCOME; INDUSTRIES; INTERVIEWING; PHENOMENOLOGY; MENTAL health; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SURVEYS; T-test (Statistics); UNEMPLOYMENT; QUALITATIVE research; JUDGMENT sampling; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; NARRATIVES; THEMATIC analysis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 2013, Vol 45, Issue 3, p66
- ISSN
0844-5621
- Publication type
Article