Two cohort studies from the United Kingdom were used to explore relationships between domains of a COVID-19 job exposure matrix (JEM) and SARS-CoV-2 infection. This paper, from Theme 3 researchers on the PROTECT NCS, and published in the Scandinavian Journal of Work,...
Occupational disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake can impact the effectiveness of vaccination programmes and introduce particular risk for vulnerable workers and those with high workplace exposure. This paper by PROTECT theme 3 researchers and the Virus...
The COVID-19 pandemic led to levels of hospitalisation and mortality that are unprecedented in recent history, and in March 2020 the UK Government imposed a range of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) with the aim of minimising transmission of severe acute...
COVID-19 pandemic mitigations have had a profound impact on workplaces, however, multisectoral comparison of how work-related mitigations were applied across different phases of the pandemic are limited. This paper by PROTECT theme 3 researchers and the Virus...
This review, by PROTECT Theme 3 researchers and published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, aimed to provide an overview of the literature assessing the extent of COVID-19 transmission in the food processing sector along with...
This paper, produced by researchers from Theme 3 of the PROTECT study, uses nationwide population-level data for England to calculate the proportion of people in different occupational groups who had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine by 31 August 2021. The...
Interventions to promote the wearing of face coverings if required in the future can only be developed if we know why people do or do not wear them. In this paper, published in the British Journal of Heath Psychology, researchers from Theme 3 of PROTECT assess public...
As part of the PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on transmission and the environment, researchers from The University of Manchester, along with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are conducting a study looking on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the...
Researchers from Theme 3 of the PROTECT NCS conducted sector specific research to understand and inform prevention of the ‘SARS-CoV2’ (the virus that causes COVID-19). This report presents the scope, methods and findings of sector specific research conducted within...
As part of Theme 3 of the PROTECT National Core Study, analyses of data from the Virus Watch cohort aim to understand drivers of occupational COVID-19 risk and inform work-related mitigations. This report contains findings from Virus Watch analyses conducted within...
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