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Perceived COVID‐19 health and job risks faced by digital platform drivers and measures in place to protect them: A qualitative study

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: As they deliver food, packages, and people across cities, digital platform drivers (gig workers) are in a key position to become infected with COVID-19 and transmit it to many others. The aim of this study is to identify perceived COVID-19 exposure and job risks faced by workers and document the measures in place to protect their health, and how workers responded to these measures. METHODS: In 2020-2021, in-depth interviews were …

Authors

MacEachen E; Meyer SB; Majowicz S; Hopwood P; Crouch M; Amoako J; Jahangir YT; Durant S; Ilic A

Journal

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Vol. 65, No. 9, pp. 731–742

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

September 2022

DOI

10.1002/ajim.23409

ISSN

0271-3586