Abstract：
This Article seeks to synthesize academic research on home healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic to understand how their workplace challenges were magnified. Crisis communication researchers note that a crisis provides both opportunities and threats for growth. This Article argues that many of the issues that have impacted home healthcare workers have always been present, but the pandemic allows policy makers the ability to see them clearly because the pandemic brought a spotlight to the issues that home healthcare workers face on a daily basis. Consequently, the author employed a narrative analysis of the literature concerning home healthcare workers during the pandemic to understand how the pandemic exacerbated structural issues that led to an increase in mental health difficulties for this population. By understanding how the pandemic exacerbated mental health issues, policy makers can craft solutions that can withstand the next public health crisis which will undoubtedly impact the most disenfranchised.
摘要：
本文旨在综合对COVID-19大流行期间家庭医护人员的学术研究，以了解他们的工作场所挑战是如何被放大的。危机传播研究人员指出，危机为增长提供了机会和威胁。本文认为，许多影响家庭医护人员的问题一直存在，但是大流行使政策制定者能够清楚地看到它们，因为大流行使家庭医疗工作者每天面临的问题成为焦点。因此,作者对大流行期间有关家庭保健工作者的文献进行了叙述性分析，以了解大流行如何加剧结构性问题，导致该人群的心理健康困难增加。通过了解大流行如何加剧心理健康问题，政策制定者可以制定解决方案，以抵御下一次公共卫生危机，这无疑将影响最被剥夺公民权的人。
