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The experience of the global COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to historically high levels of anxiety across a variety of populations. However, the effects of this event vary widely across group memberships. This empirical study used an online panel survey (N = 878) to investigate potential racial differences across multiple areas of COVID-19-era functioning in Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)identified respondents and Caucasian-identified respondents. Results suggested that BIPOC-identified respondents were significantly more likely to report higher levels of virus-related anxiety, to know 1 or more people who had tested positive for the virus and to experience problems in areas of daily functioning such as obtaining adequate food, accessing safe transportation, and addressing the unique challenges of parenting during the pandemic. In addition, BIPOC-identified individuals were significantly more likely to hold a job in a field that involved direct contact with others, such as health care or retail, that involved more potential virus exposure than other occupations. Overall, it appears that BIPOC-identified individuals are likely at higher risk for experiencing both anxiety and adversity due to COVID-19related events. These results suggest multiple opportunities and pathways to better support BIPOC-identified individuals, families, and communities.

Fifteen minutes of neuromuscular training each day can improve balance performance in construction workers and, thus, may contribute to a decreased fall risk.

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This article describes how while confronted with digitization, governments need to equip their employees with skills for dealing with the upcoming technologies. To date, however, there has been no thorough analysis of which skills governments actually require and how these skills are addressed by (vocational) training. Therefore, the aim of this article is to understand both governments' needs and the scope of currently offered training as well as identifying the existing gaps by conducting qualitative interviews with employees from HR departments in governments. An understanding of what skills are actually required in public bodies and how they can be classified will be outlined. Furthermore, the challenges and benefits of governments' decision to offer vocational training are investigated, pointing out gaps that need further investigation. Based on this, implications for theory and practice for the digitization future and vocational trainings in government are derived.