Location matters: Regional variation in association of community burden of COVID-19 with caregiver and youth worry

'And I thought having a cancer diagnosis was hard': A descriptive phenomenological study of family caregiver experiences navigating the pre-hospital system during COVID-19

“…The enforced lockdown and reduced access to cancer care had placed an additional challenge on family caregivers when they accompanied the cancer patient on their journey to the hospital. This is in line with the extensive literature describing how the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures further overwhelmed the lives of family caregivers ( Mitra and Basu, 2020 ; Marshall et al, 2022 ). Their increasing anxieties of burden and the psychological stress arising from the uncertainties of the situation, the consistent balancing of risks and the benefits of cancer treatment versus exposure to the virus, and financial struggles due to the lockdown-related income loss was challenging.…”

The opinions of community-centered engagement and health care during and after COVID-19 pandemic

“…The early detection of vulnerable categories, at risk to become ill and develop longterm health status, would help to prevent impacts on overall wellbeing by allocating resources for targeted interventions to manage psychosocial stress and increase the resilience of vulnerable populations toward post-COVID-19 crises (26). Public health agencies and health care providers should consider strengths, challenges, the needs of specific communities, and avoid using a uniform "one size fits all" approach when tackling all issues related to COVID-19 (2).…”