Sociology MA Student, Suki Xiao, and Prof Yue Qian on What Frontline Workers in Wuhan can Teach us about Mental Health & COVID-19
The recent suicides of health care workers in New York brought attention to the Covid-19 mental health crisis emerging in the US and Europe. Yet in Wuhan, ground zero of the global pandemic, health care workers’ reports of burnout, trauma and emotional distress were already common in February. Emerging research from China shows that frontline health care […]
Prof Yue Qian Publishes Op-Ed on Social Isolation During COVID-19 Lockdown
social isolation and city shutdown as a response to covid-19 by yue qian As we struggle to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, experts in North America urge people to practice social distancing to flatten the curve. Epidemiologists recommend that people minimize social contact and limit all social engagements to slow COVID-19 spread. Although social distancing […]
Prof. Yue Qian Speaks on Living with Others in Quarantine
In such scenarios, people may adapt by eating meals at different times, cleaning common surfaces and wearing masks, says Yue Qian, an assistant professor in the University of British Columbia’s department of sociology People are using technology to shop for food and goods online and to communicate with friends and family, said Prof. Qian, who […]
Prof Yue Qian on Effects of Quarantine due to COVID-19
But for others, self- isolation may pose more problems, says University of British Columbia researcher Yue Qian. Qian is one of 47 researchers who received a grant last week from the federal government to study the effects of COVID-19 in Canada. Her work will focus on the mental stress of quarantine for people particularly in […]