- Title
- “I just wanted money for food”: a qualitative study of the experiences of Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Creator
- Green, Heidi; MacPhail, Catherine; Fernandez, Ritin
- Relation
- Journal of Public Health Vol. 32, p. 1933-1944
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01952-y
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- Aim: The social and economic impacts that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic can disproportionally affect those already experiencing poverty or at risk of poverty. Therefore, this study sought to explore the relationship between well-being and social determinants of health among Australian adults during the pandemic. Subject and Methods: Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 20 participants, aged 21–65 years, from various socioeconomic areas. Results: Three main themes emerged from the analysis of the data: food security; housing outcomes; and psychological and emotional impact. Participants in low socioeconomic areas struggled with food security, having to access food banks, which was precipitated by employment loss during the pandemic. Some female participants experienced worsening inequalities and lack of financial and housing stability, affecting their overall well-being. Conclusion: This study identified that there was a clear social divide between adults living in low socioeconomic areas compared with those living in high socioeconomic areas, with participants in low socioeconomic areas faring worse in terms of exacerbated social determinants of health and consequent impacts on well-being.
- Subject
- social determinants of health; housing instability; food insecurity; well-being; COVID-19; SDG 1; SDG 2; Sustainable Development Goal
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1511694
- Identifier
- uon:56528
- Identifier
- ISSN:2198-1833
- Rights
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Language
- eng
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