@article{Daga_Chakravorty_Bamrah_Menon_Dave_Chakravorty_Bhala_Mehta_2020, title={Self-reported Occupational Risk for COVID-19 in Hospital Doctors from Black Asian & Minority Ethnic Communities in UK}, volume={6}, url={https://www.physicianjnl.net/index.php/phy/article/view/13}, DOI={10.38192/1.6.1.9}, abstractNote={<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 18.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: ’Arial’,’sans-serif’; color: black;">Emerging data from COVID-19 pandemic shows a trend for increased risk for healthcare workers in the UK, compared to other countries. In addition, there is a disproportionately high risk observed in healthcare workers from Black, Asian &amp; Minority Ethnic backgrounds. This high risk is independent of biological or demographic variables. This paper presents sub-analysis of a larger survey of healthcare workers, particularly describing possible occupational risk of COVID-19 in a subset of doctors in UK hospitals from a BAME background. The results show higher rates of inability to access personal protection or comply with social distancing. The inability to self-isolate was associated with a 1.7x higher risk of COVID-19. The results of this survey suggest further research is needed to explore and understand institutional factors that may explain excess risks to BAME hospital doctors.</span></p>}, number={1}, journal={The Physician}, author={Daga, Sunil and Chakravorty , Indranil and Bamrah, JS and Menon, Geeta and Dave, Subodh and Chakravorty , Subarna and Bhala, Neeraj and Mehta, Ramesh}, year={2020}, month={May} }