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Grief, COVID-19, and the South: Considerations and Recommendations

PURPOSE: COVID-19 has devastated the United States (U.S.). One of the more notably impacted areas is the South. Compared to the rest of the U.S., the South is characterized by increased rurality, lowered access to healthcare, older populations, and higher religiosity, all of which might predispose i...

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Autores principales: McDuffie, Danielle L., Kouchi, Kathryn, Dorman, Hillary, Bownes, Elizabeth, Condon, Shelley E., Crowther, Martha R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10647911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34210176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00302228211029500
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author McDuffie, Danielle L.
Kouchi, Kathryn
Dorman, Hillary
Bownes, Elizabeth
Condon, Shelley E.
Crowther, Martha R.
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description PURPOSE: COVID-19 has devastated the United States (U.S.). One of the more notably impacted areas is the South. Compared to the rest of the U.S., the South is characterized by increased rurality, lowered access to healthcare, older populations, and higher religiosity, all of which might predispose its residents to more detrimental effects of COVID-19, including COVID-related fatalities. As such, this paper provides important considerations for individuals engaging in work with Southern, rural Americans dealing with COVID-related grief and loss. METHODS: A review of the literature addressing the impact of Southern legislature, rurality, cross-country factors, and faith on COVID-related grief among Southerners was conducted, with applicable considerations expressed. CONCLUSIONS: Care should be taken by providers working with rural, Southern residents to attend to tangible and intangible losses experienced as a result of COVID-19. These considerations can help inform work with rural Southerners dealing with grief during the pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-106479112023-11-15 Grief, COVID-19, and the South: Considerations and Recommendations McDuffie, Danielle L. Kouchi, Kathryn Dorman, Hillary Bownes, Elizabeth Condon, Shelley E. Crowther, Martha R. Omega (Westport) Articles PURPOSE: COVID-19 has devastated the United States (U.S.). One of the more notably impacted areas is the South. Compared to the rest of the U.S., the South is characterized by increased rurality, lowered access to healthcare, older populations, and higher religiosity, all of which might predispose its residents to more detrimental effects of COVID-19, including COVID-related fatalities. As such, this paper provides important considerations for individuals engaging in work with Southern, rural Americans dealing with COVID-related grief and loss. METHODS: A review of the literature addressing the impact of Southern legislature, rurality, cross-country factors, and faith on COVID-related grief among Southerners was conducted, with applicable considerations expressed. CONCLUSIONS: Care should be taken by providers working with rural, Southern residents to attend to tangible and intangible losses experienced as a result of COVID-19. These considerations can help inform work with rural Southerners dealing with grief during the pandemic. SAGE Publications 2021-07-01 2023-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10647911/ /pubmed/34210176 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00302228211029500 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10647911/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00302228211029500
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