Marizen R. Ramirez

Nov 29, 2024 | bmjpublichealth.bmj.com | Keeley J. Morris |Sato Ashida |Marizen R. Ramirez

Pandemic fatigue, the demotivation to follow public health guidelines, emerged early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological distress is known to affect adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions, but our understanding of how its effects may change over time to produce pandemic fatigue are limited. The role of distress in the emergence of pandemic fatigue is population specific.

Sep 1, 2023 | mdpi.com | Alyson Harding |Marizen R. Ramirez |Andrew Ryan |Bao Xiong

1. IntroductionTeaching has long been identified as a high-stress occupation. The 2017 Educator Quality of Life Survey, conducted by the American Federation of Teachers, revealed that 61% of teachers and school staff report that their job is “always” or “often” stressful, compared to 30% of the general population [1].

Mar 20, 2023 | medscape.com | N. Jeanie Santaularia |Theresa L. Osypuk |Marizen R. Ramirez |Susan Mason

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Substantial evidence suggests that economic hardship causes violence. However, a large majority of this research relies on observational studies that use traditional violence surveillance systems that suffer from selection bias and over-represent vulnerable populations, such as people of color.