COLEGIO DE AMORE

Indang – Trece Road, Luciano, TreceMartires City Cavite

Front Liners’ Work Experiences: An Avenue for Assessing their Response to

COVID – 19 Pandemic

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKROUND

Pandemics are large-scale outbreaks of infectious disease that can greatly

increase morbidity and mortality over a wide geographic area and cause significant

economic, social, and political disruption. Evidence suggests that the livelihood of

pandemics has increased over the past century because of increased global travel and

integration, urbanization, changes in land use, and greater exploitation of the natural

environment (Jones and others 2008; Morse 1995).

Despite of this medical condition many people around the world still suffering in

this Illness due to spreading of liquid particles when they cough, sneeze, breathe, touch

surfaces or objects such as tables, doorknobs and etc. Other people may become

infected by touching these contaminated surfaces, then touching their eyes, noses or

mouths without having cleaned their hands first.

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Pandemics are for the most part disease outbreaks that become widespread as

a result of the spread of human-to-human infection. One Beyond the debilitating,

sometimes fatal, consequences for those directly affected, pandemics have a range of

negative social, economic and political consequences. These tend to be greater where

the pandemic is a novel pathogen, has a high mortality and/or hospitalization rate and is

easily spread. (S.E. Davies 2020)

Epidemic becomes fast worldwide many situations happen which is very

challenging at first. Everyone seems anxious and upset on the difficulties might be

occur in the Health Protocols execute by Word Health Organization. A greater impact of

pandemic deals with the people thinks negatively and despair.

Plagues and epidemics have ravaged humanity throughout its existence, often

changing the course of history. Throughout the course of history, disease outbreaks

have ravaged humanity, sometimes changing the course of history and, at times,

signaling the end of entire civilizations.  (O. Jarus 2020)

Nowadays as a Pandemic exists worldwide there are such a different form of a

contagious diseases and illnesses that may result on a higher impact of risks and

morbidity leads to a post traumatic experiences, stress, issues in the preparedness in

COVID-19.

Once a pandemic has begun in earnest, public health efforts often focus on

minimizing its spread. Limiting the spread of a pandemic can help to reduce the number

of total people who are infected and thus also mitigate some of the indirect health and

economic effects. Strategies to minimize pandemic spread include the following:

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Curtailing interactions between infected and uninfected populations, Reducing

infectiousness of symptomatic patients and Reducing susceptibility of uninfected

individuals (Ferguson and others 2005)

Today, most of the people are faced with different obstacles that happened during this

COVID-19 Pandemic Especially for children and adolescents with special needs or

disadvantages, such as disabilities, trauma experiences, already existing mental health

problems and low socioeconomic status, this may be a particularly challenging time of

pandemic it can be brought by a dangerous accumulation or risks in the mental health

of a people nowadays.

Further, most of the researches manifest a survey and information legally about

the progress of reducing spread of a contagious disease that varies of difficult impact

from the Front-liners. Including the development of new vaccines, antibiotics and other

treatments and technologies that can be a big help from the Doctors and Researchers.

The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is responsible for more fatalities than

the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus, despite being in the initial

stage of a global pandemic. It is thought that the index case occurred on December 8,

2019, in Wuhan, China [1]. Since then, cases have been exported to other Chinese

cities, as well as internationally, highlighting concern of a global outbreak [2]. The first

suspected case in the Philippines was investigated on January 22, 2020, and 633

suspected cases have been reported as of March 1. Of them, 183 were in the National

Capital Region of Manila, of whom many were admitted to San Lazaro Hospital (SLH) in

Manila, the national infectious disease referral hospital [3, 4]. We describe the

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epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of the first two confirmed COVID-19 cases in

the Philippines, including the first death outside China.

As a COVID-19 Pandemic spreads in the Philippines the Socio-economic status

has been severely deficient through Lockdowns, Community Quarantines and have

been imposed throughout the country since March 15 as a measure to limit the spread

of the virus. Many people still suffering from now and being upset to overcome the

challenges that might be happened until now. First from the Mental Health with the

number of people struggling in silence and need to promote a positive mental health.

Second, the impact of learning status of undergraduate and post graduate students

during COVID-19 pandemic and Lastly, due to these consequences of daily wage

laborers are unable to pay and the challenges faced by the people caused by a severe

impact of Epidemic in the economy, growth and development of a people.

Theoretical framework

Drury, Reicher, & Stott, (2020) stated that the considered application of pertinent

and rigorous social psychological theory and research to the pandemic is particularly

important because the responses of many governments appear at times to have been

informed by flawed psychological assumptions based around notions of panic,

behavioral fatigue, and psychological frailty.

Bavel (2020) asserted that contributions to the special section make clear, public

reactions to the pandemic have been contingent on trust, values, leadership,

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perceptions of personal and collective efficacy, collective identity, and social norms (the

latter of which can be both helpful and unhelpful)

According to terror management theory (Greenberg, Pyszczynski, &

Solomon, 1986; Greenberg et al., 1990), people's proximal reactions to health threats

may involve denial, suppression, or immediate actions to reduce the threat. Then, once

threat perceptions are sufficiently reduce (or if conscious threat perception was bypass),

death concerns can become non‐conscious. It is during this phase that people lean into

their worldviews. If those worldviews promote cultural values of self‐enhancement or

ideologies like nationalism, this has the potential to increase xenophobia, racism, and

other forms of intergroup discrimination and outgroup derogation.

This phenomenon of ‘do‐gooder derogation’ (Minson & Monin, 2012) highlights

the need for governments and public health agencies to be aware of the possible

negative unintended consequences of giving a premature impression that things are

returning to normal. For example, as different territories move through various stages of

easing lockdown restrictions, it becomes ever more important to highlight the need to

maintain physical distancing to continue to slow the spread of the virus.

The COVID‐19 pandemic is a rapidly developing situation and the contributions

collect in the present special section constitute only an initial indication of the ways in

which social psychology might draw on its stock of established theory and research

evidence in order to suggest immediate ways forward. Of equal importance are the

possible future directions of research on the social psychological aspects of the

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pandemic, and these will need to be develop to take into account the changing social

context. 

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1. What are the Frontline’s Work Experiences in terms of difficulties

encountered in assessing residence on Covid-19 pandemic?

2. How do the work experiences in their personal life affect the performance

of their functions?

3. Based on the respondent’s experiences as member of Front liners, what

are the factors that contribute to the success of their response to Covid-19

pandemic?

SCOPE AND LIMITATION

This study seeks to understand and assess the work experiences of front liner on

how they respond their duties and responsibilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic and

on the struggled they face when they performing, they duties. The data is come up from

selected front liner’s in Province of Cavite.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The Generalization of this present study would be a great contribution to every

Front liner. Vital results of this investigation could be highly significant and beneficial

specially to the following:

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PNP Personnel’s – This will help PNP personnel to further tighten security in times of

pandemic. They will know what they still need to improve such as implementing health

protocols do and should not do and how they can take care of themselves and the

community in the future

Future Researchers - This study provides the idea to the future researchers for them to

improve their study on the work experience of frontlines.

Doctors and Nurses – this study will help other health workers to get an idea during the

pandemic and for the further preparations should do in case of such an event in the

future.

Research Design

This study is a qualitative research design employing descriptive method through the

use of interview technique in order to determine the experiences of the participants in

performing their tasks as members of Front liner in the province of Cavite. Based on

Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach 3rd edition stated that It

is important to emphasize that descriptive research methods can only describe a set of

observations or the data collected. (Jackson, S.L.,2009).

Selection Criteria

The study will involve six participants coming from the different parts of the

province of Cavite. They were chosen purposively using the following criteria: with at

least five years in medicine related for doctors and nurses and three years and above in

service for PNP personnel.

Research Instrument and Validation

The present study seek to use a researcher- made interview guide questionnaire

validated by the two specialists who are knowledgeable in Medicine related and Chief of

Police for PNP personnel. The guide questions will focus on areas of the work

experiences of the participants that contribute to the response of the Covid-19

pandemic in the province of Cavite, and how the assessment of their response affects

their duties and responsibilities and performance as a front liner. Likewise the interview

guide questions including the following: trainings, seminars and work experiences and

how these skills contributes the successful response to Covid-19 pandemic.

Data gathering Procedure

For the purpose to attain the equitable of this study, the researcher will follow the

different treads in data gathering to clinch its effectiveness of the collection of data that

could answer the research problem on participants’ experiences in performing their

duties as Front liners.

A letter request of interview will prepare by the researchers, noted by the adviser

and endorse by the College of the Criminology. The letter of request was present to and

acknowledge and approve by the Chief of Police where the participants are assign.

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The researcher set up meeting individually with the operator-respondents

considering their schedule and availability. Using the interview guide questions, the

operator-participants were interviewed one at time. The interview was recorded and

transcribed. The transcipts were validated to ensure accuracy. N, the transcripts were

analyzed and interpreted.

Analysis of data

The data were analyzed using the contact tracing of K.Nagarajan M.Muniyandi

S.Sellappan (2020). Contact tracing data could also potentially used for assessing the

heterogeneity of transmission at the individual patient level. Characterization of

individuals based on different levels of infectiousness could better inform the contact

tracing interventions to prioritize: Contact screening testing; and Monitoring a targeted

manner at field level.