Journal article
Leave entitlements, time off work and the household financial impacts of quarantine compliance during an H1N1 outbreak
AM Kavanagh, KE Mason, RJ Bentley, DM Studdert, J McVernon, JE Fielding, S Petrony, L Gurrin, AD LaMontagne
BMC Infectious Diseases | BMC | Published : 2012
Abstract
Background: The Australian state of Victoria, with 5.2 million residents, enforced home quarantine during a H1N1 pandemic in 2009. The strategy was targeted at school children. The objective of this study was to investigate the extent to which parents' access to paid sick leave or paid carer's leave was associated with (a) time taken off work to care for quarantined children, (b) household finances, and (c) compliance with quarantine recommendations.Methods: We conducted an online and telephone survey of households recruited through 33 schools (85% of eligible schools), received 314 responses (27%), and analysed the subsample of 133 households in which all resident parents were employed.Resu..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This project was funded by two NHMRC Strategic Awards: "Call for research on H1N1 influenza 09 to inform public policy" (#628962) and "Changing patterns of work: Impacts on physical and mental health and the mediating role of resilience and social capital" (#375196). JM is supported by a NHMRC Career Development Award; DS is funded by an ARC Federation Fellowship. We thank Paula Nathan for her work on this project; the schools for participating and providing support for the project; the Catholic Education Office and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and the Department of Health in Victoria.