As more people in the province receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, a team of researchers at Simon Fraser University is already exploring the secondary health impacts certain communities might experience after the pandemic. The project called Mapping the COVID-19 Pandemic's Long-Term Health Impacts shows that life after the pandemic won't be as usual and some communities might be affected more than others. 5 factors in post pandemic health impactsCrooks said they narrowed down five different factors that contribute to secondary health impacts — job and housing insecurity, occupational burnout, loneliness and isolation and educational disruption. "It allows us to understand where we might want to ... really put down in terms of resources ... especially around mental health support as we transition into a different phase of the pandemic," Crooks said. LISTEN | Valorie Crooks talks about Mapping the COVID-19 Pandemic's Long-Term Health Impacts on CBC's All Points West

Source: CBC News May 22, 2021 15:00 UTC