Mental Health Impacts of Wildfire, Flooding and COVID-19 on Fort McMurray School Board Staff and Other Employees: A Comparative Study.
Belinda AgyapongEjemai Amaize EboreimeReham A Hameed ShalabyHannah PazderkaGloria Obuobi-DonkorMedard K AduWanying MaoFolajinmi OluwasinaErnest OwusuAndrew James GreenshawVincent Israel Opoku AgyapongPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2021)
The study has established that likely PTSD symptoms were significantly higher in other employees compared to those of school board employees. Greater exposure to the traumatic events and a greater perceived lack of support from other employers might have contributed to the significantly higher prevalence of PTSD in other employees.