Rapid Mobilization of Medical Students to Provide Health Care Workers With Emergency Childcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, health professions students created a free childcare system for health care workers (HCW). As their usual in-person rotations stopped abruptly, students volunteered their time to childcare. Volunteers and HCW were connected by geographical closeness, with an ideal 1:1 longitudinal pairing to reduce close contacts. The service was highly utilized.

Resource Details

  • Population: Youth and Young Adults
  • Setting/Context of Implementation: Community
  • Topics of Practice: Organizational Change/ Development
  • Outcomes of Interest: Capacity Building
  • Level of Evidence: Promising
  • Tools or Materials Included in Resource: Yes
  • Social Determinants of Health: Social and Community Context
  • Outside of US: No