Stress in America on the Pandemic’s 2nd Anniversary: Money, Inflation, and War Add to Consumers’ Anxiety
By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn on 11 March 2022 in Anxiety, Behavioral health, Burnout, Consumer experience, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Depression, Employee benefits, Financial health, Financial wellness, Health care industry, Health disparities, Health engagement, Health equity, Mental health, Money and health, Popular culture and health, Primary care, Public health, Race and health, Stress, War and health, Weight loss, Workplace benefits, Workplace wellness
As we mark the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the key themes facing health citizens deal with money, inflation, and war — “piled on a nation stuck in COVID-19 survival mode,” according to the latest poll on Stress in America from the American Psychological Association. Financial health is embedded in peoples’ overall sense of well-being and whole health. Many national economies entered the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 already marked by income inequality. The public health crisis exacerbated that, especially among women who were harder hit financially in the past two years than men were. That situation was even worse
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