{"id":165262,"date":"2020-09-10T03:08:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T01:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pasha-80-a-new-app-helps-covid-19-frontline-workers-with-mental-health\/"},"modified":"2020-09-10T03:08:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T01:08:31","slug":"pasha-80-a-new-app-helps-covid-19-frontline-workers-with-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pasha-80-a-new-app-helps-covid-19-frontline-workers-with-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasha 80: A new app helps COVID-19 frontline workers with mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pasha-80-a-new-app-helps-covid-19-frontline-workers-with-mental-health.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Fighting the coronavirus can put severe strain on a person\u2019s mental health. Frontline workers in healthcare constantly have to deal with challenges of life and death importance. With this in mind, a team of researchers and health experts in South Africa developed an app to help healthcare professionals cope with anxiety and stress. The app connects healthcare workers to information, resources and each other. It recognises the importance of holistic protection. <\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode of Pasha, Professor Ashraf Coovadia and Dr Shaegan Irusen, paediatric specialists at the University of the Witwatersrand, explain how the app works. They emphasise the importance of connecting with people and feeling more in control over an evolving situation.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Photo:<\/strong> \u201cPeople connecting jigsaw pieces of a head together\u201d By Rawpixel.com found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/people-connecting-jigsaw-pieces-head-together-1184139997\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHappy African Village\u201d by John Bartmann, found on <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/John_Bartmann\/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One\/happy-african-village\">FreeMusicArchive.org<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC0 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInspiring and Upbeat\u201d by Scott Holmes, found on <a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Scott_Holmes\/Cinematic_Background_Music\/-_Together_We_Stand\">FreeMusicArchive.org<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Attribution-NonCommercial License.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/africa\/\">Source: The Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighting the coronavirus can put severe strain on a person\u2019s mental health. Frontline workers in healthcare constantly have to deal with challenges of life and death importance. With this in mind, a team of researchers and health experts in South Africa developed an app to help healthcare professionals cope with anxiety and stress. 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