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    Effects of Covid 19 on mental health of health workers in Blantyre urban hospitals
    (2022-03-04) Mweso, Chigomezgo; Kamanga, Constance; Makoza, Innoncia
    their delivery of health services. In an ideal setting, there is little attention paid to the mental health of health care providers. This affects their delivery of health services. Therefore, this study will provide information on the level of damage caused Covid 19 on the mental health of health workers and how it has affected their delivery of service. 3.2 Objectives and Methodologies The broad objective is to assess the relationship between Covid 19 effects on mental health of health workers and their delivery of services in Blantyre urban. The specific objectives are to evaluate on how the general public perception about Covid 19 has affected the mental health and service delivery of health workers, to analyze the relationship between mental health of health workers and service delivery and to assess the coping skills of health workers during the pandemic. In this study, qualitative and quantitative methods will be used. Our study place will be 4 public hospitals in Blantyre urban. The sampling method will be simple random sampling and the target population will be all health workers in all public hospitals in Blantyre urban. The study population will be 4 public hospitals in Blantyre urban and the sample size is 384 which was calculated using Epi Info. Data collection will be through self-administered questionnaires and one on one interviews. Data will be analyzed using the Microsoft excel and Epi Info 7. Graphs and tables will be used to analyze the results and establish the relationships.