Gender inequality and health disparity amid COVID-19

Zhaohui Su; Ali Cheshmehzangi; Dean McDonnell; Sabina Šegalo; Junaid Ahmad; Bindi Bennett

doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2021.08.004

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Gender inequality and health disparity amid COVID-19

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Gender inequality and health disparity amid COVID-19

Zhaohui Su, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Dean McDonnell, Sabina Šegalo, Junaid Ahmad and Bindi Bennett

Nursing Outlook, Vol.70(1), pp.89-95

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.08.004

PMCID: PMC8410638

PMID: 34774306

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Abstract

Coronavirus

COVID-19

Domestic violence and abuse

Gender inequalities

Health disparities

Intervention

Women's rights

UniSC Diversity Area - Gender Equity

Gender inequalities could lead to grave human and economic consequences, especially amid global health crises of the coronavirus 2019′s (COVID-19) scale. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated gender inequalities women face and introduced new challenges that are unprecedented to society at large. Adverse effects of COVID-19, compounded by unintended consequences caused by public health policies such as lockdowns (e.g., delayed or canceled health services), have forced women to face issues ranging from COVID-19 infections and deaths, prolonged unemployment, to unparalleled scale and severity of domestic violence. However, though women face a canopy of debilitating challenges, there is a shortage of research that examines health solutions that can mitigate, if not offset, challenges women experience amid COVID-19. In this paper, we aim to shed light on why timely solutions are needed to mitigate gender inequalities and health disparities women face amid COVID-19 promptly. Furthermore, we underscore the imperative for cost-effective interventions that could shed light on the current health crisis and future pandemics.

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Title: Gender inequality and health disparity amid COVID-19
Authors: Zhaohui Su (Author) - The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center
Ali Cheshmehzangi (Author) - University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Dean McDonnell (Author) - Institute of Technology Carlow
Sabina Šegalo (Author) - University of Sarajevo
Junaid Ahmad (Author) - Prime Institute of Public Health
Bindi Bennett (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre - Legacy
Publication details: Nursing Outlook, Vol.70(1), pp.89-95
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2021.08.004
ISSN: 1528-3968
PMID: 34774306; PMC8410638
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99584804902621
Output Type: Journal article

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