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SynthesisSocial science & medicine (1982)2020

Health risks and outcomes that disproportionately affect women during the Covid-19 pandemic: A review.

Jade Connor, Sarina Madhavan, Mugdha Mokashi, Hanna Amanuel, Natasha R Johnson, Lydia E Pace, Deborah Bartz

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Synthesis in Social science & medicine (1982), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 262 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

262 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 565 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jade ConnorHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: jade_connor@hms.harvard.edu.
Sarina MadhavanHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Mugdha MokashiHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Hanna AmanuelHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Natasha R JohnsonHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Lydia E PaceHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Deborah BartzHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Harvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
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NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Covid-19 pandemic is straining healthcare systems in the US and globally, which has wide-reaching implications for health. Women experience unique health risks and outcomes influenced by their gender, and this narrative review aims to outline how these differences are exacerbated in the Covid-19 pandemic. OBSERVATIONS: It has been well described that men suffer from greater morbidity and mortality once infected with SARS-CoV-2. This review analyzed the health, economic, and social systems that result in gender-based differences in the areas healthcare workforce, reproductive health, drug development, gender-based violence, and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic. The increased risk of certain negative health outcomes and reduced healthcare access experienced by many women are typically exacerbated during pandemics. We assess data from previous disease outbreaks coupled with literature from the Covid-19 pandemic to examine the impact of gender on women's SARS-CoV-2 exposure and disease risks and overall health status during the Covid-19 pandemic.

conclusionsGender differences in health risks and implications are likely to be expanded during the Covid-19 pandemic. Efforts to foster equity in health, social, and economic systems during and in the aftermath of Covid-19 may mitigate the inequitable risks posed by pandemics and other times of healthcare stress.

Indexed as

Mental HealthWomen's HealthCaregiversCOVID-19Drug DevelopmentFemaleHealth StatusHumansIntimate Partner ViolenceMaternal Health ServicesPandemicsPregnant PeopleRacial GroupsRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Stress, PsychologicalCovid-19Gender health disparitiesPandemicWomen's health

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PMID32950924
PMCPMC7487147
OpenAlexW3085791039

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