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ArticleFrontiers in global women's health2021

Health and Gender Inequalities of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Adverse Impacts on Women's Health, Wealth and Social Welfare.

Roberta Guerrina, Bettina Borisch, Leigh F Callahan, Jeremy Howick, Jean-Yves Reginster, Ali Mobasheri

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Article in Frontiers in global women's health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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6 authors.

Roberta GuerrinaSchool of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Bettina BorischPolicies and Governance Research Group, Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Leigh F CallahanThurston Arthritis Research Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Jeremy HowickFaculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Jean-Yves ReginsterWorld Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Public Health Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health and Aging, Liege, Belgium.
Ali MobasheriWorld Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Public Health Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health and Aging, Liege, Belgium.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper we discuss the nexus of health and gender inequalities associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight its adverse impacts on women's health, welfare and social standing. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the link between socio-economic inequalities and health outcomes, especially in the area of rheumatic and musculoskeletal (RMDs) diseases. Women are more adversely affected by RMDs diseases compared to men. Epidemiological research carried out over several decades has demonstrated the presence of clear gender patterns in the manifestation of musculoskeletal diseases, including osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SS) and osteoporosis (OP). The public health measures that have been adopted to curb the spread of Sars-COV-2 are expected to have a particularly detrimental impact on women in the long term precisely because of the nexus between health outcomes and socio-economic structures. Moreover, the prioritization of urgent care will further compound this effect. COVID-19 has created a condition of ontological insecurity that is becoming increasingly manifested through various chronic diseases and associated comorbidities. RMDs and their impact on mobility and the ability of individuals to be independent, happy and mobile is a key public health challenge in the post-COVID-19 reality and a key part of the ongoing pandemic. There is an urgent need to engage with policymakers to publicize and prioritize this problem and develop viable solutions to address it.

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COVID-19genderglobal healthpandemicwomen's health

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PMCPMC8593989

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