TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 Gender Disparities and Mitigation Recommendations
T2 - A Narrative Review
AU - Nordhues, Hannah C.
AU - Bhagra, Anjali
AU - Stroud, Natya N.
AU - Vencill, Jennifer A.
AU - Kuhle, Carol L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has rapidly created widespread impacts on global health and the economy. Data suggest that women are less susceptible to severe illness. However, sex-disaggregated data are incomplete, leaving room for misinterpretation, and focusing only on biologic sex underestimates the gendered impact of the pandemic on women. This narrative review summarizes what is known about gender disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic, domestic, and health burdens along with overlapping vulnerabilities related to the pandemic. In addition, this review outlines recommended strategies that advocacy groups, community leaders, and policymakers should implement to mitigate the widening gender disparities related to COVID-19.
AB - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has rapidly created widespread impacts on global health and the economy. Data suggest that women are less susceptible to severe illness. However, sex-disaggregated data are incomplete, leaving room for misinterpretation, and focusing only on biologic sex underestimates the gendered impact of the pandemic on women. This narrative review summarizes what is known about gender disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic, domestic, and health burdens along with overlapping vulnerabilities related to the pandemic. In addition, this review outlines recommended strategies that advocacy groups, community leaders, and policymakers should implement to mitigate the widening gender disparities related to COVID-19.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.04.009
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34218863
AN - SCOPUS:85108778862
SN - 0025-6196
VL - 96
SP - 1907
EP - 1920
JO - Mayo Clinic proceedings
JF - Mayo Clinic proceedings
IS - 7
ER -