Using gender analysis matrixes to integrate a gender lens into infectious diseases outbreaks research.
Health Policy Plan
; 37(7): 935-941, 2022 Aug 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1566018
ABSTRACT
Evidence shows that infectious disease outbreaks are not gender-neutral, meaning that women, men and gender minorities are differentially affected. This evidence affirms the need to better incorporate a gender lens into infectious disease outbreaks. Despite this evidence, there has been a historic neglect of gender-based analysis in health, including during health crises. Recognizing the lack of available evidence on gender and pandemics in early 2020 the Gender and COVID-19 project set out to use a gender analysis matrix to conduct rapid, real-time analyses while the pandemic was unfolding to examine the gendered effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. This paper reports on what a gender analysis matrix is, how it can be used to systematically conduct a gender analysis, how it was implemented within the study, ways in which the findings from the matrix were applied and built upon, and challenges encountered when using the matrix methodology.
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Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Communicable Diseases
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Health Policy Plan
Journal subject:
Health Services Research
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Public Health
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Heapol
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