Men and COVID-19: Adding a gender lens

Betron, Myra; Gottert, Ann; Pulerwitz, Julie; Shattuck, Dominick; Stevanovic-Fenn, Natacha

doi:10.1080/17441692.2020.1769702

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“…It insinuates that conceptualisations of sex and gender are unimportant, and that inequalities do not matter, within the context of global pandemics. 23,31 We suggest otherwise, as do others. 23,[30][31] As, Wenham, Smith & Morgan convincingly argue in relation to COVID-19:…”

Section: Understanding Sex and Gender Differencesmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…23 It limits the potential for adopting gender-sensitive and gender-transformative public health responses that are frequently advocated in academic scholarship. 23,[31][32][33][34][35] It also clouds the ability to take a deeper dive into understanding why some, but not necessarily all, gender inequalities are unfair and unjust (i.e. considered to be inequities).…”

Section: Understanding Sex and Gender Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, WHO has been recommending that epidemic-prone infectious diseases should be sex and gender disaggregated since 2007. 31 Second, the lack of engagement with evidence about sex and gender differences means that policy-makers and practitioners are ill-equipped to address health and social inequities experienced by boys and men as a result of COVID-19, exposing the lack of progress made to date in mainstreaming sex and gender issues into health policy, especially where men are concerned. Finally, this means that health inequities already experienced by vulnerable and marginalised groups of boys and men are likely to be exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic; and will largely remain unaddressed.…”

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confidence: 99%

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COVID-19, Equity and Men’s Health

Smith

Griffith

White

et al. 2020

International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health

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In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) reflected a global pandemic. Early epidemiological analyses demonstrated that boys and men have similar rates of COVID-19 infection to girls and women. However, boys and men appear to be disproportionately impacted with respect to severity and mortality, including those from marginalised or minority backgrounds. Yet, considerations of sex and gender, and their relationship to health and social inequities, have been absent from recent COVID-19 policy and practice pandemic responses. This evidence-based commentary discusses the nexus between COVID-19, equity, and boys and men’s health from a broad public health perspective. Using scholarship about intersections between race and gender; and poverty, social determinants of health, and gender; we explain why a health equity lens is important to address the health and social inequities boys and men face during pandemics. This contribution provides guidance about future global public healthpandemic responses for society’s most vulnerable groups of boys and men.

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Section: Understanding Sex and Gender Differencesmentioning

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COVID-19, Equity and Men’s Health

Smith

Griffith

White

et al. 2020

International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health

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“…In addition to the importance of taking early restrictive measures to diminish the transmission, the latest clinical evidence indicates that there are gender and age-related differences in the severity of symptoms and mortality rates of COVID-19 cases . The elderly, particularly older men, appear to be more vulnerable to the disease and suffer from a higher risk of mortality globally (Betron et al, 2020;Wenham et al, 2020). People with underlying health conditions have been linked to an increased risk of severity and fatality, especially for those with tuberculosis and high blood sugar levels (diabetes) (Bornstein et al, 2020;Guan et al, 2020;Wingfield et al, 2020).…”

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Country-level factors associated with the early spread of COVID-19 cases at 5, 10 and 15 days since the onset

Allel

Tapia-Muñoz

Morris

2020

Global Public Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a significant global health crisis. As the disease continues to spread worldwide, little is known about the countrylevel factors affecting the transmission in the early weeks. The present study objective was to explore the country-level factors, including government actions that explain the variation in the cumulative cases of COVID-19 within the first 15 days since the first case reported. Using publicly available sources, country socioeconomic, demographic and health-related risk factors, together with government measures to contain COVID-19 spread, were analysed as predictors of the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases at three time points (t = 5, 10 and 15) since the first case reported (n = 134 countries). Drawing on negative binomial multivariate regression models, HDI, healthcare expenditure and resources, and the variation in the measures taken by the governments, significantly predicted the incidence risk ratios of COVID-19 cases at the three time points. The estimates were robust to different modelling techniques and specifications. Although wealthier countries have elevated human development and healthcare capacity in respect to their counterparts (low-and middle-income countries) the early implementation of effective and incremental measures taken by the governments are crucial to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the early weeks.

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“…Mujeres que ejercen el cuidado, la vigilancia y que laboran en el sistema de salud están expuestas a una violencia grave frente a la cual las medidas existentes son aún más limitadas. Abandonar el enfoque familista se convierte en una oportunidad para implementar medidas que protejan a todas las mujeres frente a la violencia y que involucren a los hombres en la solución del problema (23,24).…”

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Impactos de la COVID-19 en la violencia contra las mujeres. El caso de Bogotá (Colombia)

Moreno¹,

Alfonso²

2020

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La literatura reconoce que las condiciones estructurales de vulnerabilidad de las mujeres que se derivan de los roles asociados al cuidado y al trabajo doméstico y de su precarización laboral, entre otros, favorecen el aumento de la violencia en su contra, y esta se exacerba en las condiciones de confinamiento y aislamiento social generadas por la pandemia de la COVID-19. El artículo estudia los mecanismos dispuestos en Bogotá (Colombia) para enfrentar la violencia contra las mujeres y los desafíos que aún se presentan.

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Men and COVID-19: Adding a gender lens

Cited by 61 publications

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COVID-19, Equity and Men’s Health

COVID-19, Equity and Men’s Health

Country-level factors associated with the early spread of COVID-19 cases at 5, 10 and 15 days since the onset

Impactos de la COVID-19 en la violencia contra las mujeres. El caso de Bogotá (Colombia)

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