Reconsidering mobility of care: Learning from the experiences of low-income women during the COVID-19 lockdown in Itagüí, Colombia

Orjuela, Juan Pablo; Schwanen, Tim

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102965

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“…This study also extends the mobility of care literature [ 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 52 , 53 ] by showing how mobility for paid care and mobility for unpaid care shape each other. Indeed, most of the mobility of care literature focuses solely on unpaid care mobilities [ 29 , 30 , 32 ].…”

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Double-Duty Carers’ Health and Wellbeing during COVID-19: Exploring the Role of Mobility of the Care Economy in Southern Ontario, Canada

Ravensbergen,

Mehta,

Sethi

et al. 2024

IJERPH

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Double-Duty Carers (DDCs) refer to people who work in the healthcare industry while also providing unpaid care to relatives, friends, or neighbours. The expectations placed on DDCs is expected to grow, and these employees already experience a high caring burden. As such it is important to understand how best to support their health and wellbeing. This paper explores DDCs’ wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing an understudied factor: their mobility constraints. Following the Mobility of the Care Economy framework and a qualitative research design, it does so through a thematic analysis of 16 semi-structured interviews with female DDCs in Southern Ontario, Canada. Once data saturation was reached, three mobility pathways during the pandemic were identified, all of which negatively affected DDCs wellbeing. First, some COVID-19 policies (e.g., testing requirements) resulted in increased mobility demands and increased spatiotemporal constraints. Second, the closure of institutions that care for dependents (schools, daycares, day centres) resulted in forced reduced mobility, which increased financial stress. Finally, indirect mobility effects were identified: the reduced mobility of other informal carers increased the workload and emotional strain on DDCs. The paper concludes with a discussion of mobility-related policies that could improve DDC wellbeing.

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Double-Duty Carers’ Health and Wellbeing during COVID-19: Exploring the Role of Mobility of the Care Economy in Southern Ontario, Canada

Ravensbergen,

Mehta,

Sethi

et al. 2024

IJERPH

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“…Caregivers' results regarding mobility barriers are in line with feminist urbanism [27] and mobility of care literature [28]. Because of unpaid care work, women travel more across the city, use the bus more often, and walk more than men [29].…”

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confidence: 59%

Urban Care for Unpaid Caregivers: community' voices in the Care Block program, in Bogotá, Colombia.

Guevara-Aladino,

Sarmiento,

Rubio

et al. 2023

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The Care Blocks of Bogotá, Colombia, are an urban planning program that offers services for low-income unpaid caregivers and their dependents. This study aimed to i) characterize the experiences of unpaid caregivers in the areas of well-being and physical activity levels and the use of public spaces linked to the Care Block; ii) identify caregivers’ perceived built and social environment facilitators and barriers to access and use the Care Block facility; and iii) document the community-led advocacy process to further advance benefits of the Care Block program. The quantitative component included a survey and the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) instrument. The qualitative component used the Our Voice citizen science method augmented with portable virtual reality equipment to engage participants in advocacy for community changes. Participants (N=21; photos and audio recordings=257) had a median age of 53 years (IQR = 40-63) and dedicated a median of 13.5 hours a day to unpaid caregiving. SOPARC evaluation results (108 observed participants) showed that most women (87.13%) engaged in moderate to vigorous physical activity (e.g., dancing). The caregivers highlighted education, physical activity services, and integration of facilities as facilitators to accessing the Care Block program. Poor quality and lack of sidewalks and roads, limited personal safety, and the risk of pedestrian-vehicle collisions were identified as barriers. Virtual Reality helped promote data visualization and create a compelling opportunity to spark dialogue between participants and stakeholders. This study allowed stakeholders to reflect on an urban initiative facilitating unpaid care work.

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A participatory foresight approach to envisioning post-pandemic urban development pathways in Tokyo

Sharifi,

Dacosta Aboagye,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Habitat International

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Reconsidering mobility of care: Learning from the experiences of low-income women during the COVID-19 lockdown in Itagüí, Colombia

Cited by 4 publications

References 20 publications

Double-Duty Carers’ Health and Wellbeing during COVID-19: Exploring the Role of Mobility of the Care Economy in Southern Ontario, Canada

Double-Duty Carers’ Health and Wellbeing during COVID-19: Exploring the Role of Mobility of the Care Economy in Southern Ontario, Canada

Urban Care for Unpaid Caregivers: community' voices in the Care Block program, in Bogotá, Colombia.

A participatory foresight approach to envisioning post-pandemic urban development pathways in Tokyo

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