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Gender and Race on the Frontline: Experiences of Health Workers in Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Source :
- Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society; Winter2022, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p1144-1167, 24p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Studies on the differential effects of health emergencies have largely overlooked women health workers. Whilst the literature has shown the impact of Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) on women and on healthcare workers, little research has considered the gendered effects of the health workforce. This article analyses the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers and working conditions in Brazil's public healthcare system, through consideration of gendered and racialized understandings of care and work. Data were taken from an online survey of 1,263 health workers, undertaken between September and October 2020, disaggregated by sex and by race in order to understand health workers' experiences of the pandemic in one of the countries most significantly affected by the crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COVID-19 pandemic
RACE
COVID-19
MEDICAL personnel
GENDER
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10724745
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160850315
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxab031