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Gender and Race on the Frontline: Experiences of Health Workers in Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Source :
- Social Politics
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021.
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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.
- Subjects :
- AcademicSubjects/SOC02590
HT Communities. Classes. Races
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
business.industry
Research
AcademicSubjects/SOC02294
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Affect (psychology)
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Public healthcare
Gender Studies
Race (biology)
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Workforce
Pandemic
Health care
Sociology
Socioeconomics
business
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14682893 and 10724745
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b02d6f979146304153d91cafbfc471ca