Gender and Race on the Frontline

Experiences of Health Workers in Brazil during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Bibliographic Data

ID12426280
AuthorsClare Wenham (0000-0001-5378-3203, Department of Health Policy, LSE , London, UK, corresponding author), Michelle Vieira Fernandez (0000-0003-0224-0991, Political Science Institute, University of Brasilia , Brasília, Brazil), Marcela Garcia Corrêa (0000-0002-0528-4626, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP) , São Paulo, Brazil), Gabriela Lotta (0000-0003-2801-1628, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP) , São Paulo, Brazil), Brunah Schall (0000-0002-9212-649X, René Rachou Institute—Fiocruz Minas , Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Mariela Campos Rocha (0000-0002-9391-7656, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Mariela Rocha (0000-0001-8388-0653, René Rachou Institute—Fiocruz Minas , Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Denise Nacif Pimenta (0000-0003-3248-9472, René Rachou Institute—Fiocruz Minas , Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Year2021
Volume29
Issue4
Pages1144-1167
Publication date2021-07-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sp/jxab031
PMID36533212
OpenAlexW3185283000
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited46

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

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Health care · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Race (biology · Sociology · Work (physics · Workforce · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gender Studies

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