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The Health Impacts and Life Challenges Caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic on Hong Kong Chinese Women

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ID15465339
AuthorsMaria Shuk Yu Hung (0000-0001-9989-9498, Tung Wah College, corresponding author), Liliane Chui King Chan (0000-0001-7426-7603, China Women's University), Sisi Pui Shan Liu (China Women's University)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue9
Pages5115-5115
Publication date2022-04-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19095115
PMID35564509
OpenAlexW4280612517
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited40

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive global crisis. The adverse impacts on Asian women, including Hong Kong Chinese women, have been considerable. The pressure on Hong Kong women is immense due to cultural, social, familial, and personal responsibilities. This study aims to illustrate the health impacts and life challenges for Hong Kong Chinese Women during the pandemic. An interpretive phenomenological approach with purposive sampling was adopted. Semi-structured, face-to-face, in-depth interviews were conducted from August 2020 to January 2021. Twenty-five women participated in the interviews, lasting an average of 48 min. The transcribed interviews were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The core theme identified was "Perceived family caregiving as paramount self-obligation in times of the pandemic", in the context of the role of daughter, wife, or mother (or a combination). Three interconnected themes have been identified in individual, relational, and external contexts: deterioration of personal health, unfavorable to family relationships, and adaptation to social challenges. Eight subthemes have emerged related to health impacts and life challenges. The pandemic has increased women's perception of their caregiver roles in the family, but it has diminished their quality of life. The promotion of strategies and activities that could enhance women's physical, psychological, emotional and social quality of life is recommended

Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Environmental health · Geography · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Nonprobability sampling · Obligation · Pandemic · Perception · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Qualitative research · Quality of life (healthcare · Sociology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology

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