Blocked by Gender
Disparities in Covid19 infection detection in Tamil Nadu, India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22069475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tannistha Samanta (0000-0002-4150-768X, Flame University, corresponding author), Kaushik Gopalan (0000-0002-7980-6183, Flame University), Tanmay Devi (0000-0001-9082-0560, Flame University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pages | 966490-966490 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2022.966490 |
| PMID | 36249186 |
| OpenAlex | W4298142988 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
Globally, a gender gap in COVID-19 has been noted with men reporting higher share of both morbidity and deaths compared to women. While the gender gap in fatalities has been similar across the globe, there have been interesting disparities in the detection of COVID-19 cases in men and women. While wealthier, more developed nations have generally seen similar case detection in men and women, LMICs especially in Asia have seen far greater proportion of COVID-19 cases among men than women. We utilize age and sex-disaggregated data from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu across two waves of the pandemic (May 2020 – Nov 2020, and March 2021, to June 2021) and find that there were only ~70% as many detected COVID-19 cases among women as there were among men. Our initial reading suggested that this might be a protective effect of lower labor force participation rates among women across much of South Asia. However, subsequent sero-prevalence results from Tamil Nadu conducted on October-November 2020, and June-July, 2021 suggest that infection incidence has been similar among men and women; as is the case in countries with better health infrastructure. This empirical puzzle suggests that reduced case detection among women cannot be immediately associated with limited public exposure, but rather evidence of a chronic neglect of women in healthcare access. Overall, we contend that an attention to the gender context holds promise to effective interventions in detection and prevention that goes beyond the traditional epidemiological logic of diseases
Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Neglect · Pandemic · Pathology · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Sociology · Tamil · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Epidemiology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |