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. 2021 Sep 13;29(4):1144-1167.
doi: 10.1093/sp/jxab031. eCollection 2022 Winter.

Gender and Race on the Frontline: Experiences of Health Workers in Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Clare Wenham  1 , Michelle Fernandez  2 , Marcela Garcia Corrêa  3 , Gabriela Lotta  3 , Brunah Schall  4 , Mariela Campos Rocha  4 , Denise Nacif Pimenta  4
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Gender and Race on the Frontline: Experiences of Health Workers in Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Clare Wenham et al. Soc Polit. .

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.

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