COVID-19: Understanding the sex and gender dimensions on women’s health and wellbeing

Background

The sex and gendered impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have not been adequately addressed in policies and public health efforts among affected patients, vulnerable women and health workers.

Methods

To address these issues, this project will conduct:
1. sex-disaggregated analyses of global COVID-19 statistics and national policies
2. mapping of health and frontline domestic and family violence service activity, capacity and regulatory responses during COVID-19
3. a sex- and gender-disaggregated survey analysis of critical care responders and non-critical care health workers on the front lines of COVID 19.

Significance

Results will be used to inform clinicians and policymakers in developing tailored strategies to more rapidly and efficiently target the most vulnerable during the escalating pandemic and future outbreaks. The research will contribute to longer term policy reform to better integrate a sex- and gender-disaggregated approach to enhance equitable and more effective health outcomes.

Funding Body

UNSW Research COVID-19: Rapid Response Research Fund