The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on women's health
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2021
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Maltepe Üniversitesi
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Özet
The Covid-19 virus, which emerged in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019, affected the whole world in a short time. This disease, which causes many people to become ill and die, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 12, 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought many changes in people's lives. Pandemic process; It threatens the humanity of the whole world physically, spiritually and socially. One of the populations with the highest potential to be affected by the Covid-19 pandemic process can be considered as women. Because the Covid-19 pandemic has brought along some problems that may cause an increase in gender inequality and caused adverse effects on women's health due to existing gender roles. Pandemic period; women are more a ected by the fact that women constitute the majority of those working in the health sector, disruptions in their education and health service, increasing unemployment, prolonged stay at home, and increased domestic responsibilities and caregiver roles. Due to the gender roles of women, being close to the patient infected with the Covid-19 virus to care for the patient, being impoverished by working in unpaid jobs, not being able to benefit from health services sufficiently, being exposed to domestic violence negatively affected women's health. During the pandemic period, many routine health services provided to women, especially sexual and reproductive health services, were interrupted. Consequently, it is predicted that the demands for birth control methods will not be met, adolescent pregnancies, unsafe abortions, sexually transmitted diseases, maternal mortality and morbidity will increase. In addition, routine cancer screenings (breast cancer, colon cancer and cervical cancer) were postponed during this period. Accordingly, it is predicted that it will be seen in cancer incidence in the following years. However, women were exposed to more violence in the pandemic. In addition, women experienced more mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder and stress than men. In this context, determining the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on women's health is very important in terms of taking measures and making plans for the protection, development and improvement of women's health. With this review, it is aimed to evaluate the effect of Covid-19 pandemic on women's health
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Covid-19 pandemic, women's health, gender
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International Faculty of Medical Sciences and Nursing(MEDNS) Student Congress
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Gündüz, C.S., Arslan Tarus, H. ve Demirci, N. (2021). The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on women's health. International Faculty of Medical Sciences and Nursing(MEDNS) Student Congress, Maltepe Üniversitesi. s. 100-101.
