ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON WOMEN

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-9
Author(s):  
Megha Gakhar ◽  
Vinay Jagga
Keyword(s):  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Medical Facilities ◽  
The Family ◽  
On Line

The purpose of present study was to explore the economic, social, health and psychological impact of COVID-19 on women. The study was conducted on 92 married women age 25-50 years, having at least graduate degree and serving in teaching or working in private or public concern. For this, investigator has developed her own tool for measuring the belief/ attitude of women towards COVID-19. Data was analysed with the help of percentage technique. The study found that majority of women were unable to purchase critical necessities, avail medical facilities and pay the school/college fee of the children. About 80% women lost the job or their salary is lowered. Women were harassed, abused, their household duties have increased two to three times and there was domestic violence in the family. During on-line interaction, women were harassed and abused by husbands and also they have lost personal health freedom. COVID-19 has threatened their health and they are facing access to health care as health facilities has become costly. Due to closure of schools/college, there is negative impact on educational outcomes of children and they have developed negative emotions.

Ärztemangel im ländlichen Raum – Neue Anreizstrukturen und innovative Versorgungsmodelle als Ausweg? Zur Bedeutung einer patientenorientierten Steuerung

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Zerth
Keyword(s):  
Risk Sharing ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Rural Environments ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Medical Facilities ◽  
Regional Medical ◽  
Care Models

AbstractIn Germany there is an ongoing debate on the adequate distribution of physicians that are obliged to guarantee the overall access to health care. Especially in rural regions the number of general practioners will decline in the next years. From a health economics point of view it has to be discussed which role physicians have to play within different forms of organizing care and cure. In the paper, a standardized utility function that depicts physicians’ interest helps to figure out the range in which physicians have an interest to choose an engagement in rural environments contingent of aspects of risk sharing between caretaker und cost payers. In consequence, patient driven care models will enforce new organizational and institutional arrangements of division of labour between medical practitioners as well as new needs to reorganize regional medical facilities.

scholarly journals Health Care Access Among Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers, 31 States, 2017-2018

2021 ◽  
pp. 003335492199668
Author(s):  
Winifred L. Boal ◽  
Jia Li ◽  
Sharon R. Silver
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
The Past ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Access To Health

Objectives Essential workers in the United States need access to health care services for preventive care and for diagnosis and treatment of illnesses (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] or other infectious or chronic diseases) to remain healthy and continue working during a pandemic. This study evaluated access to health care services among selected essential workers. Methods We used the most recent data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2017-2018, to estimate the prevalence of 4 measures of health care access (having health insurance, being able to afford to see a doctor when needed, having a personal health care provider, and having a routine checkup in the past year) by broad and detailed occupation group among 189 208 adults aged 18-64. Results Of all occupations studied, workers in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were most likely to have no health insurance (46.4%). Personal care aides were most likely to have been unable to see a doctor when needed because of cost (29.3%). Construction laborers were most likely to lack a personal health care provider (51.1%) and to have not had a routine physical checkup in the past year (50.6%). Compared with workers in general, workers in 3 broad occupation groups—food preparation and serving; building and grounds cleaning and maintenance; and construction trades—had significantly lower levels of health care access for all 4 measures. Conclusion Lack of health insurance and underinsurance were common among subsets of essential workers. Limited access to health care might decrease essential workers’ access to medical testing and needed care and hinder their ability to address underlying conditions, thereby increasing their risk of severe outcomes from some infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. Improving access to health care for all workers, including essential workers, is critical to ensure workers’ health and workforce stability.

scholarly journals VARIABLES THAT EXPLAIN VARIATION IN PRENATAL CARE IN TURKEY; SOCIAL CLASS, EDUCATION AND ETHNICITY RE-VISITED

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
DILEK CINDOGLU ◽  
IBRAHIM SIRKECI
Keyword(s):  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Patriarchal Ideology ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
The Family ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Adequate Prenatal Care

The extent and quality of prenatal care are important for the health of women and their babies. Recent studies suggest that women lack adequate prenatal care in contemporary Turkey. This paper uses regression models to examine the major factors impacting on the access of women to prenatal care through the 1993 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey. The findings suggest that after controlling for class, ethnicity does not explain the likelihood of a woman’s access to prenatal care, partly because the predominant patriarchal ideology in Turkey determines women’s access to education, which in turn determines their access to prenatal care. It can be argued that unless women’s socioeconomic status in the family improves, their access to health care in general and prenatal care in particular will not increase significantly.

scholarly journals A survey on the psychological impact and access to health care of thyroid patients during the first SARS‐COV‐2 lockdown

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria G. Pavlatou ◽  
Miloš Žarković ◽  
Laszlo Hegedüs ◽  
Julia Priestley ◽  
Cheryl McMullan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Access To Health

A feasibility study of realtime telemedicine in Croatia using Internet videoconferencing

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vedran Ostojić ◽  
Asja Stipić-Marković ◽  
Zdenko Tudman ◽  
Nenad Zivković ◽  
Branimir Cvorišćec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Specialist Service ◽  
Travel Costs ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Hands On ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Improve Access ◽  
Connection Cost

We explored the feasibility of realtime telemedicine in Croatia using Internet videoconferencing. A 33 kbit/s link was established between a team of specialists in the General Hospital 'Sveti Duh' in Zagreb and a general practitioner's clinic in Selca, on the island of Brač. During a two-week study, 16 patients (median age 51 years) were studied. Twenty-one teleconsultations (seven initial and 14 follow-up visits) were conducted, 13 with a specialist in internal medicine, six with a surgeon and two with a neurologist. In 18 cases (86%) telemedicine successfully replaced hands-on examination. The mean duration of the teleconsultations was 7.2 min (initial visits 7.4 min, follow-up visits 7.1 min). Each computer system cost about US$700. The total connection cost for the study was US$4.95. The teleconsultations saved the patients US$272 in travel costs. We suggest forming a permanent on-line specialist service connected to networked clinics via the Internet to improve access to health-care in Croatia.

scholarly journals Transgender: Are the Invisible and Vulnerable?

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-147
Author(s):  
A Sangamithra
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Transgender Studies ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
The Family ◽  
Economically Deprived

Transgender is a universal word applied to various individuals, behavior, and groups involving tendencies to deviate from the normative gender roles. The transgender person was socially disadvantaged, economically deprived, and politically disenfranchised. As the transgender lives in the most unhygienic conditions, they are prone to various diseases. Few transgender studies report that discrimination in access to health care is associated with numerous poor health outcomes, including a higher prevalence of HIV infection, substance use disorder, and suicide attempts too. A close analysis of various reports and discussion with community and stakeholders suggest that transgender are most uneducated or undereducated, become reluctant to continue schooling. They no longer need to beg on roads and go for prostitution. As a majority of them are abandoned by their families and thrown out of their homes, separate nursing homes should be constructed for the transgender community in order to provide the family less transgender individuals with shelter and security during the last days of their lives.

scholarly journals Social health insurance in the Philippines: do the poor really benefit?

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-187
Author(s):  
Salaheddine El Omari ◽  
Mahmoud Karasneh
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Social Health Insurance ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Access To Health

AbstractDeveloping countries have spent a tremendous amount of time and money on social health insurance programs to give the low-income population free access to health care services. Standard economic theory predicts that people use care services more frequently and regularly when they are free. In this paper, we show that providing free access to health services might not be enough to enhance the utilization of health care by indigents.

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