Syndemic aspects between COVID-19 pandemic and social inequalities

查看全文 作　　者：Jonathan Santos [1]Apolonio;Ronaldo Teixeira da Silva [1]Júnior;Beatriz Rocha [1]Cuzzuol;Glauber Rocha Lima [1]Araújo;Hanna Santos [2]Marques;Isadora de Souza [1]Barcelos;Luana Kauany de [1]SáSantos;Luciano Hasimoto [1]Malheiro;Vinícius Lima de Souza [2]Gonçalves;Fabrício Freire de [1]Melo 机构地区：[1]Universidade Federal da Bahia,Instituto Multidisciplinar em Saúde,Vitória da Conquista 45029-094,Bahia,Brazil;[2]Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia,Campus Vitória da Conquista,Vitória da Conquista 45083-900,Bahia,Brazil 出　　处：《World Journal of Methodology》索引2022年第12卷第5期,共15页 摘　　要：Although the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic has reached all over the world population,it has demonstrated a heterogeneous impact on different populations.The most vulnerable communities which coexist daily with the social inequalities like low access to hygiene and personal protection products,crowded residences,and higher levels of chronic diseases have a higher risk of contact and the spread of infection,beyond unfavorable clinical outcomes.The elevation of the risk of infection exposure can be related to gender due to the presence of a larger contingent of women in essential services,as well as frontline and cleaning professionals who regardless of gender have the greatest exposure to the virus.Such exposures can contribute to the development of fear of contaminating themselves or their family members associated also with the work stress,both of which are related to the emergence of mental disturbances in these populations.Furthermore,conditions of unsanitary living and low socioeconomic status,populations at war,pre-existing social barriers,and ethnicity have contributed to more impact of the pandemic both in the exposure to the virus and access to health services,COVID-19 management,and management of other pathologies.At the same time,factors such as the closing of non-essential services,the loss of jobs,and the increase in household spending aggravated the social vulnerabilities and impacted the family economy.Lastly,the COVID-19 pandemic contributed still more to the impact on women's health since it propitiated a favorable environment for increasing domestic violence rates,through the segregation of women from social life,and increasing the time of the victims with their aggressors. 关 键 词：COVID-19 Minority groups PANDEMIC Social inequalities Socioeconomic factors