Gender Bias and the Lack of Equity in Pandemic Nursing in China: A Qualitative Study
| Autor: | Ericka Waidley, Qiwei Wu, Xinyi Liu, Pingting Zhu, Qiaoying Ji, Ting Xu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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China female stereotype Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Sexism Identity (social science) Nursing Staff Hospital gender equity Article gender bias Nursing Pandemic Gender bias Humans Pandemics Qualitative Research Interpretative phenomenological analysis SARS-CoV-2 pandemic Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Equity (finance) COVID-19 Gender Identity female nurses Medicine Female Psychology Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 19 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 10273, p 10273 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph181910273 |
| Popis: | There has long been a gender bias in medicine. This qualitative study aims to identify the experience of sexism among frontline female nurses and further explore their expectations and possible strategies to get rid of gender bias. This is a descriptive phenomenological study of 23 female nurses with 11 ± 3.98 years of experience who spent 36 ± 6.50 days at the frontline during the initial COVID-19 outbreak. We employed Colaizzi’s phenomenological analysis method to understand the subjective experiences, revealing the following themes: (a) materialization of gender identity (b) incoordinate relationships (c) future voice of female nurses. The gender bias experienced by female frontline nurses further challenges their emotional identity and self-identity. Therefore, it is important to require extensive consciousness-raising and policy support to defend female nurses’ rights. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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