TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender equity and public health outcomes
T2 - The COVID-19 experience
AU - Leung, T. Y.
AU - Sharma, Piyush
AU - Adithipyangkul, Pattarin
AU - Hosie, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - This paper extends the growing research on the impact of gender equity on public health outcomes using the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic as its research setting. Specifically, it introduces a conceptual model incorporating the impact of gender equity and human development on women's representation in legislature and public health expenditure, and their combined impact with human environment (population density, aging population and urban population) on important public health outcomes in the Covid-19 context, including the total number of tests, diagnosed, active and critical cases, and deaths. Data from 210 countries shows support for many of the hypothesized relationships in the conceptual model. The results provide useful insights about the factors that influence the representation of women in political systems around the world and its impact on public health outcomes. The authors also discuss implications for public health policy-makers to ensure efficient and effective delivery of public health services in future.
AB - This paper extends the growing research on the impact of gender equity on public health outcomes using the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic as its research setting. Specifically, it introduces a conceptual model incorporating the impact of gender equity and human development on women's representation in legislature and public health expenditure, and their combined impact with human environment (population density, aging population and urban population) on important public health outcomes in the Covid-19 context, including the total number of tests, diagnosed, active and critical cases, and deaths. Data from 210 countries shows support for many of the hypothesized relationships in the conceptual model. The results provide useful insights about the factors that influence the representation of women in political systems around the world and its impact on public health outcomes. The authors also discuss implications for public health policy-makers to ensure efficient and effective delivery of public health services in future.
KW - Covid-19
KW - Gender equity
KW - Human development
KW - Human environment
KW - Public health expenditure
KW - Public health outcomes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085291308&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.05.031
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.05.031
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085291308
SN - 0148-2963
VL - 116
SP - 193
EP - 198
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
ER -