Ethnic minority and migrant women’s struggles in accessing healthcare during COVID-19: an intersectional analysis

IF 1.5 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

Journal for Cultural Research Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/14797585.2021.2012090

A. Yong, Sabrina Germain

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper aims to show that the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified existing barriers to healthcare in England for ethnic minority and migrant women. These barriers include those embedded within the institution, stemming from community perceptions and relating to socio-economic factors. Though barriers to accessing healthcare have existed long before the pandemic, more attention must be devoted now because of the inequalities that COVID-19 has laid bare in England for ethnic minority and migrant women. By adopting an intersectional lens, this paper uncovers what has previously been hidden by ‘intersectional invisibility’, now exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst the pandemic has seen an increase in focus on inequalities related to race, gender and immigration status, this paper adds to the literature by specifically considering the intersection of race and gender, and immigration status and gender, in the context of inequalities relating to healthcare. We argue that ethnic minority and migrant women experience inequalities in healthcare related to access uniquely because of their intersectional identities and the context of a public health crisis.

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新冠肺炎期间少数民族和移民妇女在获得医疗保健方面的斗争：交叉分析

摘要本文旨在表明，新冠肺炎大流行扩大了英格兰少数民族和移民妇女在医疗保健方面的现有障碍。这些障碍包括机构内部的障碍，这些障碍源于社区观念，并与社会经济因素有关。尽管早在大流行之前就存在获得医疗保健的障碍，但现在必须给予更多关注，因为新冠肺炎在英格兰暴露了少数民族和移民妇女的不平等。通过采用交叉视角，本文揭示了以前被“交叉隐形”所掩盖的问题，而现在新冠肺炎大流行加剧了这种情况。虽然新冠疫情越来越关注与种族、性别和移民身份有关的不平等，但本文在与医疗保健有关的不公平的背景下，特别考虑了种族和性别、移民身份和性别的交叉点，为文献增添了内容。我们认为，少数民族和移民妇女在获得医疗保健方面经历了不平等，这是独特的，因为她们的跨部门身份和公共卫生危机的背景。

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