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Women’s lives in times of Zika: mosquito-controlled lives?

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Title
Women’s lives in times of Zika: mosquito-controlled lives?
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Cadernos de Saúde Pública, May 2018
DOI 10.1590/0102-311x00178917
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Ana Rosa Linde, Carlos Eduardo Siqueira

Abstract

Zika virus infection during pregnancy is a cause of congenital brain abnormalities. Its consequences to pregnancies has made governments, national and international agencies issue advices and recommendations to women. There is a clear need to investigate how the Zika outbreak affects the decisions that women take concerning their lives and the life of their families, as well as how women are psychologically and emotionally dealing with the outbreak. We conducted a qualitative study to address the impact of the Zika epidemic on the family life of women living in Brazil, Puerto Rico, and the US, who were affected by it to shed light on the social repercussions of Zika. Women were recruited through the snowball sampling technique and data was collected through semi-structured interviews. We describe the effects in mental health and the coping strategies that women use to deal with the Zika epidemic. Zika is taking a heavy toll on women's emotional well-being. They are coping with feelings of fear, helplessness, and uncertainty by taking drastic precautions to avoid infection that affect all areas of their lives. Coping strategies pose obstacles in professional life, lead to social isolation, including from family and partner, and threaten the emotional and physical well-being of women. Our findings suggest that the impacts of the Zika epidemic on women may be universal and global. Zika infection is a silent and heavy burden on women's shoulders.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 77 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 21%
Student > Bachelor 13 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 13%
Researcher 6 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 8%
Other 7 9%
Unknown 19 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 10%
Psychology 7 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 6%
Social Sciences 5 6%
Other 11 14%
Unknown 27 35%
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