Narratives on changes in health-related behaviours during lockdown in Spain according to gender

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OBJECTIVE: To explore experiences related to health-oriented behaviours during lockdown in the Spanish resident population from a gender perspective.

METHOD: Qualitative research with a critical and feminist approach. Twenty-nine semi-structured interviews (17 women and 12 men) were conducted between June and July 2020 via telephone with people who had previously answered an online survey. The interviews were transcribed and a thematic content analysis was carried out, differentiating between the experiences of women and men. The data were triangulated by the research team.

RESULTS: Among women, greater diversity emerged in terms of health behaviours. Among them, the difficult experiences related to COVID-19, the complexity of living together and doing unpaid care work, as well as the importance of support networks, stood out. Among men, there were different attitudes towards sport, self-care and having time for healthy eating were positively valued, and there was a good assessment of coexistence and organisation in household chores. In both men and women, work overload and economic problems were related to emotional distress and difficulties in carrying out healthy activities.

CONCLUSIONS: Health-oriented behaviours during lockdown differed according to gender. They were mostly limited to COVID-19 experiences, socio-economic conditions and burden of care. It is essential to tailor public health and primary care programmes according to people's life moments, taking into account their social context and questioning traditional gender roles.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Gaceta sanitaria - 37(2023) vom: 07., Seite 102296

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Narrativas sobre cambios de conductas en salud durante el confinamiento en España según género

Beteiligte Personen:

Jacques-Aviñó, Constanza [VerfasserIn]
Medina-Perucha, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Young-Silva, Yudy [VerfasserIn]
Granés, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Lòpez-Jiménez, Tomás [VerfasserIn]
Berenguera, Anna [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Comportamientos en salud
Cuarentena
English Abstract
Gender role
Health behaviour
Investigación cualitativa
Journal Article
Qualitative research
Quarantine
Rol de género

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.03.2023

Date Revised 22.05.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.gaceta.2023.102296

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35426981X