The 10th International Conference on Women’s Health, a Narrative Report December 1st and 2nd, 2021, Shiraz, Iran
نویسندگان
1 Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2 Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
4 Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
5 Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
6 Professor of Community Medicine, Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
doi
10.30476/whb.2022.94355.1163چکیده
The widespread lockdown and stay-at-home calls around the world in order to halt the spread of COVID-19 have reduced social interactions, availability of social and healthcare services, as well as financial and workforce resources (1, 2). Moreover, it has led to allocating a greater proportion of healthcare resources to COVID-19 care, which impairs the services for other vulnerable groups of the society, specifically women. In addition to certain factors, including physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual aspects, which affect the individuals’ health status, regarding women’s health, two additional factors are considered, namely familial and social factors, although they overlap in certain aspects.