The perspective of gender on the Ebola virus using a risk management and population health framework:a scoping review

作     者：Miriam N.Nkangu Oluwasayo A.Olatunde Sanni Yaya Nkangu Miriam N.;Olatunde Oluwasayo A.;Yaya Sanni

作者机构：School of EpidemiologyPublic Health and Preventive MedicineUniversity of Ottawa451 Smyth RoadRM 2016Ottawa K1H 8M5Canada Department of Family MedicineDalhousie UniversityHalifax208-44 Mapleton RoadMoncton NB E1C 7W8Canada School of International Development and Global StudiesUniversity of Ottawa120 UniversitySocial Sciences BuildingRM 8005Ottawa K1N 6N5Canada 

出 版 物：《Infectious Diseases of Poverty》 (贫困所致传染病（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第6卷第1期

页      面：1196-1204页

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学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Lea Cross Foundation 

主　　题：Ebola Gender and Ebola virus disease Global health Women and Ebola virus disease Women and care giving roles Ebola and hunting of bush meat men and hunting of bush meat 

摘      要：Background:In the three decades since the first reported case of Ebola virus,most known index cases have been consistently traced to the hunting of“bush meat,and women have consistently recorded relatively high fatality rates in most catastrophic *** paper discusses Ebola-related risk factors,which constantly interact with cultural values,and provides an insight into the link between gender and the risk of contracting infectious diseases,using Ebola virus as an example within ***:A comprehensive search of the literature was conducted using the PubMed,Ovid Medline and Global Health CABI databases as well as CAB Abstracts,including gray *** used a descriptive and sex-and gender-based analysis to revisit previous studies on Ebola outbreaks since 1976 to 2014,and disaggregated the cases and fatality rates according to gender and the sources of known index cases based on available ***:In total,approximately 1530 people died in all previous Ebola outbreaks from 1976 to 2012 compared with over 11,310 deaths from the 2014 ***’s increased exposure can be attributed to time spent at home and their responsibility for caring for the sick,while men’s increased vulnerability to the virus can be attributed to their responsibility for caring for livestock and to time spent away from home,as most known sources of the index cases have been infected in the process of *** present a conceptual model of a circle of interacting risk factors for Ebola in the African ***:There is currently no evidence related to biological differences in female or male sex that increases Ebola virus transmission and vulnerability;rather,there are differences in the level of exposure between men and *** is therefore an important risk factor to consider in the design of health *** the capacity for effective risk communication is a worthwhile investment in public and global health for future emergency responses.