@article{ref1,
title="COVID-19 effects on women's home and work life, family violence and mental health from the women's health expert panel of the American Academy of Nursing",
journal="Nursing outlook",
year="2022",
author="Berg, Judith A. and Woods, Nancy Fugate and Shaver, Joan and Kostas-Polston, Elizabeth A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic exaggerated women's roles in families as primary caretakers and overseers of family health. This is compounded by possible loss of work and resultant loss of health insurance. <br><br>PURPOSE: We examine how pandemic-related factors have altered women's roles and created stressors challenging stress adaptation and typical coping strategies, including how registered nurses have faced unique challenges. FAMILY VIOLENCE AND PANDEMIC-RELATED MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES: Enforced stay-athome orders exaggerated by work-from-home has amplified family violence worldwide. Besides COVID-19 protective measures increasing greater contact with abusers, they limited women's access to help or support. Pandemic-related issues increased anxiety, anger, stress, agitation and withdrawal for women, children, and registered nurses. <br><br>DISCUSSION: More evidence about pandemic-related impacts on women's home and work lives, especially the scope of stressors and emotional/mental health manifestations is urgently needed. Policies to support interventions to improve mental health resilience are paramount.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0029-6554",
doi="10.1016/j.outlook.2022.05.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2022.05.001"
}