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Women involvement in the informal caregiving field: A perspective review

The patient recovery process of individual with mental health disorder is reinforced if they are connected with their community and supported by relatives. The literature has shown that caregivers are important, although their roles can lead to alterations in their own health; and women are the most...

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Autores principales: Rexhaj, Shyhrete, Nguyen, Alexandra, Favrod, Jérôme, Coloni-Terrapon, Claire, Buisson, Leslie, Drainville, Anne-Laure, Martinez, Debora
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9889973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36741114
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1113587
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author Rexhaj, Shyhrete
Nguyen, Alexandra
Favrod, Jérôme
Coloni-Terrapon, Claire
Buisson, Leslie
Drainville, Anne-Laure
Martinez, Debora
author_facet Rexhaj, Shyhrete
Nguyen, Alexandra
Favrod, Jérôme
Coloni-Terrapon, Claire
Buisson, Leslie
Drainville, Anne-Laure
Martinez, Debora
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description The patient recovery process of individual with mental health disorder is reinforced if they are connected with their community and supported by relatives. The literature has shown that caregivers are important, although their roles can lead to alterations in their own health; and women are the most involved in this role. The present review investigated women’s involvement in the informal caregiver scientific field. A literature review indicated gender differences; researchers who are women are more interested in this field than men. Even with a good representation of women in this scientific field, the results showed a statistically significant gender difference for the first and second authors, whereas there was no significant gender difference among the last authors. More efforts must be made to recognize the importance of women’s involvement in research because they raise a specific important field. Family caregivers are key players in the healthcare system, but to date, there has been little recognition of their enormous contribution. Our results also indicated the informal caregiver role is filled more by women than by men, which creates social inequalities in many domains, especially in opportunities at the professional level. Tailored interventions are required to address the specific needs and issues of family caregivers. A better redistribution of unpaid work, such as informal caregiving, compared to paid work must be made to respect gender in social existence.
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spelling pubmed-98899732023-02-02 Women involvement in the informal caregiving field: A perspective review Rexhaj, Shyhrete Nguyen, Alexandra Favrod, Jérôme Coloni-Terrapon, Claire Buisson, Leslie Drainville, Anne-Laure Martinez, Debora Front Psychiatry Psychiatry The patient recovery process of individual with mental health disorder is reinforced if they are connected with their community and supported by relatives. The literature has shown that caregivers are important, although their roles can lead to alterations in their own health; and women are the most involved in this role. The present review investigated women’s involvement in the informal caregiver scientific field. A literature review indicated gender differences; researchers who are women are more interested in this field than men. Even with a good representation of women in this scientific field, the results showed a statistically significant gender difference for the first and second authors, whereas there was no significant gender difference among the last authors. More efforts must be made to recognize the importance of women’s involvement in research because they raise a specific important field. Family caregivers are key players in the healthcare system, but to date, there has been little recognition of their enormous contribution. Our results also indicated the informal caregiver role is filled more by women than by men, which creates social inequalities in many domains, especially in opportunities at the professional level. Tailored interventions are required to address the specific needs and issues of family caregivers. A better redistribution of unpaid work, such as informal caregiving, compared to paid work must be made to respect gender in social existence. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9889973/ /pubmed/36741114 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1113587 Text en Copyright © 2023 Rexhaj, Nguyen, Favrod, Coloni-Terrapon, Buisson, Drainville and Martinez. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Martinez, Debora
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