COVID-19 and BAME Group in the United Kingdom

Bhatia, Mrigesh

doi:10.1177/2516602620937878

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“…For reasons that are not completely clear, non‐white individuals are between two and three times more likely to die from COVID (Bhatia, 2020). A higher proportion of all deaths among nurses has to date been reported in black, Asian and minority ethic (BAME) nurses (Braithwaite, 2020).…”

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Grief and nursing: Life and death in the pandemic

McCallum

Walthall

Aveyard

et al. 2021

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Grief and nursing: Life and death in the pandemic

McCallum

Walthall

Aveyard

et al. 2021

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Hence, it is concerning that lockdown restrictions could potentially exacerbate this group’s vulnerability due to further reductions in PA in an already inactive group. Another group, evidenced to be at higher risk from COVID-19 are those from BAME populations [21,22]. Again, we found a stark contrast in PA levels, in terms of reduced step-count, in those from BAME groups compared to those identifying as White British.…”

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Stay Home and Stay Active? The impact of stay-at-home restrictions on physical activity routines in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic

Eshelby

Sogut

Jolly

et al. 2021

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Government restrictions applied during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK led to the disruption of many people's physical activity routines, with sports and leisure facilities closed and outdoor exercise only permitted once per day. In this study we investigated which population groups were impacted most in terms of reduced physical activity levels during these periods, and which groups benefitted in terms of increasing their usual level of physical activity. We surveyed UK residents, sampled through users of a rewards-for-exercise app (Sweatcoin; n=749) and an online panel (Prolific; n=907). Of the app users, n=487 further provided daily step-count data collected by the app, prior to, and during the periods of restrictions between March and June 2020. Regression models were applied to investigate factors associated with subjective change (perceived change in physical activity) and objective change (log-percentage change in daily step-count) in physical activity during the periods of restrictions. ANOVAs were used to further investigate the significant factors identified. Key factors associated with a substantial subjective reduction in physical activity included those classed as obese, gym users and people living in urban areas. All participants had a reduced step count during restrictions, with Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups, students and urban dwellers showing the largest reductions. Therefore, targeted interventions are required to ensure that the physical and mental health impacts of sedentary behaviour are not exacerbated over the long-term by significant reductions in physical activity identified in these groups, particularly those who are also more vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus.

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“…Analysis of deaths and hospital admissions also revealed that there were disproportionately high numbers among BAME populations. While this may indeed partly have a genetic cause, it also highlighted pre-existing issues of social inequality and unequal access to healthcare and a safe working environment (Bhatia, 2020).…”

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Vulnerable bodies and invisible work: The Covid-19 pandemic and social reproduction

Gordon-Bouvier

2021

International Journal of Discrimination and the Law

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The restrained state has always sought to devalue socially reproductive work, often consigning it to the private family unit, where it is viewed as a natural part of female relational roles. This marginalisation of social reproduction adversely affects those performing it and reduces their resilience to vulnerability. The pandemic has largely shattered the liberal illusions of autonomous personhood and state restraint. The reality of our universal embodied vulnerability has now become impossible to ignore, and society’s reliance on socially reproductive work has therefore been pushed into public view. However, the pandemic has also exacerbated harms and pressures for those performing paid and unpaid social reproduction, creating a crisis that demands an urgent state response. As it is argued in this paper, the UK response to date has been inadequate, illustrating an unwillingness to abandon familiar principles of liberal individualism. However, the pandemic has also created a climate of exceptionality, which has prompted even the most neoliberal of states to consider measures that in the past would have been dismissed. In this paper, it is imagined how the state can use this opportunity to become more responsive and improve the resilience of social reproduction workers, both inside and outside the home.

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COVID-19 and BAME Group in the United Kingdom

Cited by 32 publications

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Grief and nursing: Life and death in the pandemic

Grief and nursing: Life and death in the pandemic

Stay Home and Stay Active? The impact of stay-at-home restrictions on physical activity routines in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vulnerable bodies and invisible work: The Covid-19 pandemic and social reproduction

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