A scoping review on the operationalization of intersectional health research methods in studies related to the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020 and became a global health crisis with devastating impacts. This scoping review maps the key findings of research about the pandemic that has operationalized intersectional research methods around the world. It also tracks how these studies have engaged with...

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Published in:International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being 2024-12, Vol.19 (1), p.2302305-2302305
Main Authors: Olanlesi-Aliu, Adedoyin, Tulli, Mia, Kemei, Janet, Bonifacio, Glenda, Reif, Linda C, Cardo, Valentina, Roche, Hannah, Hurley, Natasha, Salami, Bukola
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Language:English
Subjects:
Attention
COVID-19
Deconstruction
Discrimination
intersectional methods
Intersectionality
Mental health
Oppression
Pandemics
Policy making
Public health
Research methodology
Rigour
scoping review
Uptake
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020 and became a global health crisis with devastating impacts. This scoping review maps the key findings of research about the pandemic that has operationalized intersectional research methods around the world. It also tracks how these studies have engaged with methodological tenets of oppression, comparison, relationality, complexity, and deconstruction. Our search resulted in 14,487 articles, 5164 of which were duplicates, and 9297 studies that did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded. In total, 14 articles were included in this review. We used thematic analysis to analyse themes within this work and Misra et al. (2021) intersectional research framework to analyse the uptake of intersectional methods within such studies. The research related to the COVID-19 pandemic globally is paying attention to issues around the financial impacts of the pandemic, discrimination, gendered impacts, impacts of and on social ties, and implications for mental health. We also found strong uptake of centring research in the context of oppression, but less attention is being paid to comparison, relationality, complexity, and deconstruction. Our findings show the importance of intersectional research within public health policy formation, as well as room for greater rigour in the use of intersectional methods.
ISSN:1748-2631
1748-2623
1748-2631
DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2302305