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<b>Women may be more at risk of developing post traumatic stress in response to the outbreak.</b>

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016517812030545X?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">A study in China</a> found that symptoms associated with post traumatic stress were much higher in the population after the COVID-19 outbreak. They also found that women were more likely than men to show post traumatic stress symptoms and have difficulty sleeping.

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- <a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/3994791-power-dynamics-and-decision-making-during-outbreaks" target="_blank">Power dynamics and decision making during outbreaks</a>
- <a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/3994803-domestic-violence" target="_blank">Domestic violence</a>
- <a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/3994804-decreases-in-key-services" target="_blank">Decreases in key services</a>
- <a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/3994810-practical-actions-for-making-covid-19-hygiene-programmes-gender-inclusive" target="_blank">Practical Actions for making COVID-19 hygiene programmes gender inclusive</a>
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Author: <a href="https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/white.sian" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sian White</a><br>Reviewed by: <a href="https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/wilbur.jane" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jane Wilbur</a>,<a href="https://sph.emory.edu/faculty/profile/index.php?FID=bethany-caruso-3954" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bethany Caruso</a>, Pryia Nath, Chelsea Huggett<br>Last updated: 11.5.2020

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