Exploring the Consequences of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Social, Cultural, Economic, and Psychological Insights and Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781774638644 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 478 str.

Usha Rana; Jayanathan Govender

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Provides an insightful understanding of the challenges and impacts of COVID-19 on mental health, health care, gender issues, education, social institutions, and more. The volume examines health challenges and consequences, such as the impact on maternal and reproductive health, on mental health, the psychological effects of isolation.

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PART I: Community Responses and Social Challenges During COVID-19 1. ‘Confronting the Monster’: Exploring the Implementation of Social Protection Measures Amid COVID-19 in South Africa 2. The Responsibility of State in Combating COVID-19: The Experience of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Maldives 3. COVID-19 and the Discourse on Human Rights 4. The Pandemic of COVID-19 and Inhuman Wrongs PART II: Health Challenges and Consequences of COVID-19 5. Maternal and Reproductive Health in the Midst of COVID-19: The Case of Africa 6. Mental Health and the Psychological Effects of Isolation During COVID-19 7. Health and Non-Health Care Challenges of COVID-19 Management 8. The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health PART III: Impacts of COVID-19 on Age, Gender, and Profession 9. ‘Making Connections’: Feminist Activism in a Quarantined Chinese City 10. COVID-19 Pandemic and the Plight of Women Migrant Workers: Gendered Issues Involved and the Strategies Required 11. The Impacts of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 on Vulnerable Groups of Society: The Case for Mauritius 12. Impact of COVID-19 on Interpersonal Relations and Behavioral Aspects of the People PART IV: Role of Different Organizations and Professions 13. Optimum Budget Allocation for Social Projects to Control COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Objective Nonlinear Integer Mathematical Model with a Novel Discrete Integer Gaining-Sharing Knowledge-Based Metaheuristic Algorithm 14. Solace in Social Media: Women Unite Under COVID-19 15. The South African Police and the Challenges They Are Encountering During COVID-19 16. Role of Journalism and Media During the Crisis of the Coronavirus Pandemic in India: A Review PART V: Closure of Schools and Colleges During COVID-19: Remote Learning Challenges 17. Information Curation, Psychosocial Response, and Hygienic Practices in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Indian Students of Higher Education 18. Towards Enhancing Lecturers’ Professionalism in a Period of Global Pandemic in Nigerian Universities: Issues and Challenges 19. Remote Learning and COVID-19 Lockdown: Experiences of University Students from the Eastern Cape of South Africa 20. The Sociology of a COVID-19 Virtual University 21. School and University Closures in COVID-19: Impacts on Educational Processes and Systems