This volume brings together experts from a variety of disciplines, such as medicine, biology, sociology, epidemiology, anthropology, economics and political science, who focus on three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest attainable standards of health, and the policies and actions that can address them. Highlighting the importance of intersecting social hierarchies (e.g. gender, class and ethnicity) for understanding health inequities and their implications for health policy, contributors detail and recommend policy approaches and agendas that incorporate, but go beyond commonly acknowledged issues relating to women’s health and gender equity in health.
Author(s): Gita Sen, Piroska Ostlin
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 341
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 10
Tables......Page 12
Figures......Page 14
Boxes......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
Acknowledgments......Page 22
1 Gender as a Social Determinant of Health: Evidence, Policies, and Innovations......Page 24
2 The Social Body: Gender and the Burden of Disease......Page 70
3 Inequalities and Intersections in Health: A Review of the Evidence......Page 93
4 Gendered Health Outcomes of an ‘Endless’ War on Terror......Page 119
5 Gender, Health, and Poverty in Latin America......Page 149
6 Gender Norms and Empowerment: ‘What Works’ to Increase Equity for Women and Girls......Page 184
7 Challenging Gender in Patient–Provider Interactions......Page 207
8 Exploring the Gendered Dimensions of Human Resources for Health......Page 233
9 Accountability to Citizens on Gender and Health......Page 265
10 Gender Mainstreaming in Health: The Emperor’s New Clothes?......Page 298
Contributors......Page 328
Index......Page 334
