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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779372603321

Titolo

Designing and conducting gender, sex, and health research [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John L. Oliffe & Lorraine J. Greaves

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2012

ISBN

1-4522-3655-0

1-4522-3061-7

1-4522-2401-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 257 p.) : ill

Classificazione

MED078000

Altri autori (Persone)

OliffeJohn Lindsay

GreavesLorraine

Disciplina

610.72

Soggetti

Medicine - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Editors and Contributors; Part I: Context and Concepts; 1 - Why Put Gender and Sex Into Health Research?; Part II: Design; 2 - Sex and Gender; 3 - Implications of Sex and Gender for Health Research; 4 - Approaches to the Measurement of Gender; 5 - Measuring Biological Sex; Part III: Sex and Gender Research; 6 - Fieldwork; 7 - Visual Methods in Gender and Health Research; 8 - Secondary Analysis-Gender, Age, and Place; 9 - Content and Discourse Analysis; 10 - Approaches to Examining Gender Relations in Health Research

11 - Developing a Gender Role Socialization ScalePart IV: Policy, Process, and Products; 13 - Boundary Spanning; 14 - Design, Methods, and Knowledge Exchange; Afterword; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first resource dedicated to examining critically gender and sex study design, methods, and analysis in health research. The authors draw attention to the methodological complexities, and offer ways to address these thoughtfully by drawing on empirical examples across a range of topics and disciplines.