Gender equity in health [[electronic resource] ] : the shifting frontiers of evidence and action / / edited by Gita Sen and Piroska Östlin

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: Social medicine; Equality - Health aspects; Sex discrimination; Women's health services
• Altri autori: SenGita ÖstlinPiroska <1958->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Gender as a Social Determinant of Health: Evidence, Policies, and Innovations; 2 The Social Body: Gender and the Burden of Disease; 3 Inequalities and Intersections in Health: A Review of the Evidence; 4 Gendered Health Outcomes of an 'Endless' War on Terror; 5 Gender, Health, and Poverty in Latin America; 6 Gender Norms and Empowerment: 'What Works' to Increase Equity for Women and Girls; 7 Challenging Gender in Patient-Provider Interactions ; 8 Exploring the Gendered Dimensions of Human Resources for Health9 Accountability to Citizens on Gender and Health; 10 Gender Mainstreaming in Health: The Emperor's New Clothes?; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 a
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender equity in health
• ISBN: 1-135-23816-2; 1-282-31587-0; 9786612315879; 0-203-86690-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809995103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in health and social welfare ; ; 5.