Solving gender gaps in health, what else is missing?
In recent years, a great deal of attention has been paid to gender inequities in health. However, while we have a good body of evidence on the impact of gender on the health and vulnerability of women and men, we have not yet been able to generate sufficient evidence on effective interventions that...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Gaceta sanitaria 2022-01, Vol.36 (1), p.45-47 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In recent years, a great deal of attention has been paid to gender inequities in health. However, while we have a good body of evidence on the impact of gender on the health and vulnerability of women and men, we have not yet been able to generate sufficient evidence on effective interventions that can transform this situation or can influence public health policy making. Only a limited number of educational interventions on gender-sensitivity, gender bias in clinical practice and policies to tackle gender inequalities in health have been formulated, implemented and evaluated. Even in the current pandemic situation caused by SARS-CoV2, we have seen the lack of gender mainstreaming reflected in the global response. This happens even when we have tools that facilitate the formulation and implementation of actions to reduce gender inequities in health. We consider that the current initiatives organized to carry out advocacy activities on gender inequity in health to be very positive. In the same line of these initiatives, we propose that while academic and institutional research on gender and health remains essential, we need to shift the focus towards action. In order to move forward, we need public health researchers questioning what public health practice need to do to address gender inequities and shake structural and social power inequities in order to increase the gender equity in health.
En los últimos años se ha prestado mucha atención a las desigualdades de género en salud. Si bien hay abundante evidencia sobre el impacto del género en la salud y la vulnerabilidad de mujeres y hombres, aún no se ha podido generar evidencia suficiente sobre intervenciones efectivas que puedan transformar esta situación o que puedan influir en la formulación de políticas de salud pública. Solo se han formulado, implementado y evaluado un número limitado de intervenciones educativas sobre la sensibilidad de género, de intervenciones para reducir el sesgo de género en la práctica clínica y de políticas para abordar las desigualdades de género en la salud. Incluso en la actual situación de pandemia causada por el SARS-CoV2 se ha visto la falta de transversalización de género reflejada en la respuesta global. Esto sucede incluso cuando se cuenta con herramientas que facilitan la formulación y la implementación de acciones para reducir las inequidades de género en salud. Consideramos que las iniciativas actuales para realizar acciones con incidencia sobre la inequidad de gé |
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ISSN: | 0213-9111 1578-1283 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.gaceta.2021.10.002 |