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Gendered Health Matters
16 December 2011
A great video from the Women's Hospital in Melbourne.Gippsland Women's Health Service promotes a gender-based approach to health promotion and health service delivery. 'Gender' refers to the socially constructed roles, responsibilities, identities and expectations assigned to men and women.
It is more than the fundamental biological and physiological differences between males and females. Gender roles differ between cultures and communities over time and the restrictions these roles can impose can have far reaching implications for health and wellbeing.
Aspects of women's and men's health and wellbeing that are influenced by gender include:
- Exposure to risk factors
- Understanding of information about disease management, preventionand control
- Subjective experience of illness and its social significance
- Attitudes towards the maintenance of personal health and that of other family members
- Patterns of service use
- Perceptions of quality of care.
Gender inclusive analysis examines the differences and disparities in the roles of women and men; the power imbalances in their relations; their different needs, constraints and opportunities; and the impact of these differences on their lives.
Gippsland Women's Health Service strongly advocates for the recognition and acknowledgment of the differences between men and women and assists in enabling women to make informed health choices through the delivery of appropriate health information.
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