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Gender inequality and restrictive gender norms: framing the challenges to health
Lori Heise,Margaret E. Greene,Neisha Opper,Maria Stavropoulou,Caroline Harper,Marcos Nascimento,Debrework Zewdie,Gary L. Darmstadt,Margaret Eleanor Greene,Sarah Hawkes,Sarah Henry,Jody Heymann,Jeni Klugman,Ruth Levine,Anita Raj,Geeta Rao Gupta +15 more
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This Series paper raises the parallel question of whether discrimination based on gender likewise becomes embodied, with negative consequences for health, as well as how gender-biased health research and health-care systems reinforce and reproduce gender inequalities, with serious implications for health.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2019-06-15. It has received 417 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Global health.read more
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Impact of sex and gender on COVID-19 outcomes in Europe.
Catherine Gebhard,Catherine Gebhard,Vera Regitz-Zagrosek,Vera Regitz-Zagrosek,Hannelore Neuhauser,Hannelore Neuhauser,Rosemary Morgan,Sabra L. Klein +7 more
TL;DR: Clinical and epidemiological evidence for gender and sex differences in COVID-19 from Europe and China is summarized and the need to better understand the impact of sex and gender on incidence and case fatality of the disease is emphasized.
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Sex and gender analysis improves science and engineering
TL;DR: A roadmap for sex and gender analysis across scientific disciplines is provided and it is called on researchers, funding agencies, peer-reviewed journals and universities to coordinate efforts to implement robust methods of sex andGender analysis.
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Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Trajectories Over the Life Course.
Hongwei Ji,Hongwei Ji,Andy Kim,Andy Kim,Joseph E. Ebinger,Teemu J. Niiranen,Teemu J. Niiranen,Brian Claggett,C. Noel Bairey Merz,Susan Cheng,Susan Cheng +10 more
TL;DR: Sex-specific analyses of longitudinal BP measures indicate that BP measures actually progress more rapidly in women than in men, beginning early in life, which may set the stage for later-life cardiovascular diseases that tend to present differently in women compared with men.
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Gender norms and health: insights from global survey data
Ann M. Weber,Beniamino Cislaghi,Valerie Meausoone,Safa Abdalla,Iván Mejía-Guevara,Pooja Loftus,Emma Hallgren,Ilana Seff,Lindsay Stark,Cesar G. Victora,Romina Buffarini,Aluísio J D Barros,Benjamin W. Domingue,Devika Bhushan,Ribhav Gupta,Jason M. Nagata,Holly B. Shakya,Linda Richter,Shane A. Norris,Thoai D. Ngo,Sophia Chae,Nicole Haberland,Katharine McCarthy,Mark R. Cullen,Gary L. Darmstadt,Margaret E. Greene,Sarah Hawkes,Lori Heise,Sarah Henry,Jody Heymann,Jeni Klugman,Ruth Levine,Anita Raj,Geeta Rao Gupta +33 more
TL;DR: Evidence that gender norms impact the health of women and men across life stages, health sectors, and world regions is generated and recommendations for optimising and advancing research on the health impacts of gender norms are made.
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Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change
Katherine Hay,Lotus McDougal,Valerie Percival,Sarah Henry,Jeni Klugman,Jeni Klugman,Haja Wurie,Joanna Raven,Fortunate Shabalala,Rebecca Fielding-Miller,Arnab Dey,Nabamallika Dehingia,Rosemary Morgan,Yamini Atmavilas,Niranjan Saggurti,Jennifer Yore,Elena Blokhina,Rumana Huque,Edwine Barasa,Nandita Bhan,Chandani Kharel,Jay G. Silverman,Anita Raj,Gary L. Darmstadt,Margaret E. Greene,Sarah Hawkes,Lori Heise,Jody Heymann,Ruth Levine,Geeta Rao Gupta +29 more
TL;DR: It is found that institutional support and respect of nurses improves quality of care, and that women's empowerment collectives can increase health-care access and provider responsiveness and propose action to systematically identify and address restrictive gender norms and gender inequalities in health systems.
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TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease 2016 Study (GBD 2016) provides a comprehensive assessment of cause-specific mortality for 264 causes in 195 locations from 1980 to 2016 as discussed by the authors, which includes evaluation of the expected epidemiological transition with changes in development and where local patterns deviate from these trends.
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Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions
TL;DR: It is argued that a focus on structural racism offers a concrete, feasible, and promising approach towards advancing health equity and improving population health.