[Gender differences in response to preventive health care interventions. Do we have to treat girls and boys differently to treat them equally?].
In spite of well-recognised differences in morbidity patterns among boys and girls, differences in their response to common interventions like vaccinations have rarely been considered. Our research in vaccinations and vitamin A supplementation has suggested sex differences in the response to these interventions. If these observations reflect a general pattern, it may be that, in order to be treated equally, boys and girls should be treated differently.
Benn
Christine Stabell
CS
Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, København. cb@ssi.dk
Aaby
Peter
P
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D046688:Child Mortality; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008297:Male; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D011634:Public Health; D012737:Sex Factors; D014611:Vaccination; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000008:administration & dosage
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D014765:Viral Vaccines; D014801:Vitamin A