Gender and health inequities: a comment on the Final Report of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.
The Final Report of the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on the Social Determinants of Health is a substantial and important contribution to understanding the social factors that shape global health inequities. Although gender is highlighted as a key social determinant of health, the report's conceptual approach inappropriately equates gender and health with women's health. This essay discusses the analytic and policy implications of this shortcoming.
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Lisa Michelle
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Departments of Epidemiology and Population and Family Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA. lb2290@columbia.edu
Hankivsky
Olena
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Springer
Kristen W
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D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D044469:Racial Groups; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D014944:World Health Organization