title: Gender and health inequities: a comment on the Final Report of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.
abstract: 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.
authors: Departments of Epidemiology and Population and Family Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA. lb2290@columbia.edu
authors: Lisa Michelle
authors: LM
authors: Bates
authors: Olena
authors: O
authors: Hankivsky
authors: Kristen W
authors: KW
authors: Springer
mesh_terms: 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