title: The case for the World Health Organization's Commission on Social Determinants of Health to address gender identity.
abstract: We analyzed the case of the World Health Organization's Commission on Social Determinants of Health, which did not address gender identity in their final report. We argue that gender identity is increasingly being recognized as an important social determinant of health (SDH) that results in health inequities. We identify right to health mechanisms, such as established human rights instruments, as suitable policy tools for addressing gender identity as an SDH to improve health equity. We urge the World Health Organization to add gender identity as an SDH in its conceptual framework for action on the SDHs and to develop and implement specific recommendations for addressing gender identity as an SDH.
authors.affiliation: Frank Pega is with the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand. Jaimie F. Veale is with the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pega
authors.forename: Jaimie F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Veale
mesh_terms: D005783:Gender Identity; D006291:Health Policy; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D057545:Social Stigma; D014944:World Health Organization