title: Health with equality: a proposal for the incorporation of the gender perspective in health care systems.
abstract: This paper presents an analysis of the incorporation of the gender perspective in health care-related policies. Based on the recommendations of international organizations, the importance of the incorporation of the gender concept in the health field is analyzed, in order to design health policies that seeking to redress existing inequalities by virtue of sex/gender. This paper presents an analysis of the published guidelines in order to facilitate the incorporation of the gender perspective in health care systems. The article concludes with a proposal of gender-sensitive health indicators that can ensure the gender perspective in health care policies.
authors.affiliation: Facultad Enfermeria, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain, marisa.panisello@urv.cat.
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Panisello
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gestión de Empresas, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Spain.
authors.forename: Inma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pastor
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male