The importance of gender analysis in research for health systems strengthening.

Theobald, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9053-211X, Morgan, Rosemary, Hawkins, Kate, Ssali, Sarah, George, Asha and Molyneux, Sassy (2017) 'The importance of gender analysis in research for health systems strengthening.'. Health Policy and Planning, Vol 32, Issue suppl_5, v1-v3.

Text Health_Pol_and_Plan_The gendered health workforce.pdf - Published Version Restricted to Repository staff only Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (239kB)

Abstract

This editorial discusses a collection of papers examining gender across a range of health policy and systems contexts, from access to services, governance, health financing, and human resources for health. The papers interrogate differing health issues and core health systems functions using a gender lens. Together they produce new knowledge on the multiple impacts of gender on health experiences and demonstrate the importance of gender analyses and gender sensitive interventions for promoting well-being and health systems strengthening. The findings from these papers collectively show how gender intersects with other axes of inequity within specific contexts to shape experiences of health and health seeking within households, communities and health systems; illustrate how gender power relations affect access to important resources; and demonstrate that gender norms, poverty and patriarchy interplay to limit women's choices and chances both within household interactions and within the health sector. Health systems researchers have a responsibility to promote the incorporation of gender analyses into their studies in order to inform more strategic, effective and equitable health systems interventions, programmes, and policies. Responding to gender inequitable systems, institutions, and services in this sector requires an 'all hands-on deck' approach. We cannot claim to take a 'people-centred approach' to health systems if the status quo continues. [Abstract copyright: © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press in association with The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.]

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	W General Medicine. Health Professions > W 74 Medical economics. Health care costs W General Medicine. Health Professions > W 21.5 Allied health personnel. Allied health professions
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czx163
SWORD Depositor:	JISC Pubrouter
Depositing User:	Stacy Murtagh
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2018 15:48
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2018 10:43
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/8038

Statistics

View details

Actions (login required)

Edit Item