Titre : | How can gender equity be addressed through health systems ? : Comment aborder la question de l'équité entre les sexes par le biais des systèmes de santé ? |
Auteurs : | S. PAYNE |
Type de document : | Rapport |
Editeur : | Copenhague [DNK] : OMS Bureau régional de l'Europe, 2009 |
Collection : | Policy brief , num. 12. |
Description : | 45p. pdf / tabl. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Egalité hommes femmes ; Etat santé ; Système santé ; Politique santé ; Indicateur santé ; Accès soins ; Offre soins ; Droits malade ; Coût santé ; Recueil données ; Réglementation ; Union Européenne |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par IRDES krR0xFm7. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Gender differences in health and in how well health systems and health care services meet the needs of women and men are well known : in Europe, there are variations in terms of life expectancy, the risk of mortality and morbidity, health behaviours and in the use of health care services. There is also increasing research evidence demonstrating the importance of a number of different social determinants of health, and these interact with gender inequalities in ways that can magnify the impact on health. Additionally, there has also been an increasing recognition that health policy may exacerbate gender inequalities when it fails to address the needs of either men or women, and that health systems must address gender equity. This forms part of good stewardship, as well as meeting the needs of the populations served. Gender equity objectives have also been identified in position statements from WHO, the United Nations and the European Union (EU). For the purposes of this policy brief, the'policy problem'is the way in which health systems might address gender equity in order to reduce the health gap between men and women and to improve efficiency. This document identifies some of the main approaches used to address gender equity in health systems, elaborating on three examples in order to suggest how these methods might be developed in the context of health policies across Europe. |
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