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Gender and health - World Health Organization (WHO)

(4 days ago) WEBGender norms, roles and relations, and gender inequality and inequity, affect people’s health all around the world. This Q&A examines the links between gender and health, highlighting WHO’s ongoing work to address gender-related barriers to …

https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/gender-and-health

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Gender barriers are worsening women's access to health …

(3 days ago) WEBGender barriers are worsening women's access to health care in Afghanistan. Protracted conflicts disproportionately claim more lives of civilian women and children than of armed combatants. Low-income and middle-income countries are more vulnerable to diminished access to essential maternal health and reproductive health …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01522-7/fulltext

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Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals

(1 days ago) WEBBarriers to Health Care. Transgender individuals face substantial barriers to accessing health care, including health care professionals’ bias and lack of general knowledge about best practices, as well as the failure of many health insurance plans to cover the cost of hormone therapy and supplies, mental health services, or gender

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2021/03/health-care-for-transgender-and-gender-diverse-individuals

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Delivering health for all: the critical role of gender …

(3 days ago) WEBThis International Women's Day (March 8), the Coalition of Partnerships for UHC and Global Health and the Alliance for Gender Equality and UHC are calling for countries to take a gender-responsive approach to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). UHC can only be achieved when gender inequalities and other drivers of inequality within and …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(24)00120-7/fulltext

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Transgender Youth Face Multiple Barriers to Health Care, Study …

(Just Now) WEBTransgender patients also face broader barriers to health care, the JAMA review found. Insurance proved a common and thorny issue; some families struggled to get puberty blockers covered, and

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/health/transgender-health-care.html

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Have Policies Tackled Gender Inequalities in Health? A …

(3 days ago) WEBOur scoping review has shown that the policies, aimed at reducing gender inequalities in health, either implemented or formulated as proposals, are scarce in the literature at the international level. Ten years ago, the United Nations stated that “we know what works” when taking care of women’s and children’s health.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7796005/

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Women in the healthcare industry: An update McKinsey

(8 days ago) WEBOur most recent analysis of women in healthcare is based on data gathered for the Women in the Workplace 2022 report published by McKinsey and LeanIn.Org. 1 Women in the Workplace 2022, a joint …

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/women-in-healthcare-and-life-sciences-the-ongoing-stress-of-covid-19

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Racial/Ethnic and Gender Disparities in Health Care Use and Access

(3 days ago) WEBIn summary, the 2006–2014 and 2012–2014 results show differential patterns in health service use and access by race/ethnicity and gender. Non‐Hispanic whites had the most consistent gains in health service use and access in both analyses. While there was significant progress in health service use and access among Hispanic respondents …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5980371/

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Gender and intersecting inequalities in access to health services

(3 days ago) WEBGender inequalities and gender norms intersect with socioeconomic, geographic and cultural factors and create structural barriers when accessing healthcare (WHO, 2019a). As highlighted in the domain of health chapter (Figure 22), several population groups, such as lone par­ents, older people, migrants and people with disabilities, and women in

https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/toolkits-guides/gender-equality-index-2021-report/gender-and-intersecting-inequalities-access-health?language_content_entity=en

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Breaking the taboos around menstrual health for gender equality

(6 days ago) WEBBreaking the taboos around menstrual health for gender equality. 28 May 2024. More than 50 percent of the world’s population menstruate at one moment or another and during most of their lives. Yet, menstruation remains steeped in silence. “We live in a society where we hide what we consider ugly, dirty or disgusting.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2024/05/breaking-taboos-around-menstrual-health-gender-equality

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Health professionals' identified barriers to trans health care: a

(1 days ago) WEBAim: To map out barriers to providing good-quality health care to trans and gender-diverse people, and explore ways to address them. Design and setting: A qualitative interview study involving 20 health professionals working with young trans and gender-diverse people. Method: Participants were recruited through purposive and …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34133317/

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Gender Bias in Healthcare: Examples, Impact, Solutions, and More

(6 days ago) WEBEven more barriers exist for Women of Color from lower income households, who often lack access to healthcare and prenatal care. Estimating implicit and explicit gender bias among health care

https://www.healthline.com/health/gender-bias-healthcare

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Closing the Gender Pay Gap for Female Nurses Promotes Equity …

(9 days ago) WEBBy Ulrike Muench, RN, PhD, FAAN, Faculty, Healthforce Center at UCSF Patterns of pay disparities based on gender continue to be a high-priority concern for the health care workforce. Recent legislation and policies at all levels of government have been passed with the goal to end gender inequity in pay, recognizing the right to equal pay for …

https://healthforce.ucsf.edu/blog-article/closing-gender-pay-gap-female-nurses-promotes-equity-and-supports-health-care-workforce

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Transitions in Turmoil: The Impact of Gender-Affirming Care

(7 days ago) WEBKathryn Rickwa is a double major in public health science and biology and has a minor in Spanish. She is also a 2023-24 health care ethics intern with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own. Legally preventing providers from practicing and providing gender-affirming care to their patients is unethical.

https://www.scu.edu/ethics/healthcare-ethics-blog/transitions-in-turmoil-the-impact-of-gender-affirming-care-restrictions-on-health-care-providers/

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Gender bias in healthcare: Examples and consequences - Medical …

(7 days ago) WEBAbuse, neglect, and death: Gender bias can lead to actions that increase the risk of patients dying. For example, the idea that heart attacks mainly occur in males — and a lack of awareness

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/gender-bias-in-healthcare

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Gender and health - World Health Organization (WHO)

(Just Now) WEBGender and health. Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviours and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy, as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time.

https://www.who.int/health-topics/gender

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Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Gender Discrimination Among …

(9 days ago) WEBGender disparities among oncology health care professionals (HCPs) have significant consequences for both the physicians and the patients they treat. Discrimination and gender biases in medicine impede women oncologists’ career trajectories and job satisfaction, potentially impacting the quality of care they can provide.

https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/breaking-barriers-overcoming-gender-discrimination-among-women-oncologists

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The deadly inequalities of gender bias in healthcare - Concern …

(4 days ago) WEBLakshmi Puri, who has served as both the UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, put it best in a 2013 speech: “Gender inequalities affect health outcomes and must be addressed accordingly.”. If gender equality saves lives, then the opposite is also true: Gender inequality costs lives. This is …

https://concernusa.org/news/gender-bias-in-healthcare/

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LGBTQ+ populations may face elevated cancer risk: ACS report

(2 days ago) WEBLGBTQ+ populations may have elevated risk of cancer, compounded by barriers to care: ACS report. By Andrea Park May 31, 2024 11:07am. American Cancer Society LGBTQ+ Diversity Cancer. “One of the

https://www.fiercepharma.com/marketing/lgbtq-populations-may-have-elevated-risk-cancer-compounded-barriers-care-acs-report

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Common barriers to healthcare for transgender people in the U.S

(3 days ago) WEBWe identified multiple barriers to care for trans and gender diverse Southerners: (1) fear and mistrust of providers; (2) inconsistency in access to healthcare; (3) disrespect from providers; and, (4) mistreatment due to intersecting experiences of gender, race, class, and location. Perceived barriers and facilitators to health care

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7430435/

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The Cass Review: Cis-supremacy in the UK’s approach to …

(6 days ago) WEBThe World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)’s latest Standards of Care (version 8) chapter on children states “childhood gender diversity is an expected aspect of general human development” and “childhood gender diversity is not a pathology or mental health disorder” (Coleman et al., Citation 2022, p. 67

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26895269.2024.2328249

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Systematic review of rural interventions addressing barriers and

(Just Now) WEBe13675 Background: Rural patients are significantly underrepresented in cancer clinical trials leading to an inequitable distribution of research funding and excluding rural patients from innovative care. Properly understanding the barriers and facilitators to rural patient participation in cancer clinical trials is essential to lessen this disparity in …

https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2024.42.16_suppl.e13675

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Medical care needs and experiences of LGBTQ populations in …

(Just Now) WEB47 barriers to accessing quality healthcare stemming from societal stigma, discrimination, and a lack of understanding within the 48 medical community [2]. Patients have perceived certain healthcare professionals as openly homophobic or harboring unconscious 49 biases regarding sexuality and gender that are either incorrect or …

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.30.24308201v1.full.pdf

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"Women in War: Leaders, Responders, and Potential" Report - CARE

(1 days ago) WEBFor example, 95% of media coverage of conflicts since 2013 overlooks women, their roles, and their experiences. Less than 4 in 10,000 (0.04%) of those media mentions talk about women leaders. Those women are leading in the face of barriers, challenges, and horrific experiences. 2023 was the first year that women CARE …

https://www.care.org/news-and-stories/resources/women-in-war/

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A poor bill of health. Systemic barriers and prejudice are …

(8 days ago) WEBTrans people in Russia face significant barriers when seeking gender-affirming care. Administrative complications and outright refusal from medical professionals meant 19-year-old Oleg was unable to legally change the gender marker on his passport before the Russian parliament passed a law banning such changes in July.

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/29/a-poor-bill-of-health-en

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Health professionals’ identified barriers to trans health care: a

(3 days ago) WEBConclusion. There is an urgent need to address the barriers trans and gender-diverse people face in health care. Structural-level solutions include health policy, professional education, and standards; at the practice level, GPs can act as potential drivers of change in addressing the cultural and technical barriers to better meet the needs of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544119/

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Bans on gender-affirming care have 'chilling effect' - Route Fifty

(5 days ago) WEBPolicymakers in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas have introduced bills to prohibit health care providers from providing gender-affirming care for adults up to age 26. Earlier this week, South Carolina was the latest state to pass legislation banning gender transitioning care for minors and adults after Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill that …

https://www.route-fifty.com/management/2024/05/state-policies-banning-gender-affirming-care-have-chilling-effect-across-country/396861/

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Pathways to Wellness: Mapping Mental Health Resources for …

(2 days ago) WEBAccess to trauma-informed, culturally accessible, and affordable mental health support is one of the most common barriers that survivors, including many of Tahirih’s clients, face as they heal from violence. the research team chose to include non-therapeutic resources on general wellbeing and self-care in the map, based on …

https://www.tahirih.org/news/pathways-to-wellness-mapping-mental-health-resources-for-immigrant-survivors-of-gender-based-violence-in-houston/

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Health professionals’ identified barriers to trans health care: a

(6 days ago) WEBConclusion There is an urgent need to address the barriers trans and gender-diverse people face in health care. Structural-level solutions include health policy, professional education, and standards; at the practice level, GPs can act as potential drivers of change in addressing the cultural and technical barriers to better meet the needs of their trans …

https://bjgp.org/content/71/713/e941

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary healthcare …

(8 days ago) WEBPharmacist clinics offer professional pharmaceutical services that can improve public health outcomes. However, primary healthcare staff in China face various barriers and challenges in implementing such clinics. To identify existing problems and provide recommendations for the implementation of pharmacist clinics, this study aims to assess …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-024-11136-3

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DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE - 2021 National Healthcare Quality …

(5 days ago) WEBA healthcare disparity is a difference between population groups in the way they access, experience, and receive healthcare. Factors that influence healthcare disparities include social, economic, environmental, and other disadvantages, 1, 2 some of which are explored in this report. Unfortunately, Americans too often do not receive care they

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578532/

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Women in War: Leaders, Responders, and Potential - Yemen

(7 days ago) WEBMore than 257 million women were living in countries that had significant or massive reports of sexual violence in conflict in 2021. Compromised health services put women and children at severe

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/women-war-leaders-responders-and-potential

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