PHA-Exch> Human resources for health: a gender analysis

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

 *Human resources for health: a gender analysis *

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*Asha George *

Women and Gender Equity, and Health Systems, Knowledge Networks established
as part of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.
The work of the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network - June 2007



Available online PDF file [57p.] at:
http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/human_resources_for_health_wgkn_2007.pdf

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"……examine gender dynamics in medicine, nursing, community health workers
and home careers. It also explores from a gender perspective issues
concerning delegation, migration and violence, which cut across these
categories of health workers. These occupational categories and themes
reflect priorities identified by the terms of reference for this review
paper and also the themes that emerged from the accessed literature.



This paper is based on a desk review of literature accessed through the
internet, search engines, correspondence with other experts and reviewing
bibliographies of existing material. These efforts resulted in a list of 534
articles, chapters, books and reports. Although most of the literature
reviewed was in English, some of it was also in Spanish and Portuguese.…."**

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*TABLE OF CONTENTS *



Executive Summary

Background

Main Arguments

Key Policy Messages

Introduction

Evidence Base for this Review

Process of Literature Review

Limitations of Literature Review

Gendered Experiences in Human Resources for Health

Medicine

How is Medicine Feminising?

Occupational Gender Biases in Medicine

Stereotypical Gender Work Models

Nursing

Histories of Nursing

Delegation

Community Health Workers

Gendered Field Challenges

Field Solutions

Home Carers

Gendered Issues in Human Resources for Health

Migration

Violence

Gender Based Violence in the Health Sector

General Violence in the Health Sector

Summary Conclusions

References





This paper was written for the Women and Gender Equity, and Health Systems,
Knowledge Networks established as part of the WHO Commission on the Social
Determinants of Health. The work of the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge
Network was funded by a grant from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
through the World Health Organisation, the Swedish National Institute of
Public Health and the Foundation of Open Society Institute (Zug). The work
of the Health Systems Knowledge Network was funded by a grant from the World
Health Organisation and the International Development Research Centre,
Ottawa, Canada. The views presented in this paper are those of the author
and do not necessarily represent the decisions, policy or views of IIMB, KI,
IRDC, WHO, Commissioners, the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network or
the reviewers.
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