PHM-Exch> Gender Equity in Health -The Shifting Frontiers of Evidence and Action

[Claudio Schuftan]

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


 *Gender Equity in Health
The Shifting Frontiers of Evidence and Action*

Editor : Gita Sen, Piroska Östlin
ISBN: 978-0-415-80190-4 - Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 29th September 2009

Website:
http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/moreinfo.asp?bookid=536972444

And
http://www.routledgesociology.com/books/Gender-Equity-in-Health-isbn9780415801904

‘….This volume brings together leading researchers from a variety of
disciplines to examine three areas: health disparities and inequity due to
gender, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest attainable
standards of health, and the policies and actions that can address them.

This volume brings together experts from a variety of disciplines, such as
medicine, biology, sociology, epidemiology, anthropology, economics and
political science, who focus on three areas:
- health disparities and inequity due to gender,
- the specific problems women face in meeting the highest attainable
standards of health, and
- the policies and actions that can address them.



Highlighting the importance of intersecting social hierarchies (e.g. gender,
class and ethnicity) for understanding health inequities and their
implications for health policy, contributors detail and recommend policy
approaches and agendas that incorporate, but go beyond commonly acknowledged
issues relating to women’s health and gender equity in health….”



*Contents:*



1. Gender as a Social Determinant of Health: Evidence, Policies and
Innovations  *Gita Sen and Piroska Östlin*

2. The Social Body: Gender and the Burden of Disease  *Rachel Snow*

3. Inequalities and Intersections in Health: A Review of the Evidence   *Aditi
Iyer, Gita Sen and Piroska Östlin*

4. Gendered Health Outcomes of an "Endless" War on Terror   *Rosalind
Petchesky and Melissa Laurie*

5. Gender, Health and Poverty in Latin America   *Karina Batthyany and Sonia
Corrêa*

6. Gender Norms and Empowerment: ‘What Works’ to Increase Equity for Women
and Girls   *Helen Keleher*

7. Challenging Gender in Patient-Provider Interactions    *Veloshnee
Govender and Loveday Penn-Kekana*

8. Exploring the Gendered Dimensions of Human Resources for Health    *Asha
George*

9. Accountability to Citizens on Gender and Health   *Ranjani K. Murthy*

10. Gender Mainstreaming in Health: The Emperor’s New Clothes?   *T.K.S.
Ravindran and A. Kelkar-Khambete*



*Go to: *

*Website*:  www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk
Select “Title” in the drop-down menu under “eBooks Search”
Type in: Gender Equity in Health
If the book appears in the results, click “More” following the brief
description.
*You should be taken to a page where you can click on an image of the book
and view the first 30
pages.<http://www.ewidgetsonline.com/dxreader/Reader.aspx?token=A0Nj%2buC50dnw7fllsc6lKw%3d%3d&rand=455160813&buyNowLink=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk%2fhtml%2fmoreinfo.asp%3fbookid%3d536972444>
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Piroska Östlin, Ph.D, Associate Professor
*Karolinska Institutet
*Department of Public Health Sciences - Division of Global Health (IHCAR)
Stockholm, Sweden
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