Incorporation of the gender perspective in community health

The concepts of community health and gender perspective are often misunderstood or interpreted differently between different sectors and disciplines. For this reason, this article starts with the definition of both concepts and continues with a proposal for the incorporation of a gender perspective...

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Autores: Artazcoz, Lucía|||0000-0002-6300-5111, Chilet Rosell, Elisa|||0000-0002-9091-7255, Escartín, Patricia, Fernández Sánchez, Ana|||0000-0002-0333-1345
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:287890
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/287890
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.gaceta.2018.07.006
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Community health
Determinantes sociales de la salud
Factores socioeconómicos
Gender
Género
Salud comunitaria
Social determinants of health
Socioeconomics factors
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Sumario:The concepts of community health and gender perspective are often misunderstood or interpreted differently between different sectors and disciplines. For this reason, this article starts with the definition of both concepts and continues with a proposal for the incorporation of a gender perspective in community health. The gender norms determine different pathways and opportunities for people according to their sex, which are associated with gender inequalities in health and therefore must be incorporated in community health interventions. The gender perspective requires considering gender inequalities in power, in the access to and control over resources, the sexual division of labour and gender socialization in all phases of community health strategy implementation. Incorporating a gender perspective in community health is not only a matter of ethics and justice but also of the effectiveness of interventions.