The World Health Organization strongly encourages men to support women in receiving maternal healthcare. However, especially in developing countries, maternal healthcare has traditionally been viewed as solely a women’s issue. This study aims to understand how gender-based roles, psychosocial variation, and power relations are related to child delivery and postnatal care services.Read More
Journal Article
Do Ask, Do Tell: Improving Health Outcomes for Sexual and Gender Minorities With Cancer
Clinicians, scientists, and researchers are responsible for creating an equitable health-care system for all patients, including sexual and gender minority patients. There are limited studies addressing the unique needs of sexual and gender minority patients with cancer—an issue that continues as the cancer health-care community fails to collect sexual orientation and gender identity data in clinical trials and in clinical practice.Read More
Decomposition and Comparative Analysis of Health Inequities Between the Male and Female Older Adults in China: A National Cross-Sectional Study
This study aimed to examine the factors influencing self-rated health among Chinese older adults by gender differences and provide suggestions and theoretical references to help make policies for older adults’ health concerns by government agencies. Authors hope the study results can help promote the implementation of the Healthy China Initiative, inform intervention measures, and offer new proposals on creating policies for older adults’ health issues by the Chinese government to improve health equity.Read More
Preferences for Enhanced Treatment Options to Address HIV Care Engagement Among Women Living With HIV and Perinatal Depression in Malawi
This study aims to understand women’s and providers’ preferences for developing a feasible intervention to address perinatal depression (PND) and support engagement in HIV care among women living with PND and HIV. The study looks at how services—including home visits, appointment reminders, group counselling, and peer support—are effective in improving long-term HIV outcomes in women with PND.Read More
Vulnerability of Migrant Women During Disasters: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Migrants and women are among the groups that are at greater risk for and disproportionately affected by disasters. However, despite the large body of evidence that analyzes their vulnerability separately, disaster research that targets migrant women is scant. This scoping review aims to analyze the published scientific literature related to the vulnerability of migrant women and the consequent negative impact they experience during disasters.Read More
Systemic Structural Gender Discrimination and Inequality in the Health Workforce: Theoretical Lenses for Gender Analysis, Multi-Country Evidence and Implications for Implementation and Human Resources for Health Policy
This commentary brings together theory, evidence, and lessons from 15 years of gender and human resources for health (HRH) analyses conducted in health systems in six World Health Organization (WHO) regions to address selected data-related aspects of WHO’s 2016 Global HRH Strategy and 2022 Working for Health Action Plan. It considers useful theoretical lenses, multi-country evidence, and implications for implementation and HRH policy. Read More
