Gender and health

Group Introduction.• Qazi Muhammad Zeshan MSOF15BMO23

Gender and Health

By Zeshan Qazi

Gender & Health• Gender – socially/culturally

constructed differences between men and women. Variable.

• Gender can be seen as the full range of personality traits, attitudes, feelings, values, behaviors and activities that society ascribes to the two sexes on a differential basis.

Gender & Health• Health as to WHO (1960) is a

complete state of physical, mental, & social well-being.

• Health refers not only to the absence of disease or disability but encompasses a person’s state of complete physical, emotional, mental and social well-being

Gender & health inequalities• ‘Women get sicker but men die

quicker’(Miers, 2000)

• Morbidity rates are higher for women

• Mortality rates are higher for men

Women’s health• Women live longer than men, an

average of 5 years longer, but they tend to be sicker than men.

Factors that determine gender health inequalities

• Biological• Social• Economical• Psychological

Men’s health compared to women• May have higher rates of fatal

illnesses• Men have more toxic

occupational exposure • Men have higher rates of injuries

(intentional or non intentional)

Common diseases in Women• Dementia• Depression• Arthritis• Distress• Psychiatric disorders..

Reproductive health issues in Women• Pregnancy• Family planning• Unsafe Abortion• Violence Against Women• HIV/AIDS• Cancers

Initiatives to achieve reproductive health • Reducing unintended pregnancy • Stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS

• Improving maternal health

Common diseases in Men• Lung Cancer• Cardiovascular disease• Suicide

Life expectancy is one of the indicators of human development

Health services

HIV CASES

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