ArticleJournal of global health2020
Gender equality and global health: intersecting political challenges.
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- Sex differences in global disability-adjusted life years due to ischemic stroke: findings from global burden of diseases study 2019.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Gender specific cut-off points of age for disability among rural elderly in Anhui Province, China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Innovative methods to analyse the impact of gender norms on adolescent health using global health survey data.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Gender-related data missingness, imbalance and bias in global health surveys.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Have Policies Tackled Gender Inequalities in Health? A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWomen's and men's health outcomes are different. Some differences are biological, related to male and female sex, while others are related to their gender. Sex- and gender-related issues require different solutions, but policy makers lack straightforward heuristic strategies to identify gender-related health inequities.
methodsUsing 169 causes of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from the 2017 Global Burden of Disease, we calculated the female-to-male (f:m) and male-to-female (m:f) ratios of global DALYs, rank-ordered the ratios by size and calculated the proportion of all-cause DALYs that each cause explained, separately for males and females 15-49 years old. Gender-related vs sex-related causes were categorised using literature on the drivers for the 15 causes with highest f:m and m:f ratios.
resultsCauses of DALYs with high m:f ratios appear to be gendered and include: road injuries, interpersonal violence, and drowning - totaling 12.4% of men's (15-49 years) all-cause DALYs. However, causes of DALYs with high f:m ratios are more likely a mix of sex-related and gender-related factors - including headache disorders, depressive disorders, and dietary iron deficiency - totaling 13.4% of women's (15-49 years) all-cause DALYs. Ratios vary by age, geography and Socio-demographic Index.
conclusionsGender-related vs sex-related causes were categorised using available literature on the drivers for selected causes, illustrating that sex-disaggregated data represents a mix of social and biological influences. This analysis offers a model that policy makers can use to uncover potential gender inequalities in health, including intersections with other social factors. From it, new challenges emerge for global health policy makers and practitioners willing to address them. Global health actors will need to achieve a balance between the two agendas of global health and gender equality.
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