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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Integrating Sex/Gender into Environmental Health Research: Development of a Conceptual Framework.

Gabriele Bolte, Katharina Jacke, Katrin Groth, Ute Kraus, Lisa Dandolo, Lotta Fiedel, Malgorzata Debiak, Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Alexandra Schneider, Kerstin Palm

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Why and How to Account for Sex and Gender in Brain and Behavioral Research.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Gabriele BolteDepartment of Social Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0269-5059
Katharina JackeGender and Science Research Unit, Institute of History, Humboldt-University of Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany.
Katrin GrothSection II 1.2 Toxicology, Health-Related Environmental Monitoring, German Environment Agency, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Ute KrausInstitute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7232-2218
Lisa DandoloDepartment of Social Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
Lotta FiedelGender and Science Research Unit, Institute of History, Humboldt-University of Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany.
Malgorzata DebiakSection II 1.2 Toxicology, Health-Related Environmental Monitoring, German Environment Agency, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Marike Kolossa-GehringSection II 1.2 Toxicology, Health-Related Environmental Monitoring, German Environment Agency, 14195 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8644-7564
Alexandra SchneiderInstitute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1084-2442
Kerstin PalmGender and Science Research Unit, Institute of History, Humboldt-University of Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a growing awareness about the need to comprehensively integrate sex and gender into health research in order to enhance the validity and significance of research results. An in-depth consideration of differential exposures and vulnerability is lacking, especially within environmental risk assessment. Thus, the interdisciplinary team of the collaborative research project INGER (integrating gender into environmental health research) aimed to develop a multidimensional sex/gender concept as a theoretically grounded starting point for the operationalization of sex and gender in quantitative (environmental) health research. The iterative development process was based on gender theoretical and health science approaches and was inspired by previously published concepts or models of sex- and gender-related dimensions. The INGER sex/gender concept fulfills the four theoretically established prerequisites for comprehensively investigating sex and gender aspects in population health research: multidimensionality, variety, embodiment, and intersectionality. The theoretical foundation of INGER's multidimensional sex/gender concept will be laid out, as well as recent sex/gender conceptualization developments in health sciences. In conclusion, by building upon the latest state of research of several disciplines, the conceptual framework will significantly contribute to integrating gender theoretical concepts into (environmental) health research, improving the validity of research and, thus, supporting the promotion of health equity in the long term.

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Health EquityIntersectional FrameworkEnvironmental HealthGender IdentityResearch Designconceptembodimentenvironmentframeworkgenderhealth equityinequalityintersectionalitymodelsexsocial determinants

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PMCPMC8621533

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