Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies

ISBN-13: 9780521682800 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 274 str.

Chloe E. Bird; Patricia P. Rieker

Opis

Gender and Health is the first book to examine how men's and women's lives and their physiology contribute to differences in their health. In a thoughtful synthesis of diverse literatures, the authors demonstrate that modern societies' health problems ultimately involve a combination of policies, personal behavior, and choice. The book is designed for researchers, policymakers, and others who seek to understand how the choices of individuals, families, communities, and governments contribute to health. It can inform men and women at each of these levels how to better integrate health implications into their everyday decisions and actions.

Recenzje

'This book is clearly written, giving depth and meaning to the complexity of gender differences in health while acknowledging diversity among women and men. The key argument - that gender differences in health can best be explained through the coordinated study of social and biological factors and that social constraints affect life choices and individuals' susceptibility to chronic conditions - seems eminently reasonable and sensible. … I would … defy anyone to come away from reading this important volume thinking that gender does not matter in the dialogue about health and its determinants.' Health Sociology

Spis treści

1. Gender differences in health: are they biological, social or both?; 2. Gender and barriers to health: constrained choice in everyday decisions; 3. National social policies and constrained choice; 4. The impact of community on health; 5. Priorities and expectations: men's and women's work, family life and health; 6. Gender and individual health choices; 7. Opportunities for change.