Gender in Prevention and Health Promotion
Policy, Research, Practice
Published on 31. December 2015
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-3-211-35717-0 (ISBN)
Description
Over the past years, governments have committed themselves to including gender issues in policy-making, with a view to advancing women's equality. At the same time, there is increasing recognition that the systematic consideration of gender is essential to high quality health and social programs. This book will bridge the gaps between the players in research, politics and policy. It will present models of best practice from different countries linking different fields. The main questions are: How can gender and diversity analysis be made necessary and practical in prevention and health promotion? What strategies are effective in fostering gender mainstreaming and preventing gender bias? And how can they be implemented in politics, research, education and practice? The challenge of this book is to combine the very different ways of generating and using "knowledge" from this discipline with the focus on the shared goal of enhancing prevention and health promotion under the gender perspective.
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Edition
Edition. ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Vienna
Austria
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
10 s/w Abbildungen
10 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-211-35717-0 (9783211357170)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
I Overview Gender issues in prevention and health promotion II Gender inclusion in health promotion: political perspectives Women in health promotion -- A Canadian Perspective Gender in (Austrian) Politics and Administration Including gender in health policy in Canada Political perspectives on Gender in Germany Political perspectives on Gender in Great Britain III Strategies linking policy, research and practice Bias free research -- impact on policy advisers and decision makers Linking policy and research with gender and health promotion through NGOs Working with women's organizations for health promotion Integration of gender -- the North-Rhine Westfalia experience Research and gender policy in Brazil IV Gender sensitive research in prevention and health promotion The contribution of gender analysis to evidence-based work Integration of gender into research Prevention and health promotion for girls and boys: Targeted initiatives of the Federal Centre for Health Education Accessibility and procedures to increase the utilization rate Double Jeopardy of health professionals in crisis situations Employment and unemployment: Gender sensitive research Health insurance funds Rehabilitation: gender research from the perspective of pensions plans Promoting Good Health Among Caregivers Women at work: opportunities for prevention and health promotion Family friendly university -- audit process