… in all areas, despite progress in recent decades. In the health domain [1] , these include major disparities in life expectancy and self-assessed health status. There are also large gender differences in health-impacting behaviour. Men tend to engage more in risky …
… now more frequently included among social determinants of health (SDH) (Bhui, 2018; Gerry McCartney et al., 2021), and … are sometimes referred to as a political determinant of health (Ottersen et al., 2014). A 2020 WHO report found that …
… many other aspects of a person’s life. This includes their health. The burden of unpaid care is increasingly regarded as a determinant of health. Policies promoting women’s participation in the … link to lower levels of gender inequality in health (Palència et al., 2017). As discussed in Section 9.1., …
… upwards trend in the proportion of men studying education, health and welfare, humanities and the arts has plateaued, as … empirical evidence highlights how education impacts health by affecting behaviour, including the use of preventive health services (OECD, 2006). It has been found that …
… income, are crucial social determinants of the health of both women and men. A higher income supports improvement in health, and better health enables an individual to earn a higher income (Deaton, …
… between paid and unpaid work, and between the economic and health spheres. Critical to people’s lives, work also impacts well-being and health through social, physical and psychosocial hazards, … Better quality of work is related to better individual health (Barnay, 2016; Henseke, 2018), and precarious …
… serious challenges. We are living not just a public health crisis, but also an economic and social crisis. … in the domains of work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. It also addresses the spike in violence against women … and men in society have borne the brunt of the impact. Health, the thematic focus of this report, explores an …
… from 83.9 points in Sweden to 52.6 points in Greece. “Health is the state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing. Equal access to good quality health services, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, allows women and men, in all their …
… in the domains of work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. It also addresses the spike in violence against women … and men in society have borne the brunt of the impact. Health, the thematic focus of this report, explores an additional three dimensions – health status (including mental health), health behaviours …
… also explored the 2021 special focus of the Index: health. We dove into the effects of the coronavirus pandemic … looked at the topics of mental and sexual and reproductive health. Read more about the Gender Equality Index 2021 Agenda … Slovenia Hans Henri P. Kluge, Director, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe Event …
… Index during an online conference. This year, the topic of health is high on our agenda. We are taking a close look at how gender affects health and access to health services. Our focus is on mental health and sexual and …
… scored 55 points. The highest score was in the domain of health (86.9), while the lowest score was in the domain of … behind EU-27), and the smallest gap in the domain of health (0.8 points behind EU-27). The full report with …
… of Equal Opportunities Policies at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) … in the same year. The highest score was in the domain of health, followed by the domains of work, power, and money. …