… NCDs are the leading cause of poor health in the EU, with varying impacts on women and men. … norms (WHO, 2019g). In particular, gender-specific mental health disorders also have different impacts on health status. Poor mental health also contributes to the …
… reflects the pre-pandemic period, and the subdomain of health behaviour has not been updated because of a lack of fresh data. The domain of health has, at 87.8 points, the highest score of all six … been similarly marginal for the subdomains of access to health services (+ 2 points) and health status (+ 1.7 points) …
… increase inclusive and active citizenship, reduce social inequality and improve mental and physical health (European Commission, 2015a). Figure 12. Participation …
… Gender inequalities in health Gender differences in health status Overall, women tend to report worse health than men. In the 27 Member States of the EU (EU-27), …
… in the sector. By March 2021, only one in four EU health ministers and 4 out of 10 junior/vice ministers were women. Domain of health The domain of health, although having the highest score of all six domains, …
… Findings from the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence. BMC Public Health, 11(1), 1-17. Abubakar, I., Aldridge, R. W., … in women and men, cumulative disadvantage and gender inequality in 29 European countries. Social Science & …
… Gender inequalities in health The conditions in which women and men live, work and spend their time affect their health. Gender and other factors, such as age, education, … poorer mental well-being reflect the effect of gender inequality and gendered norms on health by leading to …
… that the crisis would be short-lived. As the toll on human health and lives has grown, the intertwined social, economic and health dimensions of our lives have come into sharp relief. … The focus also touches upon other broad causes of gender inequality, such as economic and public policy factors. …
… income, education, power distribution, unpaid care and health. Therefore, it has an essential place in gender … inequalities experienced by women in the fields of work, health, money, power, education and time use. From this point …
… 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 …
… 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 … leave entitlements – link to lower levels of gender inequality in health (Palència et al., 2017). As discussed in …
… upwards trend in the proportion of men studying education, health and welfare, humanities and the arts has plateaued, as … care responsibilities at home. Tackling gender norms and inequality in this domain could have major benefits not only … empirical evidence highlights how education impacts health by affecting behaviour, including the use of …
… a serious concern for the EU. Underlying causes of gender inequality in the domain of money are diverse and often … 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 …
… 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 …
… Technology-based solutions were at the forefront of public health strategies to contain the pandemic. Assistive … at risk (e.g. of falling or isolation), monitoring health conditions through sensors, monitoring daily life … life expectancy, they spend fewer years living in good health than men, and are more likely to develop health …
… all while providing the latest medical information to health professionals (Jiang et al., 2017). However, medical … implementing and evaluating the application of AI in health policy can result in existing health and gender inequalities being overlooked, or new …