… including gender differences in behaviour that affects health, such as smoking. While women have a longer life … expectancy than men, they spend less years living in good health. Due to a higher life expectancy and higher likelihood of facing health problems (see graph below), women are more likely to …
… to impact on access use of preventative and curative health services. For example, while the EU has done work to … and women living outside the EU to sexual and reproductive health services, there has been limited action to promote … services within the EU. To date, important unmet mental health needs of women and men persist, and access to sexual …
… Health policy needs to adequately explore and address the … and biological sources of differences in women’s and men’s health. An understanding of the interaction between sex and gender in the development and management of health can be beneficial in terms of prevention, intervention …
… victim (e.g. pregnancy/new birth, depression/ other mental health issues, isolation); the perpetrator (e.g. history of violence, mental health issues, access to weapons, previous or current breach …
… found that when people were more aware of the legal and health consequences, they were less likely to practice it. … that professionals (for example, immigration officers, health practitioners and teachers) who are in contact with …
… women and lone mothers have more difficulties to access health and dental services than couples with children. The … six core domains - work, money, knowledge, time, power and health – and two satellite domains: violence against women …
… affect the behaviour of women and men and their access to health services. Further information Health on EIGE's Gender Mainstreaming platform EIGE's Gender …