Week 5 - Gender and health practises Flashcards
Why do women live longer than men?
Women generally live longer than men because of both biological and behavioural advantages
Why do women face greater difficulties in getting the health care they need?
Gender based inequalities– for example in education, income and employment – limit the ability of girls and women to protect their health.
Inequalities in CVD?
+ The mortality rate for coronary heart disease(CHD) is much higher in men
+ men are more likely to die from CHD prematurely
+ Women’s risk of cardiovascular disease in general increases later in life and women are more likely to die from stroke
+ Men and women often experience different symptoms for CHD
+ ‘typical’ symptoms being more often experienced by men
+ This may mean that women are less likely to recognise symptoms in themselves and tend to seek help at a later stage
+ Women are also less likely to be referred to specialists
Inequalities in Overweight and Obesity?
+ The proportion of men and women who are obese is roughly the same
+ men are markedly more likely to be overweight than women
+ present trends suggest that weight-related health problems will increase among men in particular
+ Women are more likely than men to become morbidly obese
+ Women are much more likely to take part in private sector weight loss programmes
+ Women also more likely to be treated for overweight in primary care
+ men and women often take different approaches to weight management and they may find different approaches helpful
+ health professionals may take different attitudes to men and women in relation to weight
Inequalities in Mental Health?
+ Women are more likely to report, consult for and be diagnosed with depression and anxiety
+ Depression and anxiety are under-diagnosed in men.
+ Suicide is more common in men, as are all forms of substance abuse
+ There is a shortage of knowledge in relation to barriers to service use for both men and women
Inequalities in Alcohol misuse
+ Alcohol disorders are twice as common in men
+ But binge drinking is increasing at a faster rate among young women
+ Among older people, the gap between men and women is less marked
+ consequences of unsafe drinking seen as different for men and women in policy
+ become violent or take unwise risks
+ Women may become more vulnerable to abuse or attack
+ possible that women feel more stigmatised by alcohol-related problems
+ may influence their response to services
Inequalities in Cancer
+ Morbidity and mortality are consistently higher in men for virtually all cancers that are not sex-specific.
+ Cancer morbidity and mortality rates are reducing more quickly for men than women
+ Tabacco and men’s use
Many of the early signs of cancer are easily confused with minor health problem
men may be less likely to consult for these kinds of symptoms
+ There are variations between men and women in their experience of the cancer care ‘journey’
Emotional expression in men is often considered weak in males. what could it lead to?
\+ Anger \+ Denial \+ Repression \+ CHD \+ Delayed help seeking \+ Reduced symptom \+ perception
What is the queer theory?
A term used to imply disrupting or unsettling normative or taken for granted assumptions.
Often applied to issues related to gender and sexuality but has relevance for cultural norms that underpin all knowledge for
