Women's health

Question 1

what is the gender health gap ?

Answer 1

• women live longer than men
• spend more of their life in poor health
• research for women’s health is underfunded (erectile dysfunction research more funding than menopause)
• misogyny in healthcare is common
• dose of new drugs based on trials in men
• misunderstood mistreated and misdiagnosed
• effects are worse in ethnic minorities

Question 2

what are the outcomes of disease like in women compared to men >?

Answer 2

• women have poorer outcomes eg. colon cancer

Question 3

what is women’s mental health like?

Answer 3

• self harm common in women
• suicide common in men
• eating disorders more common in women
• anxiety and depression more common in women

Question 4

what some of the reasons as to why anxiety and depression are common in women ?

Answer 4

• PMS
• post natal
• peri- menopause
• employment and pay gap
• violence against women

Question 5

violence in women how common?

Answer 5

1 in 3 intimate partner violence

Question 6

what are some issues related to reproductive health ?

Answer 6

• period poverty
• affects ppl in developing countries
• leads to days off school and less socialisation
• STIs disproportionally affects women eg. chalmydia, HPV, cervical cancer impacts fertility

Question 7

what cancers affect women ?

Answer 7

breast
cervical
increasing levels of obesity
smoking alcohol use continue risk factors

Question 8

ovarian cancer

Answer 8

• 22k/ 100k
• poor survival rate due to difficult to detect
• 30% survival
• peak 70 yrs
• symptoms = pain, abdominal bloating, change bowel habits
• theres no screening test

Question 9

what needs to be done in women’s health ?

Answer 9

• misunderstood mistreated misdiagnosed
• better training for healthcare