Sex,gender,and health: the need for a new approach

摘要

Men are now following the example of women in drawing attention to the links between gender, health, and health care The health of both sexes is influenced by-biological factors including, but not confined to, their reproductive characteristics Socially constructed gender characteristics are also important in shaping the capacity of both women and men to realise their potential for health Gender inequalities in access to health promoting resources have damaging effects on women's wellbeing Men face particular problems because of the relation between masculine identities and risk hiking Greater sensitivity to sex and gender is needed in medical research, service delivery, and wider social policies