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Many of these social gender inequalities can impact the way women's health is regarded, which can in turn determine the level of access women have to healthcare services and the extent by which households and the larger community are willing to invest in women's health issues. [69]
The World Health Organization notes gender differentials in both the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. [61] Gender bias observed in diagnostic and healthcare systems (including as related to under-diagnosis, over-diagnosis, and misdiagnosis) is detrimental to the treatment and health of people of all genders.
This includes pre- and post-natal healthcare, access to quality sexual and reproductive health services, and life-saving care and support for survivors of gender-based violence. [ 12 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Women are also refraining from visiting health facilities due to fears about COVID-19 exposure or due to movement restrictions.
Gender inequalities impact India's sex ratio, women's health over their lifetimes, their educational attainment, and economic conditions. It is a multifaceted issue that concerns men and women alike. The labor force participation rate of women was 80.7% in 2013. [178]
What's the mental health impact of misgendering? Being misgendered can bring up a mix of emotions for gender-diverse people, including feelings of being alienated or “ othered ” by their peers.
Transgender health care includes the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental health conditions which affect transgender individuals. [1] A major component of transgender health care is gender-affirming care, the medical aspect of gender transition. Questions implicated in transgender health care include gender variance, sex ...
The possibility of gender differences in experiences of pain has led to a discrepancy in treating female patients' pain over that of male patients. [7] The phenomenon may affect physical diagnosis. Women are more likely to be given a diagnosis of psychosomatic nature for a physical ailment than men, despite presenting with similar symptoms.
Higher education and income levels for black mothers does not affect this mortality rate. There are also higher chances that a complication will occur during birth. Solomon argues that the 'toxin' of these rates is racism, which has created a toxic environment for minority groups to live in with multiple stressors that effect health. [118]