Gender-transformative health promotion for women a framework for action

• Published in: Health promotion international Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 140 - 150
• Main Authors: PEDERSON, ANN, GREAVES, LORRAINE, POOLE, NANCY
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.03.2015
• Subjects: Alcohol Drinking; Cardiovascular Diseases; Female; Health Policy; Health Promotion - methods; Humans; Male; ORIGINAL PAPERS; Sex Factors; Smoking; Women's Health; Women's Rights; determinants of health; framework; women

Gender inequity is a pervasive global challenge to health equity. Health promotion, as a field, has paid only limited attention to gender inequity to date, but could be an active agent of change if gender equity became an explicit goal of health promotion research, policy and programmes. As an aspec...