Policy scorecard for gender mainstreaming: Gender equity in health policy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-117

  Keleher, Helen ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health policy; Public health; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; PREJUDICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84875987863     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12027     Document Type: Article

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