The influence of gender equality policies on gender inequalities in health in Europe

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-33

  Palència, Laia ^a,b,c   Malmusi, Davide ^a,b,c   De Moortel, Deborah ^d   Artazcoz, Lucía ^a,b,c,e   Backhans, Mona ^f,g   Vanroelen, Christophe ^d,e   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,c,e  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b Health Information Systems Unit Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona   (Spain)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Europe; Gender equality; Gender policies; Self perceived health

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLICY APPROACH; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTRADICTORY TYPOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUALEARNER TYPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER EQUALITY; GENDER INEQUALITY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KORPI TYPOLOGY; MALE; MARKET ORIENTED TYPOLOGY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; TRADITIONAL CENTRAL TYPOLOGY; TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN TYPOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; HEALTH DISPARITY; SELF REPORT; SEXISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EUROPE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SEXISM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84905717403     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.018     Document Type: Article

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