Does addressing gender inequalities and empowering women and girls improve health and development programme outcomes?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1492-1514

  Taukobong, Hannah F G ^a   Kincaid, Mary M ^a   Levy, Jessica K ^a,b   Bloom, Shelah S ^a,c   Platt, Jennifer L ^d   Henry, Sarah K ^e   Darmstadt, Gary L ^e  

^a Iris Group   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d Stanford University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; agriculture; development; empowerment; family planning; gender; maternal and child health; nutrition; public health; water

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85002922471     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw074     Document Type: Article

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