Gender equity and sexual and reproductive health in Eastern and Southern Africa
A critical overview of the literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19530528 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eleanor E Macpherson (0000-0002-7142-1158, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Esther Richards (0000-0003-3568-9023, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Ireen Namakhoma (Research for Equity And Community Health Trust), Sally Theobald (0000-0002-9053-211X, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23717-23717 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Health Action (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1654-9716 • E-ISSN: 1654-9880 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3402/gha.v7.23717 |
| PMID | 24972916 |
| OpenAlex | W1993632557 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 33 |
BACKGROUND: Gender inequalities are important social determinants of health. We set out to critically review the literature relating to gender equity and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in Eastern and Southern Africa with the aim of identifying priorities for action. DESIGN: During November 2011, we identified studies relating to SRH and gender equity through a comprehensive literature search. RESULTS: We found gender inequalities to be common across a range of health issues relating to SRH with women being particularly disadvantaged. Social and biological determinants combined to increase women's vulnerability to maternal mortality, HIV, and gender-based violence. Health systems significantly disadvantaged women in terms of access to care. Men fared worse in relation to HIV testing and care with social norms leading to men presenting later for treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Gender inequity in SRH requires multiple complementary approaches to address the structural drivers of unequal health outcomes. These could include interventions that alter the structural environment in which ill-health is created. Interventions are required both within and beyond the health system
Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Environmental health · Health care · Health equity · Inequality · Political science · Population · Psychological intervention · Public health · Reproductive health · Social determinants of health · Social inequality · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Global Maternal and Child Health · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Nursing
Regional Differences in Positive Sexual Behaviour Among Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sexual and reproductive health service utilization among adolescent girls in Kenya
Gender and health – aspects of importance for understanding health and illness in the world
Medicinal plants used in Lesotho for treatment of reproductive and post reproductive problems
Resisting change
Attitude towards gender norms in Ghana
Improving livelihoods and gender equitable attitudes of street‐connected young people in Eldoret, Kenya
Low acceptance of intimate partner violence by pregnant women in Uganda predicts higher uptake of HIV self-testing among their male partners
Determinants of risky sexual behaviours among adolescents in Central African Republic, Eswatini and Ghana
Using the Family Planning Estimation Tool (FPET) to assess national-level family planning trends and future projections for contraceptive prevalence and associated demand for HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa
Gender Equity and Vertically Transmitted Infections
Gender relations and women's reproductive health in South Sudan
Barriers to achieving the first 90
Negotiating HIV and pregnancy prevention and sexual pleasure amongst heterosexual men and women in South Africa
What motivates serodiscordant couples to prevent HIV transmission within their relationships
Beyond the waiting room
Substance use and HIV infection awareness among HIV-infected female sex workers in Lilongwe, Malawi
A Guide to Gender-Analysis Frameworks
Impact of Stepping Stones on incidence of HIV and HSV-2 and sexual behaviour in rural South Africa
How men's power over women fuels the HIV epidemic
Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980–2008
Gender and Aids
Intimate partner violence, relationship power inequity, and incidence of HIV infection in young women in South Africa
Confronting the “Sugar Daddy” Stereotype
The world report on violence and health
Operationalising sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa
Gender Roles and Informal Care for Patients With Aids
Strengthening accountability to citizens on gender and health
Occupational segregation, gender essentialism and male primacy as major barriers to equity in HIV/Aids caregiving
Gender-related power differences, beliefs and reactions towards people living with HIV/Aids
Family Caregivers in Rural Uganda
Condom Use Within Marital and Cohabiting Partnerships in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa
Equity Analysis
The Women, Gender and Development Reader
Talking about Aids
My Girlfriends Could Fill A Yanu-Yanu Bus
Women in Chinsapo, Malawi
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |