Gender in public health research
Reflections on design and process across four research projects in low-and middle-income countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19590922 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marta S Palmeirim (0000-0002-4709-2489, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, corresponding author), Séverine Erismann (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, corresponding author), Andrea Leuenberger (0000-0001-6116-148X, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, corresponding author), Mónica Berger-González (0000-0002-8650-989X, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, corresponding author), Sally Mtenga (0000-0001-6100-7562, Ifakara Health Institute, corresponding author), Somphou Sayasone (0000-0001-8219-9567, Ministry of Health, corresponding author), Peter Odermatt (0000-0002-0296-2508, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, corresponding author), Helen Prytherch (0000-0002-6999-5718, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, corresponding author), Carolyn Somerville (0000-0002-2335-160X, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Kaveri Mayra (0000-0001-8395-0738) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | e0000808 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375 |
| Publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000808 |
| PMID | 37043446 |
| OpenAlex | W4365135737 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
A growing body of work clearly documents the gendered inequalities in health. The COVID-19 pandemic further exposed these deep inequities: men appear to be more vulnerable to poorer outcomes, but most of the global health workforce is female who are at increased risk of exposure to hospital infection. However, researchers often fail to adequately embed gender as part of the public health research. This paper reports findings from a synthesis exercise that identified some of the challenges of integrating gender in the design and processes of research studies in four projects conducted in six low- and middle-income countries. Through a collective retrospective meta-synthesis process with researchers from each project, we identified two main themes; (i) we deep dive on two of the structural pillars of conducting public health research (design and process) and (ii) we describe some of the underlying opportunities and resistances to the integration of a gender perspective in these research projects. In conclusion, we suggest that public health funding bodies require researchers to integrate gender in public health research from early on as part of the design and to conduct gendered analysis, as part of the overall drive towards more equitable health systems delivery
Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Inequality · Low and middle income countries · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Sociology · Workforce · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Diversity and Career in Medicine · Engineering · Medicine · Nursing · Sex and Gender in Healthcare
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Gendered health impacts of industrial gold mining in northwestern Tanzania
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Introduction
Gender Mainstreaming in Theory and Practice
The importance of gender analysis in research for health systems strengthening
Gender vs. Diversity Mainstreaming
Women's health, men's health, and gender and health
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |