Medical education, women's status, and medical issues' effect on women's health in the Caribbean
Health Care Women Int
; 18(4): 383-93, Jul-Aug., 1997.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MedCarib
| ID: med-1951
Biblioteca responsável:
JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1
ABSTRACT
At an international conference in 1992 on women and health, an attempt was made to redefine health concerns for women of the English-speaking Caribbean in the 1990s. Medical practices in developing countries change as advances are made in public health; clinical issues on the islands now resemble those in the United States (e.g hypertension, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, domestic violence, and abortion). In the Caribbean, however, these problems exist in a unique socioeconomic context, and women's health there suffers indirectly because of cultural mores. Gender bias in medical education and practice influence treatment of women and obstructs their advancement to policy-making levels in the design and delivery of programs that bear on maternal and child health, among others. The effect of local cultural beliefs and practices on women's health must be considered when setting goals and direction of health policy if aid or educational programs are to be effective.(AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Mulheres
/
Saúde da Mulher
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Educação Médica
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
/
Idoso
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Feminino
/
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Health Care Women Int
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Artigo