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Gender and road traffic injuries
World Health Organization, 2002This information sheet, published by the World Health Organization, applies a gender analysis to the health problems caused by road traffic injuries. It reports that, globally, almost three times more males than females die from road traffic injuries.DocumentWhat evidence is there about the effects of health care reforms on gender equity, particularly in health?
Health Evidence Network, WHO, 2005This review article, published by the World Health Organization, assesses the impact of four key health care reforms – decentralisation, financing, privatisation and priority setting – on gender equity in health.DocumentGender, time use, and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa
Country Analytic Work, 2006This paper analyses the relationship between gender, time use and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. The volume analyses current research and surveys on time use in Africa as well as its impact on other development indicators.DocumentThe utilisation of health research in policy making: concepts, examples and methods of assessment
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2003This article explores the issues surrounding the utilisation of health research in policy-making and reviews the various forms of policy-making.It argues that research can make a contribution in at least three phases of the policy-making process: agenda setting; policy formulation; and implementation.Factors potentially enhancing utilisation can be identified by exploration of:prioriDocumentGender, caste, class and health care access: experiences of rural households in Koppal district, Karnataka
Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 2005This study examines access to health care in Koppal, Karnataka, and focuses specifically on gender, caste, class, age and life stage as categories of analysis. The paper draws on a large household survey conducted in 56 villages in the region.DocumentPromoting more gender-equitable norms and behaviors among young men as an HIV/AIDS prevention strategy
Horizons, 2006This report, produced by the Horizons Project and Instituto Promundo, examines how gender-equitable behaviour among young men can affect rates of HIV and STI (sexually-transmitted infections). The study involved young men aged 14 to 25 in the favelas (low-income communities) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.DocumentWith women worldwide: a compact to end HIV/AIDS
International Women's Health Coalition, 2006This compact, from With Women Worldwide, argues that sexual and reproductive rights are a pivotal but neglected priority in HIV and AIDS policy, programming and resource allocation. Failure to protect the human rights of girls and women, including their right to health and right to live free of sexual coercion and violence, fuels the pandemic.DocumentMigration and domestic work in South Africa: worlds of work, health and mobility in Johannesburg
Southern African Migration Project, 2005This study explores the links between female migrancy, work, health and HIV/AIDS in the lives of domestic workers living in Johannesburg, as well as the implications for domestic workers and health service providers.DocumentCreating an enabling environment for the advancement of women and girls
World Vision International Resources on Child Rights, 2006This publication is World Vision’s briefing paper to the 50th Commission on the Status of Women.DocumentSelf-perceived health of ultra poor women: the effect of an inclusive development intervention
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006This paper reports on the health component of the BRAC project entitled "Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor" (CFPR/TUP). The paper examines changes in the self-reported health status of these ultra poor women in northern Bangladesh over a period of one and half years.Pages