PHA-Exch> Human resources for health: a gender analysis

["Claudio Schuftan" <cschuftan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia@xxxxxxxx>
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Human resources for health: a gender analysis

 

Asha George

Women and Gender Equity, and Health Systems, Knowledge Networks established as part of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.
The work of the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network - June 2007

 

Available online PDF file [57p.] at: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/human_resources_for_health_wgkn_2007.pdf

 

"……examine gender dynamics in medicine, nursing, community health workers and home careers. It also explores from a gender perspective issues concerning delegation, migration and violence, which cut across these categories of health workers. These occupational categories and themes reflect priorities identified by the terms of reference for this review paper and also the themes that emerged from the accessed literature.

 

This paper is based on a desk review of literature accessed through the internet, search engines, correspondence with other experts and reviewing bibliographies of existing material. These efforts resulted in a list of 534 articles, chapters, books and reports. Although most of the literature reviewed was in English, some of it was also in Spanish and Portuguese.…."

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Executive Summary

Background

Main Arguments

Key Policy Messages

Introduction

Evidence Base for this Review

Process of Literature Review

Limitations of Literature Review

Gendered Experiences in Human Resources for Health

Medicine

How is Medicine Feminising?

Occupational Gender Biases in Medicine

Stereotypical Gender Work Models

Nursing

Histories of Nursing

Delegation

Community Health Workers

Gendered Field Challenges

Field Solutions

Home Carers

Gendered Issues in Human Resources for Health

Migration

Violence

Gender Based Violence in the Health Sector

General Violence in the Health Sector

Summary Conclusions

References

 

 

This paper was written for the Women and Gender Equity, and Health Systems, Knowledge Networks established as part of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. The work of the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network was funded by a grant from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs through the World Health Organisation, the Swedish National Institute of Public Health and the Foundation of Open Society Institute (Zug). The work of the Health Systems Knowledge Network was funded by a grant from the World Health Organisation and the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada. The views presented in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the decisions, policy or views of IIMB, KI, IRDC, WHO, Commissioners, the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network or the reviewers.