Gender inequity and public health: Getting down to real issues
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Gender Issues and Public Health.
Gender is one of the most important considerations in public health research and program implementation. Basic issues such as protecting women from violence, upholding their rights to property and equality in access to health, education, employment, and political participation are important to society and for public health. Gender inequality exists both within and outside the health system and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1101-1262,1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/12.3.163