POS-736 WOMEN DONATE, MEN RECEIVE: GENDER DISPARITY AMONG RENAL DONORS

Women in Radiology: Exploring the Gender Disparity.

PURPOSE In 2015, only 1.5% of female Canadian medical students pursued radiology as a specialty, versus 5.6% of men. The aim of this study was to determine what factors attract and deter Canadian medical students from pursuing a career in radiology, and why fewer women than men pursue radiology as a specialty. METHODS An anonymous online survey was e-mailed to English-speaking Canadian medica...

Intent to receive an HPV vaccine among university men and women and implications for vaccine administration.

OBJECTIVE AND PARTICIPANTS In 2006, the authors examined intention to receive an HPV vaccine among 340 college students. METHODS A total of 138 men and 202 women completed questionnaires. The authors measured intention by asking participants how likely they would be to accept an HPV vaccine that prevented against (1) all HPV, (2) cervical cancer but not genital warts, (3) genital warts but no...

Health Disparity among Latina Women: Comparison with Non-Latina Women

Analyzing the Latino community and focusing on the women that make up this fast-growing demographic create a better understanding of the needs and considerations for health-care professionals and social policies. It is important that national health and health-care data on the Latino ethnic group be presented by gender in order to determine areas specific to women. This review focuses on the ex...

[Gender, genders: where women and men meet?].

Decomposing Gender Disparity in Total Physical Activity among Iranian Adults

OBJECTIVES While gender differences in physical activity (PA) have been reported, their origin is not well understood. The present study aimed to identify factors contributing to this disparity. METHODS This was a population-based cross-sectional study based on the 2011 surveillance of risk factors of non-communicable diseases that was conducted among Iranian adults. Multi-staged sampling was...