Incorporating culture and gender into multiple intervention programs.

The Ž rst issue of CJNR that focused on Culture and Gender was published in 1996. In her guest editorial, Dr. Joan Anderson reminded readers that culture and gender are socially constructed. She also presented important theoretical challenges related to the multi-layered context of people’s lives and the complex interrelationships of race, class, and gender. Dr. Anderson called for a new discourse based on these theoretical insights.The challenges of multi-layered context and complex interrelationships are still highly relevant for researchers addressing matters of culture and gender. In this issue of CJNR, the contributors advance the dialogue initiated by Dr.Anderson by incorporating culture and gender considerations into the development of theory, the choices of methodologies and methods, and the design of interventions.We argue for the development of multiple intervention programs1 that integrate gender and culture as key determinants of health.