[afro-nets] Human resources for health: a gender analysis

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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.

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