Health research has failed to adequately explore the combination of social and biological
sources of differences in men's and women's health. Consequently, scientific explanations …

Numerous factors play a part in health disparities. Although health disparities are manifested
at the level of the individual, other contexts should be considered when investigating the …

The idea for Gender and Health began with our participation in the Society and Health
Working Group of the Health Institute at New England Medical Center and the Department of …

A representative national sample of 2,031 adults aged 18 to 90 was interviewed by
telephone in 1990. Results showed that men report better health than women, but that the …

Background Socioeconomic and racial-ethnic disparities in health status across the United
States are large and persistent. Obesity rates are rising faster in black and Hispanic …

Using a national longitudinal survey of a representative sample of 1,256 adults, I assess the
impact of the amount of household labor performed and its division within the household on …

One of the continuing paradoxes facing social epidemiologists concerns sex differences in
morbidity and mortality. Although women live longer than men, they apparently get sick …

The complexity of gender differences in health (ie, men's lower life expectancy and women's
greater morbidity) extends beyond notions of either social or biological disadvantage. Gaps …

INTRODUCTION Low health literacy (LHL) remains a formidable barrier to improving health
care quality and outcomes. Given the lack of precision of single demographic characteristics …

infatti la pubblicazione sul tema più prestigiosa d'America. Di questo “manuale”–anche se la
traduzione letterale è riduttiva–dal 1963 ad oggi, ne sono uscite cinque edizioni. Si tratta di …