TY - JOUR T1 - Engendering epidemiology JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health SP - ii1 LP - ii2 DO - 10.1136/jech.2007.069658 VL - 61 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Ana M García AU - Mel Bartley AU - Carlos Alvarez-Dardet Y1 - 2007/12/01 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/61/Suppl_2/ii1.abstract N2 - Contributions from the Spanish Research Network for Health and GenderNancy Krieger has remarked in the pages of a sister journal1 that the term gender was almost non-existent in biomedical or public health journals before the 1970s. Since then, the scientific production of knowledge on gender related health issues has increased in an almost logarithmic progression. It’s not a matter of fashion. The real issue is to fill an unjustifiable, unfair and damaging gap in the history of biomedical and public health research, with a deleterious impact on the history of health of women, more than a half of the world population.As in relation to many other dimensions of social inequality related to health, the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has shown increasing interest in gender inequities.2 The aim of this work has been to construct what can be called an engendering epidemiology. Decision makers need sound scientific evidence on which to base decisions about priorities and the actions needed in order to avoid any kind of gender discrimination regarding health promotion, disease prevention and the management of ill people in the population. This emphasis on applied knowledge has for many years been a trademark of the journal.3According to PubMed, the first time the term “gender” was … ER -