RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Processes and contexts influencing health inequalities among women who are mothers
JF Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
JO J Epidemiol Community Health
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 897
OP 899
DO 10.1136/jech-2019-212229
VO 73
IS 10
A1 Sara Trujillo-Alemán
A1 Gloria Perez
A1 Jillian Reynolds
A1 Silvia Rueda
A1 Carme Borrell
YR 2019
UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/73/10/897.abstract
AB This paper presents a conceptual framework that aims to conceptualise the different processes and contexts influencing health inequalities among women who are mothers. On the one hand, four processes are shown: (1) social stratification; (2) route into motherhood; (3) exposure and vulnerability to risk factors; and (4) generation of health inequalities. On the other hand, the role of the socioeconomic and political context, the labour market context, and the social, community and family context, as well as their inter-relationships, are presented. In addition, different family policy models, social values and cultural imperatives are considered.