Gender and Health The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies [Hardcover]

Gender and Health is the first book to examine how men's and women's lives and their physiology contribute to differences in their health.Gender and Health is the first book to examine how mens and womens lives and their physiology contribute to differences in their health. In a thoughtful synthesis of diverse literatures, the authors demonstrate that modern societies health problems ultimately involve a combination of policies, personal behavior, and choiceGender and Health is the first book to examine how mens and womens lives and their physiology contribute to differences in their health. In a thoughtful synthesis of diverse literatures, the authors demonstrate that modern societies health problems ultimately involve a combination of policies, personal behavior, and choiceGender and Health is the first book to examine how mens and womens lives and their physiology contribute to differences in their health. In a thoughtful synthesis of diverse literatures, the authors demonstrate that modern societies health problems ultimately involve a combination of policies, personal behavior, and choice. The book is designed for researchers, policymakers, and others who seek to understand how the choices of individuals, families, communities, and governments contribute to health. It can inform men and women at each of these levels how to better integrate health implications into their everyday decisions and actions.1. Gender differences in health: are they biological, social or both?; 2. Gender and barriers to health: constrained choice in everyday decisions; 3. National social policies and constrained choice; 4. The impact of community on health; 5. Priorities and expectations: men's and women's work, family life and health; 6. Gender and individual health choices; 7. Opportunities for change. There is a growing body of international research on gender and health research, but much of it concerns either women or men, and focuses on either social or biological factol£