Public Health, Occupational Health and Epidemiology Conference

Gender and health inequality take a look at the ways in which men and women are treated differently for health purposes depending on the social, financial, and cultural systems in place. Women and men are treated differently in terms of access to health services, which means abnormal rates of particular diseases and poor physical well-being of patients. To reduce disparities public health interventions encourage equal utilization of health services, target particular health concerns, and policymaking without restrictions based on gender.

Adolescents and women have several gender-specific SRHR challenges such as lack of contraception, VAW, and socially sanctioned restrictive HC access. These barriers perpetuate incidences of preventable diseases that include, maternal mortality and sexually transmitted diseases mainly in the regions with limited resources. Those programs influence the increase in the availability of family planning, safe childbirth, and education on sexual health to fight these conditions and ensure women’s health rights.

Males are the other that also undergo the symptoms of gendered effects on their health, which involves increased vulnerability to some diseases and fewer regular checkups. Men are especially reluctant to seek help because of cultural taboos attached to their culturally defined roles, which pose health threats to them. Current male health promotion campaigns address disparities in the areas of prevention through screening, mental health, and lifestyle change.

Income, education, and employment status of people are among the social factors that affect health care between females and males. These are workforce gender disparities that impact health in a roundabout way because people in low-status roles tend to be plagued with elevated levels of stress, limited health literacy, and questioning access to healthcare services. Social determinants of health are addressed by public health through campaigning for policies that would support gender alongside supporting the economic and educational reforms for the health of both males and females.