Despite Canada's leadership in the field of population health, there have been few successes reducing country's health inequities. There is an increasing recognition that regardless progress made to date, significant gaps remain comprehending fully root causes inequities, including complex ways which determinants relate, intersect and mutually reinforce one another. Calls are being draw on theoretical insights critical social science perspectives rethink current framing determinants. The aim...

In the field of health, numerous frameworks have emerged that advance understandings differential impacts health policies to produce inclusive and socially just outcomes. this paper, we present development an important contribution these efforts – Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis (IBPA) Framework. Developed over course two years in consultation with key stakeholders drawing on best promising practices other equity-informed approaches, participatory iterative IBPA Framework provides...

Women's health research strives to make change. It seeks produce knowledge that promotes action on the variety of factors affect women's lives and their health. As part this general movement, important strides have been made raise awareness effects sex gender. The resultant base has used inform research, policy, practice. Increasingly, however, need pay better attention inequities among women are caused by racism, colonialism, ethnocentrism, heterosexism, able-bodism, is confronting feminist...

In comparison to research practices, intersectionality is an underdeveloped concept within policy discourse and application. Because of the complexity relative newness this approach, analysis grounded framework remains largely undertheorized, methods for integrating into processes are in nascent stages. This article (1) defines demonstrates need approach public policy, (2) outlines challenges applying making, (3) describes evaluates three innovative approaches development analysis.

This article contributes to current debates and discussions in critical social theory about diversity, inclusion/exclusion, power, justice by exploring intersectionality as an important theoretical resource further develop advance care ethics. Using a reference point, the investigation highlights two key shortcomings of ethics which stem from this ethics’ prioritization gender gendered power relations: inadequate conceptualizations diversity power. The draws on concrete examples related...

Background: Better understanding and addressing health inequities is a growing global priority.Objective: In this paper, we contribute to the literature examining complex relationships between biological social dimensions in field of inequalities. Specifically, explore potential intersectionality advance current approaches socio-biological entwinements.Design: We provide brief overview combining both factors single study, then investigate contributions an intersectional framework such...

Abstract. This paper considers why gender mainstreaming (GM), a strategy that many have claimed holds promise for transforming public policy and working towards social justice, is inherently limited flawed. The begins with brief overview of GM, specifically focusing on the Canadian context, highlights current discussions in literature regarding issues implementation best practices. It then moves to reveal critical but overlooked dimension GM its theoretical foundation. In contextualizing...

Understanding sex and gender in health research can improve the quality of scholarship enhance outcomes. Funding agencies academic journals are two key gatekeepers knowledge production dissemination, including whether how sex/gender is incorporated into research. Though attention has been paid to issues practices accounting for funding journals, date, there no systematic analysis documenting require sex/gender, what conceptual explanations practical guidance given such inclusion, existing...

Selected costs associated with intimate partner violence were estimated for a community sample of 309 Canadian women who left abusive male partners on average 20 months previously. Total annual selected public- and private-sector expenditures attributable to $13,162.39 per woman. This translates national cost $6.9 billion aged 19–65 have partners; $3.1 those experiencing within the past three years. Results indicate that continue long after leaving, call recognition in policy leaving does...

Family (i.e., unpaid) caregiving has long been thought of as a ‘woman’s issue’, which ultimately results not only in gendered, but also financial and health inequities. Because this, gender-based analyses have prioritized research. However, trends current feminist scholarship demonstrate that gender intersects with other axes difference, such culture, socio-economic status, geography to create diverse experiences. In this analysis we examine how formal front-line palliative care providers...

This study draws from intersectionality to describe variations in recent suicide attempts (RSA) among gay and bisexual men (GBM) across sociodemographics. Using survey data, logistic regression modeling explored RSA two analytical stages: (1) the individual effects of each sociodemographic were measured; (2) two-way interaction terms between sociodemographics tested added models created stage A. In A, only education income achieved significance. B, found that (a) interacted significantly...

International debate is ongoing regarding the innovation of gender mainstreaming (GM), its efficacy, and future utility. Likewise, in Canada, there a push to learn from early GM efforts renewed focus on creating more responsive strategies. Although Canada’s gender-based analysis (GBA) has been researched evaluated, this study uses feminist theory intersectionality examine newer GBA+ model, which builds predecessor. Drawing thematic 32 stakeholder interviews three different sectors content...

In Canada the idea that social entitlements are important components of citizenship and equality is currently being undermined by neo-liberal state values, expressed in federal provincial policy shifts favour self-sufficiency economic competitiveness over a strong welfare state. Although this trend dangerous for all populations marginalized through poverty, racism disability, it especially women who attempting to escape or avoid physical sexual violence. Drawing on research conducted...