How gender theories are used in contemporary public health research
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How gender theories are used in contemporary public health research
BACKGROUND Public health research often focuses on gender differences within certain diagnoses, but so far research has failed to explain these differences in a satisfactory way. Theoretical development could be one prerequisite for moving beyond categorical thinking. The aim of this paper was to analyse how gender theories have been used in public health research in relation to various methodo...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Equity in Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1475-9276
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-017-0712-x