Awareness of gender medicine among family doctors. A field investigation.

Awareness of gender medicine among family doctors. A field investigation. J Prev Interv Community. 2019 Jul 08;:1-14 Authors: Gattino S, De Piccoli N, Grosso MS, Simonetta M, Tanturri G, Rollero C Abstract Ample evidence has shown that gender is one of the key determinants of health and illness and that a better understanding of gender-specific determinants can contribute to greater equity and equality in health services, with better health for both women and men. Nonetheless, the androcentric bias prevalent in healthcare makes it difficult to address the needs of either women or men adequately. Strengthening research into gender medicine issues is, therefore, desirable. With the present study, we investigated awareness of gender medicine among practicing primary care physicians and doctors-in-training in primary care and whether sexism affects awareness of gender medicine. Our findings show that there is a need for training programs to enhance gender awareness among both practicing physicians and those in training. Implications for policies are discussed. PMID: 31282786 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: J Prev Interv Community Source Type: research