Health care search by adult women in emergency care services
Titelübersetzung:A busca de assistência à saúde em serviços de pronto atendimento por mulheres adultas
Autor/in:
Bega, Aline Gabriela; Peruzzo, Hellen Emília; Lopes, Ana Patrícia Araújo Torquato; Dutra, Amanda Carvalho; Decesaro, Maria das Neves; Marcon, Sonia Silva
Quelle: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 9 (2017) 1, S 1-14
Inhalt: Objective: To know women’s health behavior and their reason to seek for care in an emergency service.
Methods: Descriptive, exploratory and qualitative study done with 18 women who were attended in a
municipal emergency unit in the northwest of Paraná. These data were collected in November of 2015 with
a semi-structured interview and subjected to content analysis, in thematic modality. Results: Two empirical
categories were identified: “Women behaviors before health complications” shows that the initial conduct of
women in situations of illness is self-medication and postponement to seek health services; and “reasons to seek
emergency care service”, which shows that the demand for this level of service is driven by the perception of
better resolution, effectiveness and agility, as well as proximity to home. Conclusion: It is common for women
to delay seeking treatment because of gender-related responsibilities, and when they do it, they prefer to choose
more resolute services.
Schlagwörter:woman; Gesundheitsverhalten; health behavior; Gesundheitsversorgung; health care; ambulante Versorgung; outpatient care; Nachfrage; demand; Gesundheitsdienst; public health services; Professionalisierung; professionalization; Brasilien; Brazil; Südamerika; South America
Herausforderungen und Potentiale geschlechtsspezifischer Gesundheitsversorgung: 3. Bundeskongress Gender-Gesundheit vom 21. bis 22. Mai 2015 in der Landesvertretung Baden-Württemberg, Berlin
Titelübersetzung:Challenges and Potentials of Gender-Specific Health Care: Third Federal Congress Gender Health, 21/22 May 2015, Representation of Baden-Württemberg to the Federation, Berlin
Autor/in:
Hendrix, Ulla; Hilgemann, Meike; Niegel, Jennifer
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 7 (2015) 3, S 143-148
Inhalt: Der dritte Bundeskongress Gender-Gesundheit fand im Mai 2015 in Berlin statt. Das Schwerpunktthema der diesjährigen Tagung lautete "Gender und Diabetes". Auf dem Kongress wurde die Notwendigkeit einer geschlechterunterscheidenden Betrachtung der Medizin hervorgehoben und es wurden praktische und politische Implikationen für eine bessere medizinische Versorgung diskutiert.
Inhalt: The Third Federal Congress Gender Health was held in Berlin in May 2015. The main top ic of the conference was "Gender and Diabetes". The congress highlighted the gender-differentiated perspective on medicine and discussed practical and political implications for better medical care.
Inequality in health care utilization in Germany? Theoretical and empirical evidence for specialist consultation
Titelübersetzung:Ungleichheit bei der medizinischen Versorgung in Deutschland? Theoretische und empirische Evidenz für den Facharztbesuch
Autor/in:
Gruber, Stefan; Kiesel, Markus
Quelle: Journal of Public Health, 18 (2010) 4, S 351-365
Inhalt: Aim: In view of increasing concern about a two-class system in the German health care sector, this study investigates the relevance of health insurance schemes and other socioeconomic characteristics to the level of specialist health care provision. Subjects and Methods: Referring to Ronald M. Andersen’s model of health care utilization and more content-based approaches, we implement a negative binomial hurdle regression to estimate the number of specialist visits within the last 12 months. Our data source is the German sample of the first wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) in 2004. Results: The results show that men’s number of specialist visits is markedly sensitive to predisposing and enabling factors, whereas women’s health care utilization depends less on such socioeconomic characteristics. With reference to previous findings concerning general practitioner consultation, the assumption of a bipolar health care system providing general practitioner care primarily to the statutory insured and specialist care to the privately insured is supported empirically as to men. Education, which is considered to be highly correlated with health lifestyles, has a positive effect on medical health care. Every additional year of education increases by about 10% the probability of men seeking specialist consultation. Furthermore, the results indicate an unfavorable situation for the self-employed concerning health care because of their specific employment situation and health insurance coverage. Discussion: The research results suggest the existence of relevant differences in the amount of specialist consultation according to health insurance and other socioeconomic features. Further research could concentrate on the question of whether these inequalities in utilization levels indicate overprovision or underprovision of ambulant health care. Moreover, we recommend longitudinal research that is particularly suited to detangle age and cohort effects.
Schlagwörter:theory-practice; Theorie; statistische Analyse; health care delivery system; Facharzt; Gesundheitswesen; compulsory health insurance; Federal Republic of Germany; Theorie-Praxis; private health insurance; private Krankenversicherung; man; gesetzliche Krankenversicherung; inequality; statistical analysis; Lebenserwartung; medical specialist; model; health care; life expectancy; Modell; Gesundheitsversorgung; woman; Mann; theory; Ungleichheit; Specialist consultation; Health care utilization; Health insurance; Supply-induced demand; Hurdle regression
Attitudinal and socio-structural determinants of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination uptake: a quantitative multivariate analysis
Titelübersetzung:Einstellung und soziostrukturelle Determinanten zu Gebärmutterkrebs-Screening und HP-Virus-Schutzimpfung: eine quantitativ-multivariate Analyse
Quelle: Journal of Public Health, 18 (2010) 2, S 179-188
Inhalt: Aim: The introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine enables for the first time in the history of cancer prevention the possibility of combating the major cause of a cancer even before its onset. The secondary prevention measure of cervical cancer screening has thus been complemented by a primary prevention measure. The aim of this study is to analyse the determinants of uptake of preventive measures against cervical cancer as a basis for comparing the determinants of screening attendance with those of HPV vaccination attendance. Subject and methods: A population-based representative survey comprising 760 randomly selected women aged 14 to 65 was performed in the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Prevention behaviour, attitudes towards cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination, and knowledge about cervical cancer and HPV were investigated by means of a structured questionnaire. Descriptive analyses and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify the determinants of screening and HPV vaccine uptake. Results: Attendance both at screening and at HPV vaccination was best predicted by attitudinal factors. Positive connotations of cancer prevention measures and utility expectations, fear of cancer and high subjective risk perception were conducive to attendance at screening and HPV vaccination. Screening attendance was less regular among women of lower socioeconomic status. In contrast, HPV vaccination uptake was higher for young women with lower educational attainment and lower social class. Knowledge did not impact prevention behaviour significantly. There is no trade-off between screening and vaccination attendance; the vast majority of respondents was aware of the necessity of regular screening attendance even when vaccinated against HPV. Conclusions: Uptake rates for existing primary and secondary prevention measures against cervical cancer can be enhanced by fostering perceptions of utility and positive connotations of regular screening and becoming vaccinated against HPV. Elderly women in particular should be encouraged to attend screening by means of a recall system. Given the low overall level of knowledge about cervical cancer and its risk factors, there is a need for education about the necessity and utility of prevention to reach women of all social classes.
Schlagwörter:Gesundheit; vaccination; Prävention; risk; cancer; determinants; preventive medical examination; prevention; sozioökonomische Faktoren; Federal Republic of Germany; Vorsorgeuntersuchung; Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; Gesundheitsvorsorge; Gesundheitsverhalten; knowledge; attitude; Risiko; health care; Krankheit; socioeconomic factors; woman; Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; Krebs; Impfung; Determinanten; health behavior; Risikoabschätzung; health; illness; Wissen; risk assessment; Einstellung; Cervical cancer prevention; Cervical screening; HPV vaccination; Attitudes; Socio-structural determinants; soziostrukturelle Faktoren
Arzneimittelversorgung von Frauen und Männern im höheren Lebensalter
Autor/in:
Glaeske, Gerd
Quelle: ZeS Report, 11 (2006) 1, S 11-13
Inhalt: "Die Arzneimittelversorgung von Frauen und Männern im höheren Lebensalter ist Gegenstand des Beitrags von Gerd Glaeske, in dem die Einflüsse von Alter und Geschlecht auf die Arzneimittelversorgung untersucht werden." [Autorenreferat]
Schlagwörter:medizinische Versorgung; gender; health care delivery system; medical care; Gesundheitswesen; health care; Alter; Gesundheitsversorgung; Gesundheitspolitik; Mann; woman; Einfluss; old age; influence; man; age; health policy; Lebensalter
Flexibilisierung und Gendering von Erwerbsformen im Gesundheitssektor: eine Studie zur Professionalisierung und Dienstleistungsqualität in der ambulanten Versorgung in Bremen
Titelübersetzung:Flexibilization and gendering of types of economic activity in the health sector: a study of professionalization and quality of service in out-patient care in Bremen
Autor/in:
Kuhlmann, Ellen
Quelle: ZeS Report, 7 (2002) 1, S 9-12
Inhalt: "(Die Autorin) stellt eine Studie vor, die sich mit Professionalisierung und Dienstleistungsqualität in der ambulanten Versorgung beschäftigt. Diese Studie ist als gemeinsames Projekt der Abteilungen 'Geschlechterpolitik im Wohlfahrtstaat' und 'Gesundheitspolitik, Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin' angelegt. Die politisch praktischen Erträge des Projekts zielen zum Einen auf Handlungsspielräume für eine geschlechtergerechte Gestaltung der Erwerbsstrukturen im Gesundheitssektor; zum Anderen geht es um Gestaltungsspielräume in der ambulanten Gesundheitsversorgung und um Fragen der Dienstleistungsqualität. Mit der Konzentration des empirischen Teils der Studie auf die Region Bremen ist auch der Transfer von Forschungsergebnissen in die sozialpolitische Praxis angestrebt." (Autorenreferat)
Schlagwörter:ambulante Versorgung; outpatient care; Gesundheitsversorgung; health care; Professionalisierung; professionalization; woman; gender-specific factors; Gesundheitswesen; health care delivery system; Strukturwandel; structural change; Erwerbsform; type of economic activity; Gesundheitsberuf; health occupations; Frauenberuf; female profession; Flexibilität; flexibility; Dienstleistung; service; Qualität; quality; Geschlechterverhältnis; gender relations; Federal Republic of Germany
SSOAR Kategorie:Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Gesundheitspolitik