The Relationship between Gender Inequality and Health Service Coverage in the Member Countries of the United Nations
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Research/Original Article (بدون رتبه معتبر)
Abstract:
Introduction
In the recent years, womens health has been proposed as one of the indicators of countries development because women are more vulnerable to damage in comparison to men. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of gender inequality on womens health indicators in 2011.Methods
The statistical community of this cross-sectional, descriptive - analytical study included all the countries of the world. However, due to the lack of access to all the countries data, convenient sampling was used. All the data were related to 2011 and were based on the report by World Health Organization. The data were entered into the SPSS statistical software (version 16) and analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and one-way ANOVA.Results
The study findings revealed significant negative relationships between gender inequality index and all the indicators of access to health services, including births attended by skilled health personnel (r=-0.73, PConclusions
Increase in gender inequality was negatively associated with the indicators of access to health services. Therefore, by reducing gender inequality, access to health services can be enhanced thereby leading to prosperity and sustainable development.Language:
Persian
Published:
Sadra Medical Sciences Journal, Volume:2 Issue: 1, 2014
Pages:
21 to 30
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