Promoting gender equity through health research: Impacts and insights from a canadian initiative

Miriam Stewart, Kaysi Eastlick Kushner, Jean Gray, David A. Hart

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Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently identified major knowledge gaps regarding gender and sex as determinants of health. Canada recognized the importance of mobilizing research, and informing programs and policies focused on promoting the health of males and females across their lifespans by creating a national research institute that is focused on the study of gender, sex and health. No other country has created a national research institute dedicated to gender and health. Other countries may benefit from the strategies used by this Canadian research institute to create and sustain success, including: (i) mechanisms for defining national research priorities; (ii) tools to optimize research excellence; (iii) vehicles to build research capacity and develop a research community; (iv) processes to convert new knowledge into practice, programs and policies; (v) creation of partnerships at both the national and international levels and (vi) solutions to challenges and obstacles. The development of a vibrant research community and powerful national and international collaborations promotes gender and health equity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)25-38
Number of pages14
JournalGlobal Health Promotion
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2013

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article

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