Gender-based inequalities in the effects of housing on health : A critical review
Vásquez-Vera, Constanza (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Fernández, Ana (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública)
Borrell i Thió, Carme (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2022
Abstract:	Gender and its power relations are produced and reproduced in the housing sphere, leading to inequalities in living conditions and, therefore, in gender inequalities in health outcomes. The aim of the study is to review the published literature on gender, housing and health, to critically evaluate the incorporation of the gender perspective, and to incorporate this perspective into the conceptual framework of housing and health. Using the critical review method, we conducted a literature review in MEDLINE, Scopus, WOS and Redalyc, without restriction of publication date, including studies published up to October 2020. We analyzed the gender perspective in health research using the Gender Perspective in Health Research Questionnaire and described the results according to main housing dimensions. Of the 20,988 articles identified, we selected 90 for full-text analysis, of which 18 were included in the feminist research category, 27 in gender-sensitive, 31 in sex difference and 14 did not include any gender perspective. Regarding the association between housing and health, most studies analyzed affordability (36%) and physical conditions (32%), and trends in health outcomes by gender varied according to each exposure analyzed, although overall the effects were worse for women and non-binary or trans people. To date, very few studies consider the gender perspective. It is urgent to address gender relations in housing and health studies, and to open an interdisciplinary and intersectoral agenda to address this complex relationship.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Ressenya ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Critical review ; Gender ; Health ; Housing ; Inequities
Published in:	SSM - Population Health, Vol. 17 (march 2022) , p. 101068, ISSN 2352-8273

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101068
PMID: 35360438

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