WHO Bulletin: Differentiating Sex and Gender in Health Research to Achieve Gender Equity

This publication discusses the importance of clearly distinguishing between the terms "sex" and "gender" in health research, using data from the COVID-19 pandemic to illustrate how conflating or interchangeably using these terms can obscure the understanding of health disparities. Drs. Michelle R. Kaufman, Evan L. Eschliman, and Tahilin Sanchez Karver emphasize the need for systematic approaches such as two-step data collection to accurately capture these distinctions to improve research outcomes and drive progress toward gender equity.

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Gender Equity Resource Collection

This Gender Equity Resource Collection provides information on incorporating a gender lens into health data collection, analysis, and use. Here you can find training materials, publications, and technical tools covering topics such as gender concepts and definitions, gender-equitable data collection...

Domains
Cancer Registries
Data Impact
Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance
Resource Type
Publication
Topics
COVID-19
data collection method
evidence based decision making
health inequity
Language
English
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