HLTC02H3 Chapter 8: HLTC02 Chapter 8.doc
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Chapter 8: women"s health and the intersection of gender and the experience of. Women"s health and illness experiences are shaped by the recourses and opportunities available to them as well ad by health policies and practices. Policies ad practices which are sensitive to both gender and the experience of migration, will better pertain to women as canadians in a globalizing world. The social opportunities, resources, and conditions in the lives of many women in. Gender is a salient determinant of social (in)equity and health because the opportunities and resources to attain and maintain health are not evenly distributed between and among women and men. Emerging gender-sensitive health research has become attentive to the concept of intersectionality, where gender represents one of many forces defining women"s health experiences. Immigration can be seen as voluntary, involuntary or a blend of both. The push-pull factors in migration may include economic globalization and accompanying economic and educational needs and opportunities.
