Gender Review of Textbooks of Preventive and Social Medicine

Dr. Kamaxi Bhate Dr. Shrikala Acharya

Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, K.E.M.Hospital & G.S.Medical College, Mumbai

The Text Books in

Preventive & Social Medicine
Dr. K. Park 17th edition
Dr. B.K. Mahajan And M.C. Gupta 3rd ed

Review followed
Inclusion of gender as an important factor

Gender stereotyping
Gender Insensitivity Gender bias as exclusion Critique of Policies and programs

Why gender Perspective

Disease causation is multifactorial

Society is an important factor

Gender is a bases of the society

Discrimination can affect disease causation diagnosis and treatment

Single Sex Attitude

Male doctor

Male Patient

The bases of epidemiology is

Agent

Host

Environment

Ex. Prevalence of TB more in

Prevalence of TB goes

in women

After the age of 35 years???

Social diseases with Medical symptoms

STDs & AIDS

Triple Jeopardy of Women

Social realities are
Ignored, Hidden, or ignorant about

Wrong Diagnosis and

Incomplete treatment

Insensitivity to the Core

HIV & AIDS

More vulnerable, Less Visible

Hospital Acquired Infections

Pap Smear
Simplest Screening Test

The Soul is Missing

In Social Medicine

Personality Development
of a Person

Male Preference And Child marriage

Boils down to Population Boggy

No Illegitimacy,We Are Indians

 Domestic Violence Problems in implementation PNDT Act

Are Not social Issues

Environment Is Polluted By
Those who defecate in the fields

Occupation is mens job

Man & Machine
Man & Man

Man & Physical, Chemical, Biological

agents

Why Bother About

Health of workers in unorganized sector
Wage disparity
Health problems of women workers

Women do become highly visible,

As a target of Family Planning.

Population control at any cost

No Contraindication in any Contraception For Women

Adverse Sex Ratio Is Ignored

Fertility Infertility/Womens Problem

Women are non existent beyond 45 yrs of age.

Osteoporosis Cancer Cervix Blindness

Physical Mental

Menopausal problems

Women do not deserve mental health ?

 Dowry Act

PNDT Act
Situation affecting physical and mental health of women

Village health
Grass root level women workers
Hidden agenda of FP

Post Partum Programme

Openly pushy for FP