By Sarah Bonato, Reference/Research Librarian, CAMH Library
It's Women’s Equality Day! This day reminds us of the importance of continuing efforts toward full equality for women, including health equality. See below for recent Canadian research on health equality for women.
Mental Health and Equality Rights: Mood Disorders An analysis using the 2012 Canadian Community, by Health Survey (CCHS)—Mental Health Component
From Canadian Human Rights Commission
- The report presents statistics on Canadian adults with mood disorders and how they fare in terms of education, employment and economic well-being compared to those without mood disorders. Also compares the situation of women and men in order to examine potential inequality. A great resource for detailed stats.
Access at https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/sites/default/files/report_on_mood_disorders_0.pdf
In Pursuit of Health Equity: Defining Stratifiers for Measuring Health Inequality — A Focus on Age, Sex, Gender, Income, Education and Geographic Location
From the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
- Provides recommended definitions for stratifiers for measuring health inequalities, including gender. An excellent resource for those responsible for collecting info on the measurement of health. Analysts, methodologists, statisticians, data custodians and other population health researchers may find this pub especially handy.
Access at https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/document/defining-stratifiers-measuring-health-inequalities-2018-en-web.pdf
Women, Girls, and Prescription Medication
From the Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
- A scoping review/environmental scan on the impact of prescription medications on women and girls. Highlights the demand for a sex and gender lens focus, including the need for sex and gender sensitive prescribing guidelines, practices, and treatments.
Access at https://bccewh.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/CRISM-Report-21-Aug-2015.pdf
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