scholarly journals Feminist Political Economy of Health: Current Perspectives and Future Directions

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Iffath Unissa Syed
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
Political Economy Of Health ◽  
Significant Health

Feminist political economy of health is a term that has emerged as a result of research that has combined and connected a feminist political economy lens with a focus on health disparities of women. This paper provides an overview of the literature from the work of feminist medical sociologists and feminist health scholars that have shaped the concept of feminist political economy of health. The analysis indicates that while women have experienced health inequities inside the healthcare system, there are also significant health disparities that are experienced outside the healthcare system due to women’s social, economic, political, and cultural conditions. Given that there are dual crises with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as social movements pushing for change, further work that uses intersectional approaches is advocated.

Tobacco-Related Disparities Viewed Through the Lens of Intersectionality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine E Sheffer ◽  
Jill M Williams ◽  
Deborah O Erwin ◽  
Phillip H Smith ◽  
Ellen Carl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Safe Environment ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Significant Health ◽  
Remarkable Progress

Abstract Despite remarkable progress, tobacco control efforts are not equitably distributed, and tobacco-related disparities continue to contribute to significant health disparities. Our premise in this commentary is that Intersectionality can serve as a productive analytical framework for examining tobacco-related disparities across and within multiple marginalized populations. Intersectionality is a theoretical framework for understanding the multiple interlocking societal systems that bestow privilege and oppression and is increasingly being to the study of health inequities. We present a model and describe how tobacco-related disparities can be understood via critical elements of Intersectionality. We conclude that the application of Intersectionality to understanding tobacco-related disparities has potential to stimulate meaningful discussion and lead to new and innovative multilevel and cross-cutting interventions to eliminate tobacco-related disparities and foster culturally safe environment in which all people can thrive. Implications This commentary describes how Intersectionality can serve as a productive analytic framework for examining the development and maintenance of tobacco-related disparities across and within many marginalized groups.

scholarly journals Politics as an Explanation to the Health Divide in Different Settings: A Comparative Study of England and Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan ◽  
Michele Castelli
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Political ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
The North ◽  
Political Economy Of Health ◽  
Historically Situated

Informed by the theoretical perspective of the political economy of health and in the context of the recommendations of World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health, this article examines the political explanations of geographical health inequities in 2 extremely different settings: Ghana and England. Based on the “north-south health divide” in the 2 countries, the article finds that, while the drivers of health inequities in both countries are policy driven, historically situated contextual factors (colonialism in the case of Ghana and deindustrialization in the case of England) offer explanations for health inequities in both countries. We conclude by discussing the importance of paying attention to structural factors such as colonialism for understanding contemporary health inequities in formerly colonized countries such as Ghana.

School Safety and Connectedness Matter for More than Educational Outcomes

2016 ◽  
pp. 39-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Saewyc ◽  
Yuko Homma
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
School Safety ◽  
School Connectedness ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Lgbtq Youth ◽  
Perceived Safety ◽  
School Based ◽  
Significant Health

LGBTQ youth face significant health disparities compared to heterosexual peers. School-based victimization of LGBTQ youth, as well as lower levels of school connectedness and perceived safety at school, have been implicated in those health disparities. Drawing on multivariate and population-based studies throughout the United States and Canada, this chapter explores the evidence that school connectedness can lower the odds of health-compromising behaviors and disparities among different subpopulations of LGBTQ youth. The authors review strategies for fostering school connectedness among the general population and consider how these strategies might fit or might need to be adapted for LGBTQ populations. The authors highlight evidence for programs and policies that improve school connectedness among LGBTQ students that is already available, especially evidence that these programs actually work to reduce health inequities. Schools, as key environments for young people, are important contributors to health for LGBTQ youth.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and the Widening Gap in Health Inequity

2020 ◽  
Vol 163 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helene J. Krouse
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Health Inequity ◽  
Pressing Time ◽  
Significant Health

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought to light significant health inequities that have existed in our society for decades. Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and immigrants are the populations most likely to experience disparities related to burden of disease, health care, and health outcomes. Increasingly, national and state statistics on COVID-19 report disproportionately higher mortality rates in blacks. There has never been a more pressing time for us to enact progressive and far-reaching changes in social, economic, and political policies that will shape programs aimed at improving the health of all people living in the United States.

Social Movements in Latin America: Mapping the Literature

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás M. Somma
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Transnational Activism ◽  
Organizational Fields ◽  
Family Labor ◽  
American Sociology ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Vast Literature ◽  
Active Research

The study of social movements is currently one of the most active research fields in Latin American sociology. This article maps the vast literature on Latin American social movements (LASMs) from the late 1980s to the present. After briefly discussing how scholars have conceptualized LASMs, it presents seven influential approaches: structuralism, political economy, political context, organizational fields, “new social movements,” frames and emotions, and transnational activism. Then it discusses some works that zero in on the specificity of LASMs. It closes with a brief summary of the five coming chapters, each of which is devoted to a specific social movement “family”: labor, women’s, student, indigenous, and anti-globalization.

scholarly journals Exploring the role of gender and women in the political economy of health in armed conflict: a narrative review

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Meagher ◽  
Bothaina Attal ◽  
Preeti Patel
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Health Systems Strengthening ◽  
The Political ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Political Economy Of Health ◽  
And Gender

Abstract Background The ripple effects of protracted armed conflicts include: significant gender-specific barriers to accessing essential services such as health, education, water and sanitation and broader macroeconomic challenges such as increased poverty rates, higher debt burdens, and deteriorating employment prospects. These factors influence the wider social and political determinants of health for women and a gendered analysis of the political economy of health in conflict may support strengthening health systems during conflict. This will in turn lead to equality and equity across not only health, but broader sectors and systems, that contribute to sustainable peace building. Methods The methodology employed is a multidisciplinary narrative review of the published and grey literature on women and gender in the political economy of health in conflict. Results The existing literature that contributes to the emerging area on the political economy of health in conflict has overlooked gender and specifically the role of women as a critical component. Gender analysis is incorporated into existing post-conflict health systems research, but this does not extend to countries actively affected by armed conflict and humanitarian crises. The analysis also tends to ignore the socially constructed patriarchal systems, power relations and gender norms that often lead to vastly different health system needs, experiences and health outcomes. Conclusions Detailed case studies on the gendered political economy of health in countries impacted by complex protracted conflict will support efforts to improve health equity and understanding of gender relations that support health systems strengthening.

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