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Gender Disparities in Health, 2005.
An in-depth look at whether men and women react differently in different health crisis situations.
4,125 words (approx. 16.5 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 177.95
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This paper explains that the disparity among men and women might be apparent in the manner in which they respond to certain ailments. It shows that inadequate proof on gender disparities in health does not indicate that differences between men and women are trouble-free. The writer argues that there is an urgency to delve more into the characteristics of gender disparities than persisting to work for the given notions. While discovering the associations between gender and health, the writer concludes that it is crucial that one considers quantitative and qualitative information data to develop a more patterned comprehension of the lives of men and women.
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"Gender is a vital feature in comprehending the intricate correlation among the socio-structural disparities and disparity of health. (Goodman; Amick; Rezendes; Tarlov; Rogers; Kagan, 907) The use of the expression 'gender' was originally made in the 1960s to confront the widespread conviction that variation of gender among women and men were permanent and rigid. It pointed a departure from the genetic code in the field of biology that comprehended these variations as happening naturally, to an increasing consciousness of the influence of societal reasons that could be tackled and modified. Latest plans for the growth of gender-receptive point of view have attracted notice in the direction of gender relationships, reasoning that we should be shifting our attention from the issue of women and men as watertight compartments to envisioning at the societal relationships by way of which they are reciprocally made up as distinct groups. This would comprise exploring in larger aspect as to the manner in which the influence of men falls on women's well-being and vice versa, by way of the extensive multiplicity of individual, familial and professional relationships that subsists among the two. (O'Brien; White, 2)"
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Gender and Health, 2002.
Explains gender role and its effects on mental and physical health.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 15 sources, AU$ 143.95
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As a social construct, gender role dictates individuals to adapt to certain behavior appropriate to a male or female. It reinforces differentiation between men and women, which is evident in reproductive, productive and community-managing roles. Historical evidence exists to show that people defy gender-appropriate roles and take the roles of opposite gender to became transgender. Failure to defy the roles causes unhappiness among individuals and leads them to suffer from "gender diasphoria" or gender identity disorder. In general, the paper argues, gender role instills discriminatory access for women to material and emotional resources, which results in significant health stress for them.
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Gender in the Health Care System, 2002.
Examines the difference between the treatment of men and women within the health care system.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 42.95
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This paper asserts that many popular drugs and therapies have been tested and generalized to men but not on women, at times to bad result. Women are indeed different than men. The paper asserts that there are two major changes to the health care system that can address this issue: the development of gender-specific medical treatments and the development of gender-specific drug therapies.
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Cross-Cultural Gender and Gender Relations in Horticultural Societies, 2002.
This paper examines the gender roles in horticultural societies.
1,990 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 102.95
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This paper shows the difference that agriculturists, sedentary lifestyles, and social differentiation made in gender relationships.
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"The first evidence of agriculturists, sedentary lifestyles, and social differentiation that archaeologists and anthropologists have distinguished come from groups termed Horticulturists. Though the past record remains relatively scant in regards, anthropologists have used existing ones as a locus of study and interpretation. More numerous than surviving hunter-gatherer groups, horticultural societies also show an incredible range of gender diversity between groups, more numerous, in fact, than any other extent societal model. The quantity of studies that has come as a result of this are astounding. Those done in the area of New Guinea alone, home to at least two hundred different horticultural societies, provide ample evidence to add weight to the debate of nurture over nature, by sheer examples of the differences in living and understanding gender roles in such a relatively small and homogenous environmental area. "
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Gendered Technologies and Gendered Jobs, 2002.
A comparison between women studying and working with computer technology and the sciences in North America and women studying science and technology in Asia.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 186.95
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Explores how the gendered development of technology in a research setting impacts the gendered use of technology in the industrial or commercial setting, as well as the cultural barriers to women's advancement in the high-tech economy.
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Gender Issues and Third Gender Problems, 2002.
A look at how transsexuals fit into society.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 85.95
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This six-page undergraduate paper discusses gender from anthropological perspective and finds out how transsexuals are treated in different societies of the world. While males and female may fight each other over who is stronger, they are the fortunate ones for they belong to two accepted genders but for transsexuals adjusting to the norms of restrictive societies may not be easy as they are not considered a part of the social fabric in many cultures of the world.
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Occupational Health and Safety, 2008.
This paper explores health and safety at work, with a specific focus on gender issues.
4,701 words (approx. 18.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 195.95
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The paper discusses work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) that are the major cause of disability in the workplace in N. America. The paper then looks at gender segregation of the working population that leads to gender differences with regards to exposures to hazards and health outcomes. The paper also examines why youths are more susceptible to occupational injuries or illness in Canada and then explores various measures that have been taken for dealing with gender issues in occupational settings. In addition, the paper looks at the integration of the gender perception in occupational safety and health and refers to Ontario's government initiative of protection to farm workers as an example.
Outline:
Workplace and Employee Health
Gender Issues in Occupational Health & Safety
Toll of Workplace on the Health of Canadian Workers in Ontario
Development and Achievement in Addressing Gender Issues
Integrating the Gender Perception in the Sphere of Occupation Safety and Health
Government Initiative of Protection to Farm Workers: An Example
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"There is a widespread relationship between work and our health which is seemingly not perceptible to many. The duties we perform the settings in which we work and the different aspects of the labor market experience, and health services delivery, have major impacts on the work and health relationship of individuals. This is a crucial issue as work constitutes a major portion of our lives. The majority among us will devote almost 40 years or more in individual work atmospheres for five days a week, eight hours daily which translates to nearly a third of our lives spent on the job."
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R. Hofrichter's "Health and Social Justice", 2007.
This paper reviews R. Hofrichter's "Health and Social Justice", which relates that health inequalities have their source in widespread social, economic and political forces that are linked with gender, race, class, and social justice.
1,225 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 67.95
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This paper relates that R. Hofrichter's in his 2003 book "Health and Social Justice" contends that health inequalities originate in social determinants of the world order and policies that promote inequity. The author points out that gender, race, and class are important because of the structured hierarchies in society that determine people's life chances and the opportunities they will experience. The paper contends that gender, class and racial discrimination are embedded in all social institutions and in all aspects of life. The author stresses that health inequalities are not inevitable but are the result of preventable, avoidable, systemic conditions and policies based on imbalances in political power as exemplified in the United States, which has an atrocious record of population health.
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"The Alma Ata declared that health for all would be possible. However, globalization was about to gain momentum. The Ottawa Charter for Health promotion identified the "prerequisites of health as peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable resources, social justice, and equity." The Adelaide Recommendations observed that healthy public policy is marked by an explicit concern for health and equity in all areas of policy. The Sundsvall Statement fits with the goals of health for all, and calls for a supportive environment to bring about equity and social justice."
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Gendered Criminology Theory, 2008.
An examination of the theories of crime and gender put forward in the article, "Gender and Crime: Toward a Gendered
Theory of Female Offending," written by Emilie Steffensmeier.
1,151 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper examines gendered criminology theory. It specifically analyzes the article, "Gender and Crime: Toward a Gendered
Theory of Female Offending," written by Emilie Steffensmeier. The paper discusses the content of the article and looks at the author's views and arguments related to theories of crime that take into account female and gender difference.
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"Possibly the most significant of the key components is the focus on contextually. This aspect has been largely ignored by other theoretical approaches. The study is also significant in the incorporation into its theoretical framework of gender roles and stereotypes in the explanation of crime. For example, the significance and utility of the gendered perspective as advocated by this theory can be seen it its ability to explain why the reportage of female crime is highest in the category of minor offences, such as shoplifting ands passing bad checks. This aspect is seen against the tendency for women to focus on relationship aspects and protection of their families, whereas these crimes in a male context are largely the result of status protection. It is felt that this gendered theory holds a great degree of promise for future exploratory understanding of this complex issue"
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The Health Care Supervisor and Employee Laws, 2004.
A discussion of employment issues concerning the health care supervisor, with an emphasis on nursing.
2,799 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 134.95
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This paper examines how research makes it clear that there is a gender imbalance in health care represented by the greatest bulk of health care employees, nurses. It looks at how, although many aspects of supervisory behavior in the health care field are mandated by HIPAA rules and wage and hour laws, others are not. It discusses how affirmative action laws, while they nominally mean any minority must be cultivated, seem to have escaped notice in that large, nursing segment of the health care field, despite an increasing embrace at the physician level. Supervision in the field remains a minefield of conflicting societal expectations and legal requirements. It sheds light on five major areas of concern for health care supervisors, indicates where solutions may be found, when solutions are available, and what needs still to be investigated where they are not.
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Introduction
Background
Affirmative Action
National Labor Relations Act and Unionization
National Labor Relations Act and HIPAA
Wage and Hour Issues
Sexual Harassment
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"Healthcare is one of the few industries that adds tens of thousands of workers almost each month, despite the fact that this growth has slowed slightly from the early and mid-1990s. The transition in the healthcare system from one in which healthcare was financed on a delivery-of-care basis to health maintenance, in an attempt to cut healthcare consumers? costs, has also had the effect of limiting the growth of both jobs and income in healthcare professions. Healthcare workers experienced smaller gains in employment opportunities and earnings in the late 1990s, especially compared to the same factors in the 1980s. Despite this, the healthcare field continues to be a major source of new jobs in the United States."
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Health Care for Iranian Immigrants, 1999.
Overview of health care in Iran & cultural factors inhibiting health care of Iranian women in U.S. (care as family issue, gender roles, cultural identity, Islam).
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 76.95
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"IMPACTS OF CULTURAL AND VALUE DIFFERENCES ON THE HEALTH CARE OF IRANIAN IMMIGRANTS & THE MAJORITY INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Introduction
This research examines the impacts of cultural and value differences on the health care of Iranian immigrants and the majority indigenous population in the United States. The health care system in Iran is reviewed prior to discussing the impact of cultural and value orientations on the health care of Iranian immigrants in the United States.
Health Care in Iran
In the years since the overthrow of the government of the Shah in Iran, the Iranian government has established the Primary Health Care (PHC) Network (Nasseri, Sadrizadeh, Malek, Mohammad.."
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Women's Health Care, 2003.
This paper discusses gender issues relative to women's health care.
3,450 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 19 sources, MLA, AU$ 192.95
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This paper contends that health care is not administered on a gender-equal basis. The author points out reasons for engendered inequity in the health care system. The paper relates the attitude toward homosexual women that impact health care delivery.
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"This research examines gender issues relative to women's health care. The research will examine why even in the ... century health care is not administered on a gender-equal basis. It will be shown that despite attempts by the health-care infrastructure ..."
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Gender Roles in Two Plays, 2002.
This paper examines the way in which two plays - "Tea" by Velina Hasu Houston, and "S.A.M. I Am" by Garrett Omata - treat the issue of gender and gender roles.
1,062 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 60.95
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This paper explains how the issue of gender and gender roles have been a major theme in Western literature for some time and how it takes on a somewhat different tinge in Asian-American theater, no doubt because of the gender differences that exist in the East as opposed to the West. It shows how in Asian-American theater, gender differences are often depicted in generational terms, with a sharp contrast developed between those who have immigrated here from the East and those who were born here, or between those who can adapt and those who cannot. This paper contrasts "Tea" by Velina Hasu Houston, a drama, with "S.A.M. I Am" by Garrett Omata, a comedy, and shows how the plays treat the same issues in different ways.
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"Houston develops her story with four women, Japanese wives of American military personnel. They are living on a base near Junction City, Kansas, far from their Japanese roots. Their lives are difficult because of long periods of separation from their husbands and harsh living conditions, and in addition, they experience a degree of social alienation and homesickness as well as cultural shock. Some develop feelings of anger at their situation and resentment at having had to give up their own culture and adapt to another. Himiko is the central character and the woman who is not able to make the transition successfully, leading to the murder of her husband and her own suicide. This takes place before the play begins so that she is talked about even as her spirit appears to comment on the proceedings:.."
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Health Promotion, 2008.
This paper examines the factors that determine health and associations that promote health for the total population.
2,460 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 12 sources, APA, AU$ 120.95
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This paper explains that the social determinants of health are the mediating processes between the economic and social conditions in a society that influence whether people stay healthy or become ill. The author reviews the social determinants of health: poverty, class, gender, race, ethnicity and the weakening of working class power. The paper relates that the materialist, neo-materialist and the social comparison approaches have been developed to explain how political, economic and social forces shape health and health inequalities. The author explores the work of several health promotion organizations that believe that health is a fundamental human right.The paper underscores that the attainment of the highest possible level of health is a most important world-wide goal, which requires the action of many other social and economic sectors to support community groups that do not have the resources needed to ensure their health
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"Advocates also need to focus on primary health care since it is based in economic conditions as well as the political and sociocultural features of an area. Primary health care is fully based on the determinants of health such as education, proper nutrition, adequate water and basic sanitation, child health care, and prevention and control over disease. Governments should be lobbied so that they implement national policies and strategies to develop and maintain primary care as one aspect of the national health system."
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Health Care in Prisons, 1996.
Services available, views of public, politicians & administrators, AIDS, gender issues, examples, TB, public health, costs.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 40 sources, AU$ 192.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the current status of health care within the American state and federal correctional systems. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which prison-related health care takes place, and then to discuss the administrative environment in which treatment takes place, the availability of primary, maintenance, and rehabilitative health-care services for the varieties of both major and minor medical problems and where they are provided, the quality of care and how it is monitored, and the economic aspects of health-care services in prisons.
In 1971, describing prisons as "factories of crime," Ramsey Clark (1971, pp. 212-13) wrote that "ninety-five per cent of all expenditure in the entire corrections effort of the nation is for custody--iron bars, stone walls, guards. Five per cent is for ..."
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Gender and Sociology, 2006.
This paper explores gender identification and roles through a variety of angles.
960 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 55.95
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This paper explores how man defines himself in terms of gender. Several theories of gender identification are presented, each within its own particular field. The author gives examples of the biological basis of gender, the psychological basis, cultural perspectives, and socially constructed theories. Additionally, the main character from "Six Degrees of Separation" is used as an example of gender identity through social constructs. The paper concludes that gender is continuously defined through a lifetime of experiences.
Outline
Biological Arguments Gender
Psychological Theories of Gender
Cross Cultural Perspective and Gender Identity
Socially Constructed Gender Theories and Gender as a Social Institution
Six Degrees of Separation
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"Kimmel suggests that gender is not something that someone is born with but rather is a social institution that people create as a result of interaction, beliefs and values. Gender is an institution that people either widely accept as one way or another. Within any given society there are cultural norms that people identify with and that help shape their behaviors, values and beliefs. Gender differences thus can be easily created as an institution and can be representative of inequality when that inequality is supported or constructed by society at large (Kimmel, 2000). Kimmel suggests that inequalities are created as norms and arise within relationships, within families and even in the workplace or any other environment in which people work intimately (Kimmel, 2000). "
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