Women's health and gender perspectives in the history of modern Norwegian epidemiology
Engelsk titel: Women's health and gender perspectives in the history of modern Norwegian epidemiology
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Författare:
Schei, Berit
;
Rostad, Berit
Email: berit.schei@ntnu.no
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 41
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 15093381
Sammanfattning
In this chapter, we will discuss selected aspects of the impact of women’s movement on the
development
of modern epidemiology in Norway based on the experiences of leading a research program in
Women’s
Health (RPWH, 1991-96) aimed at mapping and assessing gender based public health research in
Norway,
and the establishment in 1997 of a research group in Women’s Health at the Department of Public
Health
and General Practice, NTNU. During the 1990s, several steps were taken both internationally as well
as
nationally to ensure that diseases which were affecting men and women unequally were given
adequate
attention. Examples of such diseases include osteoporosis and hip fractures. Studies of diseases
seen as a
typically men’s, such as coronary heart disease, were often conducted exclusively on men. The
inclusion
and separate analysis based on gender, and the establishment of special cohorts of women, yielded
a more
complex understanding. Further the gender perspective revealed gendered patterns of risks.
Traditionally
risks such as cigarette smoking were shown to have a differential effect dependent on gender.
Perinatal
epidemiology, traditionally used to assess outcomes related to the new-born, were expanded to also
assess
impact of pregnancy on women themselves during and after childbirth. Disorders such as pelvic pain,
urinary and anal incontinence as well as fear of pregnancy and depression during and after childbirth
came
to the attention of researchers. New risks were uncovered as women started to disclose the
experience of
violence and abuse both as adult and when growing up.