No, we mean sex AND gender

Berner et al discuss their study on sex and gender. They state that the use of language when dealing with gender and sex is important: in the field of health inequalities, it is important to recognize these two factors and how they interact in patients' health and outcomes. While sex is importa...

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Published in:British journal of general practice 2023-11, Vol.73 (736), p.491-491
Main Authors: Berner, Alison M, O'Callaghan, Stewart, Shrewsbury, Duncan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Gender
Gender differences
Gender Identity
Health care
Humans
Letters
Male
Neoplasms
Prevalence
Primary Health Care
Risk Factors
Transgender Persons
United Kingdom
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Summary:Berner et al discuss their study on sex and gender. They state that the use of language when dealing with gender and sex is important: in the field of health inequalities, it is important to recognize these two factors and how they interact in patients' health and outcomes. While sex is important for considerations of disease and genetic or biological risk, gender carries importance in the aspect of behaviors, systemic barriers to health care, and social determinants of health inequality. To acknowledge one does not devalue the other. To ignore gender or see it as synonymous with sex is to arrive at biological determinism that does not accurately describe public health or patient experience.
ISSN:0960-1643
1478-5242
1478-5242
DOI:10.3399/bjgp23X735309