Health services utilization

Examines and identifies aspects of health and wellness that are unique to Aboriginal women, as well as stories about their experiences with the health care system.

Provides an overview of male/female differences in health status, health service use, and quality of care, as revealed by analysis of administrative health care data files.

Examines the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western Medicine.

Finds that health care providers are addressing many, but not all, of older women's (ages 55-95) health concerns, especially those that are of great concern or importance to these women.

Discusses the role of health-care systems and practitioners in responding to or preventing family violence, with emphasis on models in BC and some examples from other jurisdictions.

Argues that pressures on Canada’s health care system could be reduced by focusing on workplace health issues. Draws the link between worklife conflict, health status and the use of Canada’s health care system.

Provides gender relevant analyses and considerations for policy and program development based on currently available national secondary health data and focuses on three issues: ethnicity and immigration, health care utilization and the relationship between income and health. Highlights gender differences and identify disparities in the distribution of determinants of health, health behaviours, health outcomes, health care utilization as well as vulnerable subgroups of women.

Provides an overview of health care utilization by Canadian women and focuses on access to care and patterns of utilization. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

Provides a gender analysis of health and poverty by comparing mainstream debates of health and poverty with a gender focused discussion.

Examines the feasibility of linking a sample of the Mantioba Metis Federation (MMF) membership list to Manitoba Health and CancerCare Manitoba databases and to use the resulting linked records to provide estimates of the health status of the Manitoba's Metis population and their utilization of medical services. Demonstrates that the findings suggest that their health profile is closer to that of the First Nation people, that it is to the general Manitoba population.