Elizabeth Barr, Pablo F Belaunzarán-Zamudio, Janine Austin Clayton, Melissa S Gerald, Gregory L Greenwood, Keisher Highsmith, Beth K Jaworski, Amelia Karraker, Sarah Kobrin, Marrah Lachowicz-Scroggins, Christine Maric-Bilkan, Ronna Popkin, Erik Roodzant, Cheryse A Sankar, Theresa E Senn, Rona Siskind, Sarah M Temkin
In this manuscript, we summarize the goals, content, and impact of the Gender and Health: Impacts of Structural Sexism, Gender Norms, Relational Power Dynamics, and Gender Inequities workshop held by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) in collaboration with 10 NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices. Specifically, we outline the key points emerging from the workshop presentations, which are the focus of the collection of articles in this supplement. The overarching goals of the workshop were to convene NIH staff, the external scientific community, and the public to discuss methods, measurement, modifiable factors, interventions, and best practices in health research on gender as a social and cultural variable and to identify opportunities to advance research and foster collaborations on these key topics...
June 2024: Social Science & Medicine