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Hea lth Disparities by Sex

Hea lth Disparities by Sex. MEN HIGHER Overall ( Verbrugge , 1985) More Suicide . WOMEN HIGHER (Davis et al., 2012) Overall Types, freq. & “illness behavior” ( Verbrugge , 1985) Acute illness Nonfatal chronic diseases Psychological distress Suicide

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Hea lth Disparities by Sex

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  1. Health Disparities by Sex MEN HIGHER • Overall (Verbrugge, 1985) • More • Suicide WOMEN HIGHER • (Davis et al., 2012) • Overall • Types, freq. & “illness behavior” (Verbrugge, 1985) • Acute illness • Nonfatal chronic diseases • Psychological distress • Suicide • Health-maintenance (Helgeson, 1994)

  2. Other Disparities inAccess/Care/Outcomes • Education/Reading (King et al., 2013) • Physical activity - • Treatment efficacy - • LGBTQ • Prostate cancer publicity (Miele & Clarke, 2014) - • Medical intake forms (Goins & Pye, 2014) - • Sex Education (McCarty-Caplan, 2013) - • See www.lambdalegal.org/health-care-reportfor more • Race/Ethnicity/Class/POWER/$ (Intersectionality!!) •  globalization & Inequality b/w countries (DeVogli et al., 2014) •  Black, American Men (Perkins, 2014) • Acknowledgment  Black, British Caribbean M&F (Edge, 2013) • Health promotion activities  by (Warr et al., 2013)

  3. Track More Yourself!!  • http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/data_tools.htm • http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/disparitiesAbout.aspx

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