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Spanish Women’s Health Observatory

Spanish Women’s Health Observatory. Concepción Colomer-Revuelta Director. 2004 Political will Resources (human and budget) Multidisciplinary team Mainstreaming (Obs NHS + QoHC) Participation Priorities Products Evaluation. VISION.

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Spanish Women’s Health Observatory

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  1. Spanish Women’s Health Observatory Concepción Colomer-Revuelta Director

  2. 2004 • Political will • Resources (human and budget) • Multidisciplinary team • Mainstreaming (Obs NHS + QoHC) • Participation • Priorities • Products • Evaluation

  3. VISION Provide health intelligence and guidance to promote changes in health organizations and in society aimed to improve women’s health and decrease gender inequalities in health

  4. GOALS • To produce and disseminate knowledge • Networking and mainstreaming

  5. Knowledge Data (statistics, figures) Information (data in contexts) Knowledge (understanding for change) Description

  6. Networking for… • Participation and collaboration in knowledge production, dissemination and use • Reflection and debate • Effective mainstreaming • Sustainability of the changes

  7. Networking with… • Internal MoH (health information systems, health strategies, legislation, communication, research agency, …) • Other administrations • NGO’s specially women’s • Universities, professionals, …

  8. Networking … how? • Capacity building, training • Collaboration in broader bodies, plans or legislation (Organic Act on Integrated Protection Measures against Gender Violence, Equality Act, National Health Care Quality Plan) • Workshops and seminars

  9. Deliveries 2006 • Gender perspective National Health Survey • Gender as priority National Health Research • Training materials • Forum • Website • Reports: • Health and gender • Abortion and contraception in young people • Gender violence

  10. Health and Gender Report • Demographic changes • Self-perception of health • Lifestyles • Prevalent diseases • Use health services • Works • Violence • Policies • Action proposals

  11. The National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Gender Violence in Health Care Settings • Designed to assist health care • professionals in addressing gender violence • Includes assessment, documentation, • intervention and referral information • Developed by consensus by the NHS Council in partnership with leading experts

  12. Lessons learned • About women’s health knowledge development: • Information disaggregated by sex is poor • People able to analyze health information and produce relevant knowledge for health policies are scarce • Changes in health policies and organizations are usually complex but when gender equity is the driven force we can also find personal resistances that make it more difficult

  13. Lessons learned • Changes in health policies and organizations cannot be “imposed”, it is easier to achieve them by discussing on evidence. • For understanding women’s health vulnerability it is necessary to understand the health impact of the unequal social and material resources distribution between men and women. • In order to be effective in achieving and sustaining changes, political will, enough resources and good networking are substantial.

  14. Challenges • Accessibility to relevant information • More useful knowledge to show evidence and convince different actors involved in changes • Mechanisms to assure sustainability of changes • Extend continuously networks and people committed with the changes

  15. Challenges • Capacity building in analysis and action for women’s health • Promote women’s health professional education • Promote equal opportunities for women in health organizations

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