gender in health

1. GENDER IN HEALTH
G A B I N E T E , M A R I E C .
T A D I P A , A R I E L C .

2. Health refers not only to the absence of
disease or disability but encompasses a
person’s state of complete physical, emotional,
mental and social well-being.
HEALTH

3. MEN’S HEALTH COMPARED TO WOMEN
May have higher rates of fatal illnesses
Men have more toxic occupational exposure
Men have higher rates of injuries
(intentional or non intentional)

4. WOMEN’S HEALTH
 Women live longer than men, an average of 5yrs
longer, but they tend to be sicker than men.

5. LIFE EXPECTANCY IS ONE OF THE INDICATORS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

6. The latest Family Health Survey
(FHS) conducted by NSO in
2011 revealed that for every
100,000 live births in the
Philippines, 221 mothers die
during pregnancy and childbirth
or shortly after childbirth.
The ratio of maternal deaths to live
births increased in 2011 from an
estimated 162 deaths from the
Family Planning Survey (FPS)
in 2006; 172 deaths from the
National Demographic and
Health Survey (NDHS) in 1998,
and 209 deaths from the
National Demographic Survey
(NDS) conducted in 1993.
MATERNAL MORTALITY

7. Traditional methods :
Withdrawal, Calendar/Rhythm/Periodic Abstinence,
etc.
Modern methods :
female ligation, IUD, injectibles, pill, condoms
CONTRACEPTIVE USE

8. the removal of the
penis from a
partner’s vagina
before ejaculation,
or coming.
CALENDAR/RHYTHM/
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE

9. Ligation: a surgical procedure for
sterilization in which a woman's
fallopian tubes are clamped and
blocked, or severed and sealed
intrauterine device (IUD or coil) is a
small contraceptive device, often 'T'-
shaped, often containing either copper
or levonorgestrel, which is inserted into
the uterus
MODERN METHOD

10. Condoms is a barrier device
that may be used during
sexual intercourse.
Pills and injectable are use for
birth control also.
MODERN METHOD

11. HEALTH SERVICES

12. HIV CASES

14. T R O O P S < 3