TY - JOUR T1 - Exploring gender, work and living conditions and health - suggestions for contextual and comprehensive approaches JO - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PY - 2009/3VL - 35 IS - 2 SP - 127 EP - 135 AU - Härenstam, Annika M3 - doi: 10.5271/sjweh.1308 UR - https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=1308 KW - cluster analysis KW - comprehensive approach KW - contextual approach KW - discussion paper KW - epidemiology KW - gender KW - gender-based analysis KW - health KW - holistic approach KW - living conditions KW - multilevel analysis KW - occupational health KW - woman KW - work N2 -

New methods are needed to complement traditional epidemiological methods in the analyses of complex multivariate exposures. Contextual and comprehensive analyses such as multilevel and cluster analyses are particularly suitable for comparisons of women’s and men’s risk factors for health in working life as well as for guidance in preventive action. Such methodologies are presented in this discussion paper. Contextual and comprehensive (or holistic) approaches help identify the gender-structured situations for women and men and facilitate the discovery of differences among all women and all men. Empirical studies using these approaches show that it is important to take gender composition in both the workplace and the sector into consideration when exploring risk factors for health.

SN - 0355-3140 ER -