A Cultural Approach to Gender Equality and Public Health in Ireland and Sweden

Felicia Garcia

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Felicia Garcia

Keywords:

cultural diagnosis, public health, gender equality, masculinity, suicide, contrastive studies

Abstract

This article is a discussion on the anthropological endeavour of understanding health and ill-health as they are structured through culture and social organisation. Three themes can be distinguished as; demographic specifics in health studies, ethnographic analysis and comparative studies which, I argue are some beneficial if not necessary approaches in the study of life-and health patterns among vulnerable groups in society.

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A Cultural Approach to Gender Equality and Public Health in Ireland and Sweden. (2014). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 14(D1), 67-72. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/951

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