Considering sex and gender in Epidemiology: a challenge beyond terminology. From conceptual analysis to methodological strategies
Highlights A pragmatic individual measure of individual gender would correspond to the level at which an individual complies with a set of elements constituting femininity or masculinity in a given population, place and time Comparing outcomes by sex and gender is not sufficient, and even misleading...
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| author | Hélène Colineaux Alexandra Soulier Benoit Lepage Michelle Kelly-Irving |
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| description | Highlights A pragmatic individual measure of individual gender would correspond to the level at which an individual complies with a set of elements constituting femininity or masculinity in a given population, place and time Comparing outcomes by sex and gender is not sufficient, and even misleading, to understand the mechanisms underlying biological and health differences between men and women Causal analysis framework is a powerful tool for refining hypotheses and identifying the effects that can and should be estimated to meet the objectives Gender could also be measured at the populational-level as an interaction between sex and environment, which would be more compatible with the sociological concept of gender |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11127e1f37a942ce978e4d4593f329582022-12-22T02:22:30ZengBMCBiology of Sex Differences2042-64102022-05-0113111010.1186/s13293-022-00430-6Considering sex and gender in Epidemiology: a challenge beyond terminology. From conceptual analysis to methodological strategiesHélène Colineaux0Alexandra Soulier1Benoit Lepage2Michelle Kelly-Irving3EQUITY Team,, CERPOP, INSERM, Batiment E, 1er EtageIHPST UMR 8590, CNRSEQUITY Team,, CERPOP, INSERM, Batiment E, 1er EtageEQUITY Team,, CERPOP, INSERM, Batiment E, 1er EtageHighlights A pragmatic individual measure of individual gender would correspond to the level at which an individual complies with a set of elements constituting femininity or masculinity in a given population, place and time Comparing outcomes by sex and gender is not sufficient, and even misleading, to understand the mechanisms underlying biological and health differences between men and women Causal analysis framework is a powerful tool for refining hypotheses and identifying the effects that can and should be estimated to meet the objectives Gender could also be measured at the populational-level as an interaction between sex and environment, which would be more compatible with the sociological concept of genderhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-022-00430-6GenderSexEpidemiologyHealth inequalityEmbodimentQuantitative methods |
| spellingShingle | Hélène Colineaux Alexandra Soulier Benoit Lepage Michelle Kelly-Irving Considering sex and gender in Epidemiology: a challenge beyond terminology. From conceptual analysis to methodological strategies Biology of Sex Differences Gender Sex Epidemiology Health inequality Embodiment Quantitative methods |
| title | Considering sex and gender in Epidemiology: a challenge beyond terminology. From conceptual analysis to methodological strategies |
| title_full | Considering sex and gender in Epidemiology: a challenge beyond terminology. From conceptual analysis to methodological strategies |
| title_fullStr | Considering sex and gender in Epidemiology: a challenge beyond terminology. From conceptual analysis to methodological strategies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Considering sex and gender in Epidemiology: a challenge beyond terminology. From conceptual analysis to methodological strategies |
| title_short | Considering sex and gender in Epidemiology: a challenge beyond terminology. From conceptual analysis to methodological strategies |
| title_sort | considering sex and gender in epidemiology a challenge beyond terminology from conceptual analysis to methodological strategies |
| topic | Gender Sex Epidemiology Health inequality Embodiment Quantitative methods |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-022-00430-6 |
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