Gender and health inequalities: intersections with other relevant axes of oppression

The risk of disease, disability, and mortality as well as access to health services are unfairly distributed among the population, with certain groups bearing an unequally larger burden of ill health and poorer access to care due to gender, sexual identity/orientation, ethnic background, or class. According to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), these health inequalities emanate from socioeconomic and political factors (governance, cultural values, macroeconomic policies), which generate a set of socioeconomic positions in society according to which populations are stratified based on gender, ethnicity, education, income, or other factors. These societal inequalities influence people’s material and psychosocial circumstances as well as behavioral and biological factors, which in turn impact on health inequalities. Tackling gender, race/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequalities in society is thus recognized as the most powerful action to cope with unequal health risks distribution, and social innovations focusing on these ‘root causes’ are needed in order to prevent and stop endemic social inequalities and social exclusion in health within low-income as well as high-income countries. Increasing existing knowledge and making visible the health status of the most vulnerable and invisible groups are critical in order to contribute to this imperative challenge.

An evaluation of driver behavior at signalized intersections. Final report.

Arizona Department of Transportation, Phoenix

Stop, yield, and no control at intersections. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

Motor vehicle accidents in relation to geometric and traffic features of highway intersections. Volume III - appendices. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Models of pedestrian crossing behavior at signalized intersections.

Texas Department of Transportation, Austin

Optimizing detector placement for high speed isolated signalized intersections using vehicular delay as the criterion.

Texas Department of Transportation, Austin

Motor vehicle accidents in relation to geometric and traffic features of highway intersections. Volume I - executive summary. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Urban intersection improvements for pedestrian safety. Volume II. Identification of safety and operational problems at intersections. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

Models of pedestrian crossing behavior at signalized intersections.

Texas Department of Transportation, Austin

Motor vehicle accidents in relation to geometric and traffic features of highway intersections. Volume II - research report. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Executive summary and abstract for the report entitled "An evaluation of signs for sight-restricted rural intersections."".

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Washington, D.C.

Driver response in active advanced warning signs at high-speed signalized intersections. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.