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Publikationstyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Erscheinungsjahr
2021
Integrating sex/gender into environmental health research
Integrating sex/gender into environmental health research
development of a conceptual framework
Autor:innen
Herausgeber
Quelle
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
18 (2021), Heft 22
18 (2021), Heft 22
Schlagwörter
Geschlecht, Umwelt, Risikofaktor, Sozialökonomie, Modell
Zitation
BOLTE, Gabriele, Katharina JACKE, Katrin GROTH, Malgorzata DEBIAK und Marike KOLOSSA-GEHRING, 2021. Integrating sex/gender into environmental health research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [online]. 2021. Bd. 18 (2021), Heft 22. DOI 10.60810/openumwelt-383. Verfügbar unter: https://openumwelt.de/handle/123456789/3181
Zusammenfassung englisch
There is a growing awareness about the need to comprehensively integrate sex and gender into health research in order to enhance the validity and significance of research results. An in-depth consideration of differential exposures and vulnerability is lacking, especially within environmental risk assessment. Thus, the interdisciplinary team of the collaborative research project INGER (inte-grating gender into environmental health research) aimed to develop a multidimensional sex/gen-der concept as a theoretically grounded starting point for the operationalization of sex and gender in quantitative (environmental) health research. The iterative development process was based on gender theoretical and health science approaches and was inspired by previously published concepts or models of sex-and gender-related dimensions. The INGER sex/gender concept fulfills the four theoretically established prerequisites for comprehensively investigating sex and gender aspects in population health research: multidimensionality, variety, embodiment, and intersectional-ity. The theoretical foundation of INGER's multidimensional sex/gender concept will be laid out, as well as recent sex/gender conceptualization developments in health sciences. In conclusion, by building upon the latest state of research of several disciplines, the conceptual framework will significantly contribute to integrating gender theoretical concepts into (environmental) health research, improving the validity of research and, thus, supporting the promotion of health equity in the long term. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.