Gender, health and ageing in Fiji: a mixed methods analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women are disadvantaged by ageing: older women are more likely than older men to suffer from ill-health, have less access to health care and suffer discrimination within the health care system. Globally, there is a dearth of health research on gender and ageing with substantial knowledge gaps in low and middle-income country contexts. Part of a wider investigation on health and ageing in Fiji, our objective was to identify and describe gendered differences in healthy ageing in this Pacific Island context. We believe this to be the first such study in the Pacific region.

Methods

Applying a health systems lens, we used a mixed-methods approach, encompassing analysis of cause of death data; focus group discussion to gather community and family attitudes to health ser

SUBMITTER: Dodd R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8439064 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature