Abstract
Background. Morbidity and mortality patterns are not the same for women and men. In health service attendance women’s troubles might be minimized. Objective. To analyze some capacities regarding gender approach that are generated in the medical education process. Materials and Methods. An observational, analytic, cross-sectional research was made in a University located in Southeast Mexico. Semi-structured interviews were applied to students, men and women, belonging to both second and eighth semester, until all analysis categories were filled in. Results. Although students did not perceive it as a public health problem, they accepted the existence of gender discrimination and physical and psychological violence against women. The answers of the eighth semester students showed no conceptual construction that could help them in handling this problem in the medical practice. Discussion. There were failures in identifying morbidity differences between women and men.
Highlights
Morbidity and mortality patterns are not the same for women and men
Most of which have no transversal axes such as a focus on gender, do not harbor the idea that it is important to consider the differences between men and women in aspects like the different requirements in training that are needed to provide quality care
Mortality due to cervical cancer maintains a high frequency in spite of the resources that are available for its early detection
Summary
Morbidity and mortality patterns are not the same for women and men. In health service attendance women’s troubles might be minimized. By analyzing the data concerning the access to tertiary education, equal pay and health systems that deal with specific women and girls problems [1] it is clear to notice that even in developed societies inequalities exist. These differences in terms of opportunities and rights came from stereotypes that permeate the structure of roles, which are culturally constructed, and came from rules that legitimize inequalities in gender and in ethical or cultural groups too. Analyses do not take into account the increase in indicators such as the prevalence of AIDS in women, teen-age pregnancy, domestic violence [5] or the fact that 80% of the mortal cases of breast cancer in Mexico were caused for its non-early detection. [6]
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