Health care for women international
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Health Care Women Int · Jul 2011
Slimming company websites in Hong Kong: implications for women's health.
This study sought to investigate, with a focus on the Hong Kong context, how commercial slimming websites portray the body image of beauty to the public, and to explore practical implications for related public health practices and health policy formulation. Commercial entities in the Hong Kong slimming industry were retrieved from the Hong Kong Yellow Page Directory and Yahoo Hong Kong Directory, and selected websites were coded and further analyzed. We found that irresponsible tactics are used in the slimming industry such that irresponsible messages prevail. Collaborative efforts from multidisciplinary sectors are needed to tackle the situation.
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Health Care Women Int · Jul 2011
Health inequalities for women living in rural regions: the prefecture of Xanthi, Greece.
Gender equity with regard to access to health services has been set on a firm theoretical background but is far from reaching a resolution. Here we examine how geographic isolation affects the implementation of policies regarding equal access to health care by considering the case of the mountainous region of Xanthi, Greece. We determined that the characteristics of this mountainous region require additional measures to ensure truly equal access for women of all social and demographic groups. We also propose several interventions aimed at reducing health inequalities by involving the local population and broadening the target area.