Gender Inequalities in Health Over the Life Course. Attitudes Towards III-Health in Men and Women Treated for Childhood Cancer

Agnès Dumas (1)

1 ECEVE (U1123 / UMR_S_1123) - Epidémiologie Clinique et Evaluation Economique Appliquées aux Populations Vulnérables

Gender inequalities in health may result from differences in health care utilisation. This paper reports, using an interactionist approach, health-related beliefs of men and women treated for cancer in childhood and living with increased health risks ever since. We observed that normative masculine traits are sometimes used to legitimise a reluctance to undergo medical surveillance. Overall, men tended to express a passive attitude towards ill-health, resulting in a gendered health vulnerability.

Mots clés: health care use; gender; inequalities; risk; interviews

Domaines: Santé publique et épidémiologie; Sociologie

Agnès Dumas. Gender Inequalities in Health Over the Life Course. Attitudes Towards III-Health in Men and Women Treated for Childhood Cancer. Swiss Journal of Sociology, 2018, 44 (2), pp.281 - 300. ⟨10.1515/sjs-2018-0013⟩. ⟨hal-03268145⟩