BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre and the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health are pleased to invite you to our lunch hour presentation.

Improving Health Inequities through Sex- And Gender-Based Analysis

Tuesday, Dec 15th, 2009 Noon-1:00 pm

Event flyer available at http://www.bccewh.bc.ca/news-events/default.htm

Efforts to reduce health inequities require an understanding of the social and physical conditions which produce and sustain them. Sex (biology) and gender (social relations) are crucial pieces of this context as they can exacerbate, sustain, or even create health inequities. Sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) can help us understand how socioeconomic status and geographical location intersect with gender and how the interactions between them have powerful implications for health policy and planning. This presentation will introduce SGBA and illustrate its use through several examples, highlighting recent analyses we have conducted regarding health inequities in BC and their potential implications for women and women's health.

Presenters: Ann Pederson, Director, British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health Steve Chasey, Data & Surveillance Specialist, British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health