Alyaemni Asmaa, Theobald Sally, Faragher Brian, Jehan Kate, Tolhurst Rachel
a Department of Health Rehabilitation, King Saud University, and Community Health Department , College of Applied Medical Sciences , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.
Women Health. 2013;53(7):741-59. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2013.829169.
This study aimed to explore Saudi Arabian women's perceptions of how gendered social structures affect their health by understanding their perceptions of these influences on their health relative to those on men's health. Qualitative methods, including focus group discussions (FGDs) and in-depth individual interviews (IDIs) were conducted with 66 married women in Riyadh, the capital city. Participants were purposively sampled for maximum variation, including consideration of socio-economic status, age, educational level, health status and the use of healthcare. The majority of women perceived their health to be worse than men's and attributed this to their childbearing, domestic and care-giving roles, restrictions on their mobility, poverty and psychological stress related to their responsibilities for children, and marital conflict. A minority of participants felt that men's health was worse than women's and related this to their gendered roles as "breadwinners," greater mobility and masculine norms and identities. Gender equity should be a health policy priority to improve women's health.
本研究旨在通过了解沙特阿拉伯女性对这些影响自身健康与男性健康的认知，来探索她们对性别化社会结构如何影响其健康的看法。研究采用定性方法，包括焦点小组讨论（FGD）和深度个人访谈（IDI），对首都利雅得的66名已婚女性进行了调查。为实现最大程度的多样性，研究采用了目的抽样法，考虑了社会经济地位、年龄、教育水平、健康状况和医疗保健使用情况等因素。大多数女性认为自己的健康状况比男性差，并将此归因于她们的生育、家务和照顾他人的角色、行动受限、贫困以及与育儿责任相关的心理压力和婚姻冲突。少数参与者认为男性的健康状况比女性差，并将此归因于他们作为“养家糊口者”的性别角色、更大的行动自由度以及男性规范和身份认同。性别平等应成为改善女性健康的卫生政策优先事项。
