Office of Global Health (Distinguished Visiting Global Health Scholar), Drexel University, Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Room 712, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
St Antony's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
BMJ Open. 2019 Jul 18;9(6):e021350. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021350.
The goal of this study is to assess the correlation between protection of women's economic and social rights (WESR), health improvement and sustainable development.
A cross-country analysis of 162 countries was employed to assess development, health and human rights of the countries by measuring associated variables. Data sets for the health, human rights and economic and social rights of these countries were from 2004 to 2010. The dependent variables are health and human development and the independent variables are the human rights variables. Regression analysis and principle axis factoring were used for extraction and varimax method for rotation. Country grouping was made using cluster analysis. Potential biases, resulting from measurement differences in human rights values, were eliminated by using z-transformation to standardise variables.
Regression results reveal that WESR variable is correlated with the health outcomes. Cluster analysis separated the countries into three clusters, based on the WESR variable. Countries where WESR were 'highly respected' (44 countries) are categorised into cluster 1; countries where WESR were 'moderately respected' (51 countries) are categorised into cluster 2 and countries where WESR were 'poorly respected' (63 countries) are categorised into cluster 3. Countries were then compared in their respective clusters based on health and human development variables. It was found that the countries which 'highly respected' WESR had better average health values compared with the second and third clusters. Our findings demonstrate that countries with a strong women's rights status ultimately had better health outcomes.
WESR status has correlation with the health and human development. When women's rights are highly respected, the nation is more likely to have higher health averages and accelerated development.
本研究旨在评估保护妇女的经济和社会权利（WESR）、健康改善和可持续发展之间的相关性。
对 162 个国家进行跨国分析，通过衡量相关变量来评估这些国家的发展、健康和人权状况。这些国家的健康、人权和经济社会权利数据集来自 2004 年至 2010 年。因变量是健康和人类发展，自变量是人权变量。采用回归分析和主成分因子分析进行提取，用方差极大旋转法进行旋转。使用聚类分析对国家进行分组。通过 z 转换标准化变量，消除因人权价值测量差异而产生的潜在偏差。
回归结果表明，WESR 变量与健康结果相关。聚类分析根据 WESR 变量将国家分为三组。WESR 被“高度尊重”的国家（44 个国家）被归类为第 1 组；WESR 被“中度尊重”的国家（51 个国家）被归类为第 2 组；WESR 被“低度尊重”的国家（63 个国家）被归类为第 3 组。然后根据健康和人类发展变量对各自组中的国家进行比较。结果发现，与第二和第三组相比，“高度尊重”WESR 的国家的平均健康值更好。我们的研究结果表明，妇女权利地位较强的国家最终拥有更好的健康结果。
WESR 状况与健康和人类发展相关。当妇女权利受到高度尊重时，国家更有可能拥有更高的平均健康水平和更快的发展。
