AbouZahr C, Vlassoff C, Kumar A
Health Care Women Int. 1996 Sep-Oct;17(5):449-67.
This paper discusses barriers to the provision of high quality care from the perspectives of the health system and female clients, and interventions that have been developed to overcome these barriers. These interventions are in the area of reproductive health, where most attention to women's health has focused; they consist mainly of assessment tools that can be used by peripheral health workers and rural women themselves. The paper argues that in nonreproductive health generally, there is a dearth of information on the biological and social determinants and consequences of infection and disease from a gender perspective. Recommendations are made for further research on quality of care and for practical interventions with application to women's health, both within and outside the reproductive context.
本文从卫生系统和女性服务对象的角度探讨了提供高质量护理的障碍，以及为克服这些障碍而制定的干预措施。这些干预措施属于生殖健康领域，该领域一直是女性健康关注的重点；它们主要由基层卫生工作者和农村妇女自身可以使用的评估工具组成。本文认为，在一般的非生殖健康领域，从性别角度来看，缺乏关于感染和疾病的生物学及社会决定因素与后果的信息。文中针对护理质量的进一步研究以及适用于女性健康（包括生殖健康领域内外）的实际干预措施提出了建议。
