The impact of sociodemographic factors vs. gender roles on female hospital workers' health: do we need to shift emphasis?

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the physical and mental health status of female workers from five different occupational groups and to identify possible sociodemographic and gender-coded family-related factors as well as work characteristics influencing women's health. The identified predictors of health status were subjected to a gender-sensitive analysis and their relations to one another are discussed. A total of 1083 female hospital workers including medical doctors, technical and administrative personnel, nurses and a group mainly consisting of scientific personnel and psychologists completed a questionnaire measuring work- and family-related variables, sociodemographic data and the Short-form 36 Health Questionnaire (SF-36).

The Mosque Campaign: a cardiovascular prevention program for female Turkish immigrants.

Background: The Women's Health Office of the State of Tyrol, Austria, provides cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programs for women. However, local Turkish women have not participated in our programs. The aim of the so-called Mosque Campaign was to conduct a Turkish-language, culture-sensitive CVD prevention program tailored to the needs of Turkish women to improve their knowledge of CVD risk factors and to minimize ethnic differences in participation rates for preventive programs.

Coronary heart disease: sexual bias in referral for coronary angiogram. How does it work in a state-run health system?

This study examined the effects of a state-run health system on the gender-specific differences in cardiology worldwide, taking coronary angiography as an example. In a prospective study, 476 angiographed patients (155 female, 321 male) were enrolled in consecutive order over a study period of 9 months and asked to answer a standardized questionnaire. The responses showed a discrepancy in the heart death statistics (52.