Health Research, Policy and Practice in Nova Scotia
November 19 – 20, 2007

Workshop Description

This workshop provided health researchers, policy analysts, planners, and clinicians with skills to understand when and how gender, sex and other social determinants of health influence their work. The objectives of the workshop were to:

• increase awareness of gender based analysis (GBA) as an essential tool for research, policies and programs;
• understand the differences between gender and sex as determinants of health; build participants’ capacity to undertake GBA; and
• demonstrate how GBA can strengthen policies, programs and research.

The workshop was supported by the NSHRF and the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health.

Case Study and Presentations

Case Study Mental Health, Addictions and Youth (PDF Attachment)
Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation

Contextualizing Sex and Gender - A Review of Gender-based Analysis; History, Goals and Concepts (PDF Attachment)
Erika Burger and Claire Walsh, Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
Sandra McFadyen, Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women

Gender Roles 101: An Interactive Introduction to Power and Gender Roles (PDF Attachment)
Sandra McFadyen, Nova Scotia Adisory Council on the Status of Women

Nova Scotia's Strategy on HIV/AIDS - Gender Based Analysis (PDF Attachment)
Larry Baxter, Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS

Putting Gender-Based Analysis to Work (PDF Attachment)
Barbara Clow, Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health

Considering Women's Health Indicators and Gender-based Analysis in Evidence (PDF Attachment)
Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence

Putting a value on the priceless: A workshop in quantitative gender analysis of unpaid care giving (Putting a Value on Priceless [Attachment])
Cyndi Brannen, Research Director, Centre for Research in Family Health

Workshop Summary

A summary report was written which captured the ideas and issues that came out of the discussion and speaker presentations at the workshop. The summary is available here. (PDF Attachment)

For a summary of the evaluation results click here. (PDF Attachment)