How does women's health matter? A qualitative study on women's health issues in relation to work participation. Experiences and perspectives from nurses and managers in a Norwegian hospital
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3133180Utgivelsesdato
2024Metadata
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10.1080/07399332.2024.2341002Sammendrag
In this article, we explore associations between women’s health
and participation in working life, work ability and sickness
absence. Through interviews with nurses and hospital manag-
ers, we identified three main occupational barriers connected
to biological and physiological sex differences: considerations
on women’s health, work organization and work environment
as conditions for health, and equality and expectations in soci-
ety. We find that individual experiences, job systems, and soci-
etal attitudes affect each other negatively, and that systemic
problems tend to be individualized. The lack of recognition of
women’s health affects work participation, work ability and
sickness absence in women, representing a challenge to female
occupational health, as well as to gender equality and public
health in general.