European strategy for child and adolescent health and development: gender tool

Обзор

The WHO Regional Office for Europe promotes and supports the implementation of the European strategy for child and adolescent health and development, which the European Member States adopted at the 55th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe in September 2005. The strategy gives policy-makers a concrete means of addressing health issues to improve the health of children and adolescents. This tool was developed to accompany the existing assessment, information and action tools intended to provide support to Member States in building and developing their own policies and programmes within the framework of the strategy. It can also be used as a stand-alone document that allows policy-makers and programme staff to assess how gender sensitive their current child and adolescent health programmes and policies are. The gender tool is based on the evidence that shows how gender differences and inequality influence various aspects of illness and health among girls and boys.