Promoting healthy aging in older women: A call to action.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Grami, Nickrooz; Tuazon, Joshua R.; Kalia, Surbhi; Lawson, Andrea; Li, Joyce; Savage, Rachel D.; Rochon, Paula A.
- Source
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Mar2022, Vol. 70 Issue 3, p928-931. 4p.
- Subject
- *HEALTH of older women
*GENDER inequality
*SEX discrimination
*AGEISM
*ACTIVE aging
*SOCIAL support
*LIFE expectancy
*CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
*SEX distribution
*OSTEOPOROSIS
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*LONELINESS
*WOMEN'S health
*HEALTH promotion
- Language
- ISSN
- 0002-8614
The article presents a commentary in which the authors advocate for gender equity in the health of older women patients. It is suggested that gendered ageism may be linked to the under-representation of women in medical research. The need to stratify data by sex and age when collecting and reporting in health research is discussed.