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Why feminism in public health?

Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, anne.hammarstrom{at}fammed.umu.se

The issues raised in this editorial and exemplified within a number of the studies reported in this issue indicate new directions for public health, directions which take feminist scholarship, both outside and within the medical framework, into account. The changing potential of feminist public health, as derived from the articles in this issue, can be summarised within the following issues: new research areas, positioning women as actors, development of theoretical frameworks, reflexive theory of science, interplay between sex and gender, gender-sensitive methods, diversities among women/men, pro-feminist research on men's health and using the results for change. Thus, feminist public health represents a shift towards the new public health, with holistic and multidisciplinary activities, based on theoretical pluralism, multiple perspectives and collective actions with the aim of improving the health of gender-subordinated groups.

Key Words: diversities • feminism • public health • theories • reflexivity.

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 27, No. 4, 241-244 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/14034948990270040601


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