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1 A Partnership Approach to Gender and Health: Building Strategic Alliances for Sustainable Change Chris Caleidin, Michael Bentley Chris Caleidin 5th National Rural Health Conference Adelaide, South Australia, 14-17th March 1999 Proceedings Michael Bentley

2 A Partnership Approach to Gender and Health: Building Strategic Alliances for Sustainable Change Chris Caleidin, Michael Bentley The mountains never meet but people can always encounter each other. (Old Irish saying) Gender and health looks at women s health and at men s health, both separately and at the impacts of each on the other. It can be challenging to participate in the emerging discussion on gender and health; particularly for a woman with many years of involvement in women s health services. Women s health began by women for women, whereas for men s health, women - as nurses, health educators, mothers, sisters and wives - have played a detectable role in advocacy on men s health. A man working in gender and health needs to have a critical analysis of men s issues. In particular, responses to men s health issues need to be accountable to the experiences, ideas and values of women and marginalised groups of men. Many of the disadvantages suffered by men are part of a social/political system that substantially benefits the majority of men. INTRODUCTION The Hills Mallee Southern region of rural South Australia is currently addressing men s and women s health needs using an innovative partnership approach. This paper examines what is different about this approach, using examples from regional projects on women s health, men s health, and violence and abuse. Much of this work is new, challenging, difficult and evolutionary. In developing the partnership between women s health and men s health, some common ground was needed. Planning for a sustainable approach to health and well being required us to consider: 1. Gendering the social model of health. 2. A population based planning approach. Gendering the social model of health involves the impact of gender on health, diversity within gender and the interrelationship between gender, i.e. the impact on women s health and men s health. A population based planned approach incorporates an understanding of the health needs of the population and the diversity of the communities within it.

3 These form the basis of developing strategies for sustainable partnerships and working in a collaborative and cooperative way that builds mutual respect and trust as the direction forward. THE REGION The Hills Mallee Southern region is one of seven country health regions in South Australia. It has 120,000 residents and has the largest population of the seven regions. The region contains the State s fastest growing population areas, namely the semi-rural Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula, the remote population of Kangaroo Island and the dry-land farming area of the Murray Mallee. It was clear from the health needs assessment project that country areas, whilst often viewed as relatively homogeneous communities, have a population diversity that is not always as visible as in metropolitan areas. Cathryn Marinos (speaking as a women s health consumer at a regional forum) illustrates this diversity: "We have a predominantly ageing community with a growing component of young families. We have communities, which are predominantly financially secure that also contain people living in situations of poverty and joblessness. We have a large white Australian community that is a home also for indigenous peoples. We have a region of predominantly English speakers, but need to discern and meet the needs of groups of people from non-english speaking backgrounds. This region too, has the majority of its people living in townships, yet needs to hear and provide services for people living in isolated and rural areas." POPULATION-BASED PLANNING APPROACH In the past, our response to priorities/needs has been on a service delivery level. Services are targeted to specific groups or health issues. Planning at a regional level offers the opportunity to shift the focus of health services from treatment of illness to maintenance of the health and wellbeing of the population. Populationbased planning builds on a comprehensive assessment of the health needs of the population. The Region used a modification of the Community Oriented Needs Assessment model, described by Neuber. The modified model uses three primary sources of data, namely the community, informed groups, and published information. The advantage of this approach is that the community s input is given equal weighting to that of informed groups, and to information gathered from published sources. A regional plan can then focus on tailoring existing health services to respond more appropriately to identified health needs. Men s health and women s health were two key findings that were subsequently incorporated into the Region s Strategic Plan. Men s health is a common issue for popular discussion. However, rather than jump to a reactionary service response based on limited information, the region is conducting a men s health project that aims to identify the critical issues that need a sustainable response. The continuation of the National Women s Health Program (NWHP) was seen as a critical issue in the region. The priority areas in women s health were quite evident in our health needs assessment, in particular, emotional and mental health, and violence against, and abuse of, women. A regional group has developed a Women s Health and Wellbeing Plan.

4 Violence and abuse were significant findings of the needs assessment. Responses to these issues have been taken up, implicitly in the women s and men s health projects, and explicitly in regional research and response projects that address domestic violence, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, and rape and sexual assault services. GENDERING THE SOCIAL MODEL OF HEALTH Gender is linked with inequality so that overall what sex you are has an effect on what your health is like and influences your access to appropriate health and well being services. Adopting a gendered approach to social health requires an understanding of the social construction of gender, i.e. how society is organised and how the values that underpin this overall affect men s and women s experiences and potential in a range of different ways. There are three key understandings in the approach. (1) Impact of gender on health: Dorothy Broom points out that difference alone gives a limited picture of health, as to look at a comparison of health issues unique or most prevalent to either gender fails to take into account the effect of gender. eg the high rates of male suicide draw it to our attention as an urgent matter for understanding and action; it is not rendered less urgent by the fact that female suicide attempts are very common, nor are women s frequent suicide attempts trivial because more men than women kill themselves. So we need to move beyond simple gender comparisons to the sexual dimensions of all sickness. (2) Diversity: Generalisations within gender about men or women being homogeneous groups are increasingly dubious. Acknowledgement of men and women as population groups that are diverse in regard to age, class, race, culture, poverty, sexual orientation, ability, and isolation needs to be considered. (3) Impacts: The interrelationships between gender men and women impacts on each other s health. For example, women often have the role of carers to men, children and other family members, whereas men s impact on the health of women, children and other men can be damaging, e.g. through drug and alcohol misuse and violence and abuse. PRINCIPLES OF REGIONAL GENDER PROJECTS A gendered health approach to regional women s health and men s health projects is founded on a set of principles, developed through consultation with workers and community members in the region, that reflect an understanding of health within a social context. These principles are: 1. Gender is a critical factor that affects health, well-being and illness outcomes and both

5 women s and men s experience of the health care system. 2. A gendered approach needs to recognise the diversity of women and men due to other factors such as class, race, culture, poverty, sexuality, ability, and the special needs of women and men in rural and remote areas. It needs to recognise women and men of most need and least choice. 3. A social view of health and well-being, which includes the principles of primary health care, is central to women s and men s health and well being. 4. Acknowledgement of the interrelationship and the impacts between women s and men s health. Service policies and responses are based on a human right s basis and should avoid constructing environments of comparison. 5. Participation is a core concept. Women and men need to be active participants in debate and decision-making about health and wellbeing issues and their own health care. 6. A dual focus for change is important, that is: advocacy and community action for change on broad social issues; and working collaboratively with other organisations to improve access, equity and appropriateness of services. 7. Service responses to women s health and wellbeing and men s health and wellbeing promote co-operation, collaboration and multi-disciplinary teamwork within the health sector and across sectors. REGIONAL GENDER PROJECTS Women s Health and Well Being Plan Since 1990 the NWHP has provided a funding base for SA to provide women s health services in country areas under a regional health service umbrella. These services have been successful in providing a range of services to women and working in collaboration with broader human services to improve responses to women. There is substantial evidence to indicate that a woman s experience of health and wellbeing and the human services systems is directly affected by their gender. Women's health is integrally linked to their position in society and this position does not afford the equal access to economic, social and political resources, therefore causing significant disadvantages in women's lives. As a joint Statewide and regional initiative each country region developed a women s health and well being population plan. This was seen as a way forward to provide a more long term, sustainable approach to the health of women. The plan incorporates a collaborative approach across human services to include a range of services that impact on women and their health and to ascertain an adequate resource base to action the plan. The development of a women s health and well being plan involved a gendered social view of health and a population based planning approach. The region developed a set of principles for women s health and well being that promotes a dual strategy of improving responsiveness to women within general health and well being services, and maintaining the provision of women specific health and well being services.

6 Men s Health Project 5 th NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH CONFERENCE Men in the region identified a range of physical, social and emotional issues that affect their health and well being. However, many responses to men s health have been driven by: let s create services, without understanding that men s health issues do not exist in a vacuum. The health behaviours of men impact on the health and well being of women and children, as well as other men. Thus men s health is linked to families, relationships, schools and work places. In our region, the response has been to take a social health perspective that allows for an equitable, inclusive and responsive strategy. The men s health project is founded on a set of principles that recognises: the 'social construction of masculinities', and its impact on dominance and diversity. It allows for the possibility that men can change and improve their health and wellbeing, as well as the health and wellbeing of women, children, and other men; the context of women s health in that the development of men s health should not be at the expense of the health and wellbeing of women and children; an approach to equity that incorporates social justice principles to ensure that differences in health outcomes due to race, ethnicity, sexuality, ability, sexuality, socio-economic status, age and geographic location are reduced. The benefits for men of a gendered approach to health are that it provides a more comprehensive picture of men s health, which incorporates how gender affects health, diversity and the impacts of men and their health on women, children, and other men. Recognising diversity gives us greater insights in to men s health. By working in partnership, men s health gains strength and accountability. Violence and Abuse Projects In the Hills Mallee Southern Region there have been a number of projects to gain information regarding (mainly women s experiences of) violence and abuse, namely: we could fly Improving Services for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse in rural South Australia; Country Response Project - Rape and Sexual Assault; Changing Attitudes: Rural Responses to Women and Domestic Violence ; and Domestic Violence Family Violence Community Recognition - The First Step. The projects have gathered information about the needs, current responses, gaps and areas of action to improve responses to violence and abuse. We knew from the Needs Assessment Project and subsequent consultation with women and workers as part of the above projects, that experience indicated that issues of domestic violence, rape and sexual assault and women adult survivors were often interconnected under the collective term of violence and abuse. That is, a woman may present for services with one issue of violence and abuse, e.g. domestic violence, but often may have experienced rape and sexual assault and/or childhood sexual abuse as well.

7 In our region we are developing a response model that incorporates both the commonalties across the area of violence and abuse and specific issues of each aspect of violence and abuse. The response model requires key understandings and principles for working with victims and survivors of violence and abuse. An essential understanding of such principles includes the importance of an agreed value base and a co-operative approach to developing subsequent strategies for action in addressing violence and abuse issues. CONCLUSION What we ve found so far is that to improve responses to women s and men s health issues we need to map the complex gendered picture of health and its impacts. There needs to be a planned, collaborative and long-term approach to health to make a real difference. To work together on a plan for the future we need common understandings and principles. The way forward from here is through working in alliance. It is in an environment of co-operation not competition that we can move on. In that way we can begin to build social capital through trust. This can only happen if men s health and women s health are conceived as allies instead of as competitors. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors acknowledge the contributions of many people in the Hills Mallee Southern Region in the preparation of this paper. In particular, Andrea Henschke, Rosie King, Jean Lovell, Linda Martin, who were the project officers involved in the regional violence and abuse projects, Alf Martin, the men s health project officer, and members of the Women s Health teams, Project Steering Committees and Reference Groups. Moreover, the authors acknowledge the work of Dorothy Broom (ANU) and Bob Pease (RMIT) in providing a framework for the approach to their partnership. REFERENCES Bentley M. Diversity Makes a Difference: Findings of the Hills Mallee Southern Regional Health Needs Assessment Project. Hills Mallee Southern Regional Health Service Bentley M. and Caleidin C. Toward common ground: a partnership approach to gender and health HPQ Health Promotion SA and Department of Human Services, August 1998: 7. Broom D. Gendering health, sexing illness. Third National Women s Health Conference, Canberra, November Broom D. Facing facts, facing futures, challenges to women s health Australian Journal of Primary Health Interchange, 1998: 4(3): Colley D. and Hall R. Partnership accountability Conference proceedings: Second National Men s Health Conference, Fremantle, October 1997: Doyal L. What makes women sick? Promoting women s health: the changing agenda for health promotion Australian Journal of Primary Health Interchange, 1998: 4(3): Neuber K.A. and Associates. Needs Assessment: A Model for Community Planning A Sage Human Service Guide 14, Sage Publications, London, 1980: Pease B. The sexual politics of men s health. Conference proceedings: Second National Men s Health Conference, Fremantle, October 1997:

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