Gender Differences in Public Health

Select one area of public health (e.g., disease, risk factor, or aspect of healthcare), and briefly review evidence of gender differences or gender inequalities in this area.

Describe at least one factor that contributes to the gender differences or inequalities, and discuss the ways in which an intervention strategy or program policy might address this.

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Rich, J. A., & Grey, C. M. (2005). Public health matters. Pathways to recurrent trauma among young black men: traumatic stress, substance use, and the "code of the street." American Journal of Public Health, 95(5), 816€“824.