An Intersectional Innovative Analysis of How Providers' Discourses Interact with Universal Healthcare Access

Lorena Saletti-Cuesta and Lila Aizenberg

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Abstract: Intersectionality is an analytical tool for understanding the ways gender intersects with and is constituted by other social factors such as social class, age, and ethnicity, among others. The chapter discusses the theoretical and analytical intersectionality perspective, focusing on its application to an analysis of empirical data obtained from qualitative research. Semi-structured interviews took place with healthcare providers in Cordoba, Argentina. Thematic analysis was conducted. The findings show the existence of multiple domination systems incorporated in providers' discourses. All of them interact and contribute to gender inequalities in health, specifically on women's access to universal healthcare for violence against women and/or health of migrant women increasing their vulnerability. Training and sensitization among providers regarding gender and health from an intersectional approach are highly recommended as the first step toward a better healthcare system response.

Keywords: intersectionality; gender; access to health; qualitative methodology; healthcare providers; migration; migrant's healthcare; violence against women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.86208

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