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When mothers and their children are separated, mothers may not see their children again or may lose track of them. Sometimes this is due to the costs involved in arranging their visits to the prison. Other times it is because the mother rejects the relatives taking care of the children or because the mother has lost custody of the child (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2008). These mental and developmental problems tend to stay with children throughout their lives. Both allowing children to live in prison and separating children from their mothers pose difficult problems and. | WOMEN GENDER AND HEALTH A Review of the Recent Literature B. L. Janzen 1998 PRAIRIE WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE RESEARCHPPOL I CYPCOMMUN I TY Administrative Centre Regina Site Saskatoon Site Prairie Women s Health Centre of Excellence The University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg MB R3B 2E9 Telephone 204 786-9048 Fax 204 774-4134 E-mail pwhce@ Prairie Women s Health Centre of Excellence University of Regina Extension Regina SK S4S 0A2 Telephone 306 585-5727 Fax 306 585-5825 E-mail pwhce@ WEBSITE Prairie Women s Health Centre of Excellence University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK S7N 5E5 Telephone 306 966-8658 Fax 306 966-7920 E-mail pwhce@ The research and publication ofthis study were funded by the Prairie Women s Health Centre of Excellence pwhce . The PWHCE is financially supported by the Centre of Excellence for Women s Health Program Women s Health Bureau Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the PWHCE or the official policy of Health Canada. WOMEN GENDER AND HEALTH A Review of the Recent Literature B. L. Janzen ISBN 0-9684540-1-1 A WORD ABOUT COPYRIGHT This document has a copyright and is for your personal use or that of your organization. We encourage you to use this document but would ask you not to reproduce it. Additional copies of this document are available. An order form is provided on the last page. WOMEN GENDER AND HEALTH A Review of the Recent Literature Contents i . ii . 1 . 3 3 4 . 5 7 10 12 16 Acknowledgements . Executive Summary. INTRODUCTION. PART 1 THE DIVERSITY OF HEALTH AMONG WOMEN . Marital Status. Parental Status. Employment Status . Roles and Structure. Older Women . Aboriginal Women. Immigrant Women . PART 2 GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH STATUS .21 Gender as a Determinant of Health .23 A. Socio-Economic B. Exposure to Stressors .26 C. Paid and Unpaid Work .27 D. Social Changes in Gender Differences in Health Status