Gender Gaps

In Australia gender gaps has resulted in men's health issues due to allocation of funds are presented to women's health research. It is also stated that men die four a half years earlier than women and 60 percent perceptible of dying from cancer. Due to gaps in funding’s there is still no way to detect aggressive forms of prostate cancer; which is a greater killer than breast cancer. In 2012 men’s health was placed in 36th place for federal research funding. Women's health has received more than $833 million since 2003 from the National Health and Medical Research Council. The same councils have also funded only $200 million for men health. Prostate and testicular cancer have received less funding than breast and ovarian cancer. The difference in the funding on cancer research from men has been around $64 million. There’s is a big gap and disparity between women and men’s health in Australia. The paradox given is that men’s average life expectancy is just 79.7 compared to 84.2 for women and are less likely to seek for health care. In Canada men are more probable to die of heart disease, diabetes or cancer at earlier ages than women. The same paradox given in Australia is the reason in Canada men men’s average life expectancy is just 79.7 compared to 84.2 for women and are less likely to seek for health care. In both countries providers have led gender specific movements in addressing gaps in health care. In America the past 100 years medicine has evolved with dramatic advances in

It is exhausting for both my parents and little support has been offered to my mom that is the care giver to her husband. With reading all these different articles and personal experience I see the need of growing acknowledgement for a gender specific focus on health needs for