Table 3.
Overview over the gender concepts and theories used in the papers
| Refa | Which gender concepts and theories are used in relation to health issues | What aspect(s) of health does the main theory address | How are the theories used? (Strategy 1 to 8 in Table 2b) | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CURRENT SOCIOLOGY Intersectionality Constructions of masculinities/ femininities |
“Health” unspecified | Not relevant to code - editorial | Editorial |
| 2 | Post-modern theories Materiality of bodies, social construction of differences |
Health care unspecified | 2, 8 | Theoretical |
| 3 | Relational theory of gender Gender constructions |
Coronary heart disease | 2, 4 | Review of qualitative methods |
| 4 | Intersectionality | General practitioner visits | 2, 4 | Empirical qualitative |
| 5 | Intersectionality Hegemonic masculinity Deconstruction of binary categories |
HIV test | 1, 2 | Mixed method empirical |
| 6 | Gender constructions, gender relations Gender identities |
Sexual reproductive health issues | 2, 4, 5 | Empirical qualitative |
| 7 | Foucault – biopower, power and knowledge | Male menopause | 4, 5 | Empirical qualitative |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE MEDICINE | ||||
| 8 | Relational, intersectional, and biosocial approaches | Health unspecified, autism | Not relevant to code - editorial | Editorial |
| 9 | Gender bias Social constructivism |
Autism | 1, 2, 6 | Theoretical |
| 10 | Relational theory of gender | Anorexia | 2, 6, 8 | Theoretical |
| 11 | Sex and gender in interaction Embodiment | Behavioral and biological differences in early ages. | 2, 3 | Theoretical |
| 12 | Intersectionality | HIV, mental illness | 2, 6 | Theoretical |
| 13 | Masculinity Intersectionality | Drug abuse | 2, 6 | Empirical qualitative |
| 14 | Gender constructions and agency | Sexuality | 2, 3, 4, 5 | Empirical qualitative |
| 15 | Gendered embodiment Sexualised medical surveillance Diagnose as a frame of gendered interpretations/expectations |
CAH congenital adrenal hyperplasia | 2,7 | Review |
| 16 | Early feminist critic of surrogacy Liberal feminism defended surrogacy Intersectionality |
assisted reproductive technologies | 2, 3 | Empirical qualitative |
| 17 | Gender system Hegemonic masculinity |
Public health messages | 2, 4, 5 | Empirical qualitative |
| 18 | Gender socialization of role theories Gender relational approach Doing gender |
Health behaviour | 2, 5, 8 | Empirical qualitative |
| 19 | Intersectionality Double and Triple jeopardy hypothesis Masculinities, Femininities Relational selves |
Mental health | 1, 2, 5 | Empirical quantitative |
| 20 | Intersectionality | Long-term illness | 1, 2 | Empirical quantitative |
| 21 | Criticism against dichotomies and differences Sex and gender entanglement (sex/gender) Intersectional |
Human health unspecified | 2, 5, 7, 8 | Theoretical |
| 22 | Post-modern and post-colonial feminism Hegemonic masculinities Gender mainstream |
International health unspecified | 2, 8 | Empirical qualitative |
| 23 | Feminist intersectional framework | Health and well-being unspecified | 2, 4, 5, 6 | Empirical qualitative |
| 24 | Gender order | “Health” unspecified | 2 | Quantitative methodological |
| 25 | Social constructivism | Mental health | 2, 5 | Review |
| 26 | Multiple role theory, Role stress theory | Musculoskeletal disorders and emotional exhaustion | 2, 4, 5 | Quantitative empirical |
| 27 | Masculinities, gender as performative, critics a sex-difference framework and essentialism | Suicide | Not relevant to code - editorial | editorial |
| 28 | Gendered identities and practices, masculinity crisis, objectivist rather than constructivist understanding, gendered scripts of suicide, (does not mention power, more focus on sociology) | Suicide | 2 | Qualitative, social autopsy, empirical |
| 29 | Masculinity, hegemonic masc., powerful males, biological distinction between male and female human beings, male power, patriarchal, gendered life circumstances (violence, sexuality, supply family) | Suicide | 2, 4, 5 | Quantitative empirical |
| 30 | Differences within the group of men (age) Criticizes that masculinities are used for explaining all male behaviour (cause and effect model), models of masculinity are not applicable on boys, backlash against feminism |
Suicide | 2 | Qualitative empirical |
| 31 | Constructions of masculinities, Criticism of the construction of men as one single group and of Western dualism of body and mind. | Suicide | 2, 5, 8 | Qualitative empirical |
| 32 | Masculinities (identities, roles, norms, hegemonic), (intersecting with class etc.), agency within structure, gendered power relations, less socially connected, | Suicide | 2, 4, 5 | Qualitative empirical |
| 33 | Gender relations, construction of masculinities, gendered life circumstances, gender roles | Suicide | 2, 4, 5 | Review of qualitative papers |
aReferences refer to Additional file 1