Revisiting choice: gender, culture and privatized health care in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorSsali, Sarah N.
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-12T16:28:45Z
dc.date.available2021-12-12T16:28:45Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractNeo-liberal reformers of health care assume that accessing health care in a privatized health care system is a matter of choice. However, choices are mediated through an array of social relationships, which are in turn determined by culture. Culture, in many settings, is often the blueprint for social relations, determining appropriate masculine and feminine roles and identities. Simply introducing user fees to expand health care options is not enough to change the gender roles and identities pertaining to health care access and provision. Using gender roles and identities in the context of user fees, this focus highlights the extent to which health care processes are gendered. It demonstrates that culture interacts with, mediates and even modifies what would appear as a market process of ‘free’ choice of health care. It shows that, while women are able to identify openings within culture, which they can use to further their own agenda, culture is also capable of permeating new policies and strategies to the disadvantage of women.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSarah N Ssali Master of Arts Degree in Women and Gender Studies (2006) Revisiting choice: gender, culture and privatised health care in Uganda, Agenda, 20:68, 42-53, DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2006.9674721en_US
dc.identifier.issn1013-0950 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn2158-978X (Online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/10130950.2006.9674721
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/366
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAgendaen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectGender rolesen_US
dc.subjectMasculinityen_US
dc.subjectFemininityen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.subjectHouseholden_US
dc.subjectHousehold headshipen_US
dc.subjectChoiceen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectHealth user feesen_US
dc.titleRevisiting choice: gender, culture and privatized health care in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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