Gendered experience of people living with type 2 diabetes in rural and urban Mexico: an ethnographic study
Gender appears to substantially influence experience of living with T2D. Women were more likely to provide family support and less likely to receive it and reported greater financial barriers to care access in comparison to men. Men were more likely to experience stress in relation to their employment as primary providers for their family, and less likely to adhere to prescribed medical management of their condition. These findings should be considered in more targeted health policy interventions to promote greater gender equity in the care of those with T2D in Mexico.
Authors
- Enai Ojeda-Arroyo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7188-593X)
- Leigh Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3200-5917)
- Emanuel Orozco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6550-7385)
- Ileana Heredia-Pi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9998-9239)
- Edson Serván‐Mori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9820-8325)
- Laura Downey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9563-7113)
- Nadia Cerecer-Ortiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5200-7894)
- Carlos Manuel Guerrero-López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-5217)
- Stephen Jan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2839-1405)
Institutions
- The George Institute for Global Health (GB)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- National Institute of Public Health (KH)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (MX)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02523-1
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76