The Medical Journal of Australia
CONFERENCE REPORT Mars and Venus: does gender matter in ageing? Julie E Byles, Matthew Carroll and the Mars and Venus Writing Team Gender is more than just a variable to be controlled for in statistical analyses oes ageing affect men and women equally? If not, how focused on loss of men’s work roles, older women’s double might differences affect research — and subsequently disadvantage from age and gender inequality, and on a “paradigm Dclinical practice? To answer this and related questions, the of competitive suffering”. In contrast, this conference aimed for Mars and Venus: Does Gender Matter in Ageing? conference was greater balance in considering how gender influences the health convened by the University of Newcastle’s Research Centre for and wellbeing of men and women as they age. Gender, Health and Ageing, in association with the Australian This theme was reflected in the proffered papers and work- AssociationThe Medical of Gerontology Journal of andAustralia the Healthy ISSN: 0025- Ageing Theme of the shops. Papers explored age and gender issues such as living Australian Research Council/National Health and Medical arrangements; health and engagement for older men; gender bias 729X 3 March 2008 188 5 271-273 1 Research©The Council Medical (NHMRC) Journal Researchof Australia Network 2008 in Ageing Well. in health service programs; retirement issues; and current research The 2-daywww.mja.com.au conference, held in Newcastle in July 2007, featured on gender differences, including results from the Household, longitudinalConference studies report of ageing that have given specific attention to Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) study and the health of men or the health of women, and introduced an Melbourne Longitudinal Studies of Healthy Ageing (MELSHA).
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