Getting to the heart of gender disparity: with a focus on coronary heart disease
Author
Faculty Advisor
Date
2025
Keywords
Gender Health Gap, CHD/CAD, coronary heart disease, diagnostic and treatment practices
Abstract (summary)
The Gender Health Gap is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. Thus, a focus on the gender differences found in treatment and diagnosis of CHD/CAD will be conducted. A content analysis on medical professional's findings regarding the existence of these gender disparities will be conducted via videos uploaded to YouTube. Actively analyzing the broader themes within the expertise from a multitude of individuals will allow an answer to why we still see this 'gap' in terms of coronary heart disease at the level of diagnostic and treatment practices.
The Results: a failure in early research studies including females in their clinical trials; leading to the overall lack of knowledge on female symptoms today. These findings allow more research on how to ensure equitable treatment in terms of diagnosing and treating CHD/CAD in Canada.
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Presented on April 17, 2025, at Student Research Day held at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta.
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