Table 1 Step 1 Analyses of gender theories
From: How gender theories are used in contemporary public health research
1. Which gender concepts and theories are used in relation to health issues? Which are the main theories and which are the alternatives? |
2. What aspect(s) of health does the main theory address and seek to explain? |
3. How are the theories used? |
 a. Is the theory used to explain health problems? If yes, make a deeper analysis about HOW. How is the theory applied to/developed in relation to health/illness? |
 b. Is the health problem used in order to show that the theory is valid? |
4. Which methodological approach was used in the paper? |