Gender relations domains | Biological stratifiers | Disease domainsΨ | |||||||
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Age | Sex | Marital status | Residence | Employment | Risk of TB | Access to TB services | Health seeking behaviour | Access to resources | |
Gender roles | * | * | * | * | * | Roles assigned to women such as cooking increase their risk of TB | There are more opportunities for women to interface with health care facilities by virtue of their role as child care givers | Men delay health care seeking as they are more preoccupied with ensuring their families do not lack | Women encounter financial hardships to access health facilities, and also adhere on treatment |
Masculinism | * | * | * | * | * | Â | Â | Men consider themselves powerful beings and thus present to health facilities late | Â |
Decision making power and autonomy | * | * | * | * | * | Â | Â | Women rely on their husbands/partners to make decisions for them on when and where to seek care | Â |