Coloring Connections. Researching Gender, Intersectionality, and Health in the Climate Crisis

To develop inclusive and equitable responses to today’s most pressing health challenges driven by the planetary crisis, researchers must explore gender-sensitive and equitable health research. Coloring Connections: Researching Gender, Intersectionality, and Health in the Climate Crisis is a creative coloring book that provides researchers with background information, case studies, and assignments focused on integrating gender and intersectionality into health research amidst the climate crisis.

The book addresses gender across its intersections in planetary health research, covering topics such as heat stress and gender, using gender variables, applying MAIHDA (intersectional analysis) in quantitative research, ethical considerations in studying gender-based violence, the role of researcher positionality, participatory action research in healthcare, planetary health equity in medical education, how masculinities relate to climate denial and environmentalism, and intersectionality-based policy analysis for equitable city policies. The book introduces research methods for researchers dedicated to social justice and includes creative assignments to engage researchers in drawing, coloring, and discussing how to integrate gender and diversity into climate health research.

Research on the intersection of the climate crisis and health is urgently needed. Emerging fields like genomics, 3D printing, COVID-19, digitalization, and planetary health often overlook sex differences, gender, and other inequalities, perpetuating bias. This coloring book aims to inspire researchers to incorporate gender perspectives into studies of health in the Anthropocene, and is available online.

Featuring contributions from institutions in the Netherlands and beyond, the book was edited by dr. Petra Verdonk and assignments and design were created by Katinka Feijs. It is commissioned by ZonMw and produced by the Dutch Society for Gender & Health, in collaboration with Amsterdam UMC (project leader).

Verdonk, P. (Ed.) (2024). Coloring Connections. Researching Gender, Intersectionality and Health in the Climate Crisis. Dutch Society Gender & Health in collaboration with Amsterdam UMC, 1 December 2024. Doi: https://zenodo.org/records/14047986

Info info@genderengezondheid.nl / p.verdonk@amsterdamumc.nl / contact@katinkafeijs.com