Women S Health Advocacy

Author : Jamie White-Farnham,Bryna Siegel Finer,Cathryn Molloy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429574962

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Women's Health Advocacy by Jamie White-Farnham,Bryna Siegel Finer,Cathryn Molloy Pdf

Women’s Health Advocacy brings together academic studies and personal narratives to demonstrate how women use a variety of arguments, forms of writing, and communication strategies to effect change in a health system that is not only often difficult to participate in, but which can be actively harmful. It explicates the concept of rhetorical ingenuity—the creation of rhetorical means for specific and technical, yet extremely personal, situations. At a time when women’s health concerns are at the center of national debate, this rhetorical ingenuity provides means for women to uncover latent sources of oppression in women’s health and medicine and to influence matters of research, funding, policy, and everyday access to healthcare in the face of exclusion and disenfranchisement. This accessible collection will be inspiring reading for academics and students in health communication, medical humanities, and women’s studies, as well as for activists, patients, and professionals.

Author : Liz Cartwright,Pascale Allotey
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 0789033313

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Women's Health by Liz Cartwright,Pascale Allotey Pdf

Combine advocacy with community based participatory research to help those who can’t help themselves Recent natural, man-made, and health-related threats to our well-being have created a need for researchers to develop new interventions to help the marginalized populations of the world who are most affected by these threats. Women’s Health: New Frontiers in Advocacy & Social Justice Research explores the importance of intervention efforts when the researcher takes on the role of advocate to represent those who can’t represent themselves. This unique book examines how the marginalization of community groups, including refugee women, rural women, and Indigenous women, affects their access to the programs and services they need in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Women’s Health: New Frontiers in Advocacy & Social Justice Research looks at different levels of community preparation in the research process, examining implementations of the CBPR (Community Based Participatory Research) models that are specifically tailored to the needs of particular communities, including a project on cervical cancer initiated by the Indigenous women of Australia, and a five-year study of Type 2 diabetes by Hispanic women and researchers in the Western United States. The book’s articles—contributed by academics, practitioners, and researchers—focus primarily on the concept that rigorous research can be conducted while still attending to the needs of community members through a more action-oriented advocacy that promotes the special interests of those members. Women’s Health: New Frontiers in Advocacy & Social Justice Research examines: qualitative and quantitative research findings on women with refugee backgrounds in Australia and New Zealand healthcare experiences of women living in rural Victoria, Australia lay-health advocacy cost-effective options for reducing adverse health outcomes in resource-poor settings domestic violence advocacy cancer screening and treatment among Indigenous women in Queensland, Australia advocacy among Hispanic farmworkers in Southeast Idaho and much more Women’s Health: New Frontiers in Advocacy & Social Justice Research is an important resource on the role of advocacy in community based participatory research. The book is an essential professional resource for anyone working to address social injustice in marginalized communities.

Author : Sharon Batt
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774833875

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Health Advocacy, Inc. by Sharon Batt Pdf

Health activist, scholar, award-winning journalist, and cancer survivor Sharon Batt investigates the relationship between patient advocacy groups and the pharmaceutical industry as well as the contentious role of pharma funding. Over the past several decades, a gradual reduction in state funding has pressured patient groups into forming private-sector partnerships. This analysis of Canada’s breast cancer movement from 1990 to 2010 shows that the resulting power imbalance undermined the groups’ ability to put patients’ interests ahead of those of the funders. A movement that once encouraged democratic participation in the development of health policy now eerily echoes the demands of the pharmaceutical industry.

Author : Sandra Morgen
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0813530717

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Into Our Own Hands by Sandra Morgen Pdf

Recent history has witnessed a revolution in womens health care. Beginning in the late 1960s, women in communities across the United States challenged medical and male control over womens health. Few people today realize the extent to which these grassroots efforts shifted power and responsibility from the medical establishment into womens hands as health care consumers, providers, and advocates. Into Our Own Hands traces the womens health care movement in the United States. Richly documented, this study is based on more than a decade of research, including interviews with leading activists; documentary material from feminist health clinics and advocacy organizations; a survey of womens health movement organizations in the early 1990s; and ethnographic fieldwork. Sandra Morgen focuses on the clinics born from this movement, as well as how the movements encounters with organized medicine, the state, and ascendant neoconservative and neoliberal political forces of the 1970s to the1980s shaped the confrontations and accomplishments in womens health care. The book also explores the impact of political struggles over race and class within the movement organizations.

Author : Karen L. Baird,Dána-Ain Davis,Kimberly Christensen
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780838641842

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Beyond Reproduction by Karen L. Baird,Dána-Ain Davis,Kimberly Christensen Pdf

Examines the women's health movement of the 1990s and how activists achieved policy changes in the areas of medical research, HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, and violence against women. -- Back cover.

Author : Elizabeth Cartwright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1073117770

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Women's Health: New Frontiers in Advocacy & Social Justice Research by Elizabeth Cartwright Pdf

Author : Barbara Seaman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Women
ISBN : LCCN:2010016341

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Voices of the Women's Health Movement: Taking our bodies back: the women's health movement : The role of advocacy groups in research on women's health by Barbara Seaman Pdf

Explores a range of health topics concerning women, from reproductive rights to motherhood, and details the history of the women's health movement through essays and speeches by prominent women's health advocates.

Author : Janet W. Kenney
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Incorporated, Health Sciences Division
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Gynecologic nursing
ISBN : UOM:39015010677105

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Contemporary Women's Health by Janet W. Kenney Pdf

Author : Uta Landy,Philip D Darney,Jody Steinauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781108839648

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Medical Education in Sexual and Reproductive Health by Uta Landy,Philip D Darney,Jody Steinauer Pdf

A unique and inspirational guide to the creation of an integrated medical education framework for family planning and reproductive health.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Women's Health Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309163378

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Women's Health Research by Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Women's Health Research Pdf

Even though slightly over half of the U.S. population is female, medical research historically has neglected the health needs of women. However, over the past two decades, there have been major changes in government support of women's health research-in policies, regulations, and the organization of research efforts. To assess the impact of these changes, Congress directed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ask the IOM to examine what has been learned from that research and how well it has been put into practice as well as communicated to both providers and women. Women's Health Research finds that women's health research has contributed to significant progress over the past 20 years in lessening the burden of disease and reducing deaths from some conditions, while other conditions have seen only moderate change or even little or no change. Gaps remain, both in research areas and in the application of results to benefit women in general and across multiple population groups. Given the many and significant roles women play in our society, maintaining support for women's health research and enhancing its impact are not only in the interest of women, they are in the interest of us all.

Author : Pat Armstrong,Ann Pederson
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Gender identity
ISBN : 9780889615700

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Women's Health 2e by Pat Armstrong,Ann Pederson Pdf

Though we may no longer confine our understanding of women's health to reproduction and maternity care, women's health in Canada continues to be limited by knowledge gaps, political agendas, and fiscal restraints. This second edition of Women's Health provides a comprehensive picture of the state of women's health in Canada, tracing the emergence of the field and outlining some of the current challenges facing its advancement. The contributors--who include academics, health care professionals, and policy-makers--explore women's health in different social and geographical locations, the gendering of care work, and the ways in which research can influence health policy. Drawing on gender-based analysis and highlighting the diversity among women, this multidisciplinary collection illustrates the breadth of contemporary Canadian writing on women's health and calls for a renewed commitment to women's health advocacy. This revised edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect developments in research and recent changes in the social, political, and economic context. New chapters cover topics such as wait times, girls' health, and unpaid health care. Featuring questions for further thought and lists of recommended readings and websites, this unique text is a valuable resource for both students and researchers in the fields of women's studies, sociology, health sciences, and nursing.

Author : Alexander,Judith H. LaRosa,Helaine Bader,William Alexander,Susan Garfield
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781284088434

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New Dimensions in Women's Health by Alexander,Judith H. LaRosa,Helaine Bader,William Alexander,Susan Garfield Pdf

Appropriate for undergraduate students studying health education, nursing and women's studies, New Dimensions in Women's Health, Seventh Edition is a comprehensive, modern text that offers students the tools to understand the health of women of all cultures, races, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and sexual orientations.

Author : Nancy Worcester,Mariamne H. Whatley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Women
ISBN : UCSC:32106016957125

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Women's Health by Nancy Worcester,Mariamne H. Whatley Pdf

Author : Sarah A. Tilstra,Deborah Kwolek,Julie L. Mitchell,Brigid M. Dolan,Michael P. Carson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030506957

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Sex- and Gender-Based Women's Health by Sarah A. Tilstra,Deborah Kwolek,Julie L. Mitchell,Brigid M. Dolan,Michael P. Carson Pdf

This book provides primary care clinicians, researchers, and educators with a guide that helps facilitate comprehensive, evidenced-based healthcare of women and gender diverse populations. Many primary care training programs in the United States lack formalized training in women’s health, or if they do, the allotted time for teaching is sparse. This book addresses this learning gap with a solid framework for any program or individual interested in learning about or teaching women’s health. It can serve as a quick in-the-clinic reference between patients, or be used to steer curricular efforts in medical training programs, particularly tailored to internal medicine, family medicine, gynecology, nursing, and advanced practice provider programs. Organized to cover essential topics in women’s health and gender based care, this text is divided into eight sections: Foundations of Women's Health and Gender Based Medicine, Gynecologic Health and Disease, Breast Health and Disease, Common Medical Conditions, Chronic Pain Disorders, Mental Health and Trauma, Care of Selected Populations (care of female veterans and gender diverse patients), and Obstetric Medicine. Using the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and American Board of Internal Medicine blueprints for examination development, authors provide evidence-based reviews with several challenge questions and annotated answers at the end of each chapter. The epidemiology, pathophysiology, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of all disease processes are detailed in each chapter. Learning objectives, summary points, certain exam techniques, clinical pearls, diagrams, and images are added to enhance reader’s engagement and understanding of the material. Written by experts in the field, Sex and Gender-Based Women's Health is designed to guide all providers, regardless of training discipline or seniority, through comprehensive outpatient women’s health and gender diverse care.

Author : Rebecca J. Cook,Bernard M. Dickens,Mahmoud F. Fathalla
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-04-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191553837

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Reproductive Health and Human Rights by Rebecca J. Cook,Bernard M. Dickens,Mahmoud F. Fathalla Pdf

The concept of reproductive health promises to play a crucial role in improving women's health and rights around the world. It was internationally endorsed by a United Nations conference in 1994, but remains controversial because of the challenge it presents to conservative agencies: it challenges policies of suppressing public discussion on human sexuality and regulating its private expressions. Reproductive Health and Human Rights is designed to equip healthcare providers and administrators to integrate ethical, legal, and human rights principles in protection and promotion of reproductive health, and to inform lawyers and women's health advocates about aspects of medicine and healthcare systems that affect reproduction. Rebecca Cook, Bernard Dickens, and Mahmoud Fathalla, leading international authorities on reproductive medicine, human rights, medical law, and bioethics, integrate their disciplines to provide an accessible but comprehensive introduction to reproductive and sexual health. They analyse fifteen case-studies of recurrent problems, focusing particularly on resource-poor settings. Approaches to resolution are considered at clinical and health system levels. They also consider kinds of social change that would relieve the underlying conditions of reproductive health dilemmas. Supporting the explanatory chapters and case-studies are extensive resources of epidemiological data, human rights documents, and research materials and websites on reproductive and sexual health. In explaining ethics, law, and human rights to healthcare providers and administrators, and reproductive health to lawyers and women's health advocates, the authors explore and illustrate limitations and dysfunctions of prevailing health systems and their legal regulation, but also propose opportunities for reform. They draw on the values and principles of ethics and human rights recognized in national and international legal systems, to guide healthcare providers and administrators, lawyers, governments, and national and international agencies and legal tribunals. Reproductive Health and Human Rights will be an invaluable resource for all those working to improve services and legal protection for women around the world. Updates to this book, and information on translations to French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Arabic are now available at www.law.utoronto.ca/faculty/cook/ReproductiveHealth.html