Communicating Women's Health (eBook, ePUB)

Social and Cultural Norms that Influence Health Decisions
Redaktion: Madlock Gatison, Annette

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the conditions under which women are empowered, and feel entitled, to make the health decisions that are best for them. Bringing together personal narratives, key theory and literature, and original qualitative and quantitative studies, the book provides an in-depth comparative picture of how and why women's health varies for distinct groups of women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317553885
• Artikelnr.: 44473301

Autorenporträt

Annette Madlock Gatison, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Southern Connecticut State University, USA. Her forthcoming work for 2015 includes: Embracing the Pink Identity: Breast Cancer Culture, Faith Talk and the Myth of the Strong Black Women, Lexington Books; The Pink and The Black Experience: Lies that Make Us Suffer in Silence and Cost Us Our Lives, an article for Women's Studies in Communication; and Body Politics Strategies for Inclusiveness: A Case Study of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, chapter in Contexts for the Dark Side of Communication.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Annette Madlock Gatison Part I: Mothering and Reproduction 1.
Women's Childbirth Preferences Edith LeFebvre and Carmen Stitt 2. "Hush,
Little Baby, Don't Say a Word": Nursing Narratives through New Media
Andrée E. C. Betancourt and Elise E. Labbé 3. What Do Prenatal and
Postnatal Women Discuss With Their Healthcare Providers? Findings From the
Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Survey Yuping Mao and Lu Shi 4.
Depression and Suicide under the Japanese Patriarchal Family System Kimiko
Akita Part II: Womanhood, Sexuality and Relational Health 5. It's Getting
Hot in Here: Chemotherapy and Surgically Induced Menopause Effects Sexual
Health in BRCA Previviors and Survivors, It's more than a Personal Summer
Annette Madlock Gatison 6. Breast Cancer and Shame: Problematizing the Pink
Ribbon in Locations of Women's Breast Healthcare Sarah Hochstetler 7. Pink
is for (Survivor) Girls: Late-stage Breast Cancer, Silence, and Pink Ribbon
Culture Elizabeth M. Davis 8. An Examination of the American Discourse on
Menstruation: Iterating a Taboo on Women through Feminine Hygiene Products
Erika M. Thomas 9. "Does This Mean I'm Dirty?" The Complexities of Choice
in Women's Conversations about HPV Vaccinations Jennifer Malkowski 10.
Sexual and Relational Health Messages for Women Who Have Sex with Women
Sandra L. Faulkner, Pamela J. Lannutti, Andrea M. Davis, and Manda V. Hicks
Conclusion Annette Madlock Gatison