Nighat Arif

eBook, ePUB

The Power of Puberty & Periods (eBook, ePUB)

The pocket guide to female health from one of TV's best loved doctors

Beschreibung

ITV This Morning's GP Dr Nighat Arif brings you the essential guide to navigating puberty for women.

This book tackles important topics including:
- Physical changes during puberty such as unexpected body hair or acne outbreaks
- How periods work and how to handle them
- Taking care of your vulva and vagina
- Sexual health, sexually transmitted diseases & contraception

The Power of Puberty & Periods encompasses a range of experiences, including the perspectives of women of colour, people of all cultures, and the transgender community to ensure that all groups affected by female health concerns are a part of vital conversations.

For all women and people assigned female at birth, whether you are hoping to understand your first period or helping your family navigate these vital years, this book is a no-nonsense reference book packed with clear-sighted, compassionate advice.

Content from this book previously appeared in the hardback edition of The Knowledge: Your Guide to Female Health from Menstruation to the Menopause

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 5.46MB
• FamilySharing(5)

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech
• Entspricht WCAG Level AA Standards
• Entspricht WCAG 2.2 Standards
• Alle Texte können hinsichtlich Größe, Schriftart und Farbe angepasst werden
• Navigation über vor-/zurück-Elemente ohne Inhaltsverzeichnis
• Kurze Alternativtexte für nicht-textuelle Inhalte vorhanden
• Navigierbares Inhaltsverzeichnis für direkten Zugriff auf Text und Medien

Autor

Dr Nighat is a GP specializing in women's health and family planning with over 16 years of experience in the NHS and private practice. She is based in Buckinghamshire and is able to consult fluently with patients in Urdu and Punjabi. Dr Nighat is a medical educator and provides teaching to local trainee GPs as well as at national and international conferences. Dr Nighat was nominated for the National Bevan Prize for Health and Wellbeing to acknowledge her exceptional commitment to advancing wellbeing in her community. Dr Nighat has worked to raise awareness on menopause and women's healthcare in Black and Asian women, she presented her clinical work at the 'Menopause in the Workplace' Parliamentary committee hearing. She has also worked with Team Halo, a United Nation (UN) initiative to bring an end to the pandemic and presented at the G7 Global Vaccine Confidence Summit that led to her being awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Science at London City University for Women's Health, Public Health and Inclusion. Dr Nighat is the resident doctor on BBC Breakfast, ITV'S This Morning and BBC LookEast, and she hosts her own Sunday Breakfast show on BBC3 Counties Radio. Dr Nighat was also a contributor on the Channel 4 documentary 'Davina McCall: Sex, Lies and the Menopause'  and has made guest appearances on numerous podcasts tackling taboos around women's health. Dr Nighat has regularly written for various publications including Stylist Magazine, HELLO, Red magazine, Good Housekeeping Magazine and Women in Medicine Magazine and her work around menopause has featured in British Vogue Magazine. She is also the ambassador of  a global charity Wellbeing of Women, Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, The Good Grief Trust, HerSpirit, Sikh Forgiveness and Upon Noon. Tiktok.com/@DrNighatArif Instagram.com/DrNighatArif Twitter.com/DrNighatArif

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Octopus
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780600639718
• Artikelnr.: 73576076