Beverly Leipert, Belinda Leach, Wilfreda Thurston

Rural Women's Health

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rural Women’s Health  presents a national perspective on the nature of women’s health while respecting internal and regional diversity, as well as viewpoints from international scholarship.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781442613485
• ISBN-10: 1442613483
• Artikelnr.: 36184074

Autorenporträt

Beverly D. Leipert is an associate professor in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing at the University of Western Ontario. Belinda Leach is a professor and associate dean (research) in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences at the University of Guelph. Wilfreda E. Thurston is a professor in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Calgary.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Connecting Rural Women’s Health Across Time, Locales, and
Disciplines
Beverly Leipert (University of Western Ontario), Wilfreda Thurston
(University of Calgary) and Belinda Leach (University of Guelph)
Part I Research, Policy, and Action
1. Looking Back and Forging Ahead: Rural Women’s Health Research and Policy
in Canada
Rebecca Sutherns and Margaret Haworth-Brockman (Prairie Women’s Health
Centre of Excellence)
2. Rural Women’s Research and Action on the Prairies
Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Rachel Rapaport Beck (Prairie Women’s Health
Centre of Excellence), Joanne Havelock, Harpa Isfeld (Prairie Women’s
Health Centre of Excellence), Noreen Johns, Diane Martz (University of
Saskatchewan), Lynn Scruby (University of Manitoba), and Jayne Whyte
3. Closing the Gap: Rural Women’s Organizations and Rural Women’s Health in
Canada
Beverly D. Leipert, Tamara Landry (University of Western Ontario) and
Belinda Leach
4. Health Issues of Women in Rural United States: An Overview
Angeline Bushy
Part II Health and Environment
5. Farm Work in Ontario and Breast Cancer Risk
James T. Brophy (University of Windsor), Margaret M. Keith (University of
Windsor), Andrew Watterson (University of Stirling), Michael Gilbertson and
Matthias Beck (University of York)
6. An Exploration of Canadian Farmwomen’s Food Provisioning Practices
Lynn McIntyre (University of Calgary) and Krista Rondeau (University of
Calgary)
7. The Multiple Dimensions of Health: Weaving Together Food Sustainability
and Farm Women’s Health
Wendee Kubik (University of Regina) and Amber Fletcher (University of
Regina)
8. Outside Assumptions. Research with the Old Order Mennonite Women in
Ontario: An Exploratory Study
Eva M. Dabrowska (University of Alberta) and Susan K. Wismer (University of
Waterloo)
Part III Gender-Based Violence
9. Living with their Bodies: Three Generations of Rural Newfoundland and
Labrador Women
Marilyn Porter (Memorial University) and Natalie Beausoleil (Memorial
University)
10. Intimate Partner Violence: Understanding and Responding to the Unique
Needs of Women in Rural and Northern Communities
Karen G. Dyck (University of Manitoba), Kelly L. Stickle (University of
Northern British Columbia ) and Cindy L. Hardy (University of Northern
British Columbia)
11. There’s a Nightmare in the Closet! Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a
Major Health Issue for Women Living in Remote Aboriginal Communities
Beverly Illauq
12. Rural Women’s Strategies for Seeking Mental Health and Housing Services
Phyllis Montgomery, Cheryl Forchuk (University of Western Ontario),
Carolyne Gorlick (King’s University College at The University of Western
Ontario) and Rick Csiernik (King's University College at The University of
Western Ontario)
Part IV Population Health, Health Promotion, and Public Health
13. Being a Good Woman: The Gendered Impacts of Restructuring in Rural
Alberta
Barbara Heather (Grant MacEwan University), D. Lynn Skillen, Jennifer Young
and Theresa Vladicka (Government of Alberta, Advanced Education and
Technology)
14. Gender Politics and Rural Women: Barriers to and Strategies for
Enhancing Resiliency
Nikki Gerrard (University of Saskatchewan) and Alanah Woodland (University
of Calgary)
15. Defining Health: Perspectives of African Canadian Women Living in
Remote and Rural Nova Scotia Communities
Josephine B. Etowa (University of Ottawa), Wanda Thomas Bernard (Dalhousie
University), Barbara Clow (Dalhousie University) and Juliana Wiens
16. The Quality of Life of Elderly Ukrainian Women in Rural Saskatchewan,
Canada
Nuelle Novik (University of Regina)
17. The Health of Pregnant Women in the Northwest Territories
Pertice M. Moffitt (Dalhousie University)
18. Rural Women, Leisure, Rural Identity and Health and Well-being:
Historical and Contemporary Connections
Deborah Stiles (Nova Scotia Agricultural College), Steven Dukeshire (Nova
Scotia Agricultural College), Kenneth S. Paulsen (Nova Scotia Agricultural
College), Melanie Goodridge, David Hobson, Jamie MacLaughlin, Katriona
MacNeil and J. Cristian Rangel
Part V Theorizing Rurality and Gender
19. Healthy Rural Bodies? Embodied Approaches to the Study of Rural Women’s
Health
Jo Little (University of Exeter)
20. Women, Chronic Illness and Rural Australia: Exploring the Intersections
between Space, Identity and the Body
Barbara Pini (Curtin University) and Karen Soldatic (Curtin University)
21. Health Policy and the Politics of Citizenship: Northern Women’s Care
Giving in Rural British Columbia
Jo-Anne Fiske (University of Lethbridge), Dawn Hemingway (University of
Northern British Columbia), Anita Vaillancourt (University of Toronto),
Heather Peters (University of Northern British Columbia), Christina
McLennan (Thompson Rivers University), Barbara Keith (Vancouver Coastal
Health) and Anne Burrill (University of Northern British Columbia)
22. Well Beings: Placing Emotion in Canadian Rural, Gender, and Health
Research
Deborah Thien (California State University, Long Beach)
Contributors