Women And Health In America
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Women and Health in America
Author | : Judith Walzer Leavitt |
Publsiher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 712 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Women |
ISBN | : 0299159647 |
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Organised chronologically and then by topic, this volume covers studies of women and health in the colonial and revolutionary periods through the Civil War. The remainder of the book focuses on the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Communities in Action
Author | : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States |
Publsiher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 583 |
Release | : 2017-04-27 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780309452960 |
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In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Taking Our Pulse
Author | : Iris F. Litt |
Publsiher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0804731373 |
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Assesses the current state of women's health care, discusses health issues that affect women, and suggests what must be done to improve women's health care services
U S Health in International Perspective
Author | : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries |
Publsiher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2013-04-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780309264143 |
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The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.
Women Health and Medicine in America
Author | : Rima Dombrow Apple |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0813517664 |
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Revolutionizing Women s Healthcare
Author | : Hannah Dudley-Shotwell |
Publsiher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2020-03-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780813593043 |
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Winner of the 2021 Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize from the Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH) Revolutionizing Women’s Healthcare is the story of a feminist experiment: the self-help movement. This movement arose out of women’s frustration, anger, and fear for their health. Tired of visiting doctors who saw them as silly little girls, suffering shame when they asked for birth control, seeking abortions in back alleys, and holding little control over their own reproductive lives, women took action. Feminists created “self-help groups” where they examined each other’s bodies and read medical literature. They founded and ran clinics, wrote books, made movies, undertook nationwide tours, and raided and picketed offending medical institutions. Some performed their own abortions. Others swore off pharmaceuticals during menopause. Lesbian women found “at home” ways to get pregnant. Black women used self-help to talk about how systemic racism affected their health. Hannah Dudley-Shotwell engagingly chronicles these stories and more to showcase the creative ways women came together to do for themselves what the mainstream healthcare system refused to do.
Research on Women s Health
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Women |
ISBN | : CHI:51736928 |
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New Dimensions in Women s Health
Author | : Linda Lewis Alexander |
Publsiher | : Jones & Bartlett Learning |
Total Pages | : 730 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0763741477 |
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Covering all aspects of women's health including historical, epidemiological, economical, clinical, legal, ethical, special population, cultural and psychosocial issues.