Gender-based violence and public health : international perspectives on budgets and policies / edited by Keerty Nakray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nakray, Keerty, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in public health.

Routledge studies in public health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health.

Abused women--Mental health.

Abused women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 233 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gender-based violence is a multi-faceted public health problem with numerous consequences for an individual's physical and mental health and wellbeing. This collection develops a comprehensive public health approach for working with gender-based violence, paying specific attention to international budgets, policies and practice and drawing on a wide selection of empirical studies. Divided into two parts, the text looks at how public health budgets and policies can be used to influence a range of risk factors and outcomes, and then outlines a theoretical and conceptual framework. The

Contents:

Conceptual framework

Gender based violence : a framework for public health budgets and policies / Keerty Nakray

Gender budgets and public health approach : addressing gender based violence in India / Vibhuti Patel

Gender-based violence as a public health issue and the legal perspective : a critical overview / Ronagh McQuigg

Gender, gender-based violence, and HIV/AIDS : review of evidence and policy / Rachel Jewkes

Measuring gender based violence : issues of impact and prevalence / Emma Williamson

Gender-based violence in Australia : a state-based joined-up approach / Deborah Western and Robyn Mason

Risks, impacts, and responses to gender based violence

Gender-based violence in post-disaster recovery situations : an emerging public health issue / Margaret Alston Chapter

Gender, use and abuse : sexually abused women in alcohol and drug treatment / Jan Breckenridge and Michael Salter

The impact of intimate partner violence on the mental health of Latin American immigrant women in the U.S. / Blanca M. Ramos

Legal response to domestic violence in Tajikistan / Dilbar Turkhanova

Sexual violence within intimate contexts of marriage : integrating human rights and public health approach for gender sensitive interventions / Nishi Mitra

Gender-based violence and reproductive health in five Indian states / Ernestina Coast, Tiziana Leone, and Alankar Malviya

Rethinking gender based violence and public health policies in India : insights from Dilaasa, Mumbai, India / Padma Bhate-Deosthali and Ravi Duggal

Contributing to the prevention of domestic violence related homicide : a multi-systemic practice response framework / Jan Breckenridge and Kerrie James

Sexual violence and culture of silence in India : critical appraisal of role of health services / Nishi Mitra.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780203077344

0203077342

9781299148260

1299148263

9781135131067

1135131066

OCLC:

827944844