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Women and health : global lives in focus / AnnJanette Alejano-Steele, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Women and society around the world series.
- Women and society around the world series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Health and hygiene.
- Women.
- World health.
- Women's Health.
- Global Health.
- Medical Subjects:
- Women's Health.
- Global Health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 245 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The health and wellbeing of the world's population matters, but many of the female half experience unequal access to information and care that increases their health risks. This global women's health volume delves into a number of health and social factors that combine to create a lower quality of life for women. Each chapter represents a global region, featuring three to four countries, and reviews health goals and outcomes relative to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and World Health Organization discussions on social determinants of health. Chapters are organized to invite readers to consider environmental conditions and social determinants that create gender inequities in health around the globe. Cultural forces that impact health, including environmental risks; access to health care; reproductive health; infectious and noncommunicable diseases; behavioral/mental health; and intersectional identity considerations such as religion, ethnicity, and LGBTQ identity issues.
- Contents:
- North America
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Europe
- North Africa and the Middle East
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Central and East Asia
- South and Southeast Asia
- Oceania.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. D. Sergeant Pepper Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Women and health.
- ISBN:
- 9781440862007
- 1440862001
- Publisher Number:
- 99983494838
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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