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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807795803321

Titolo

Evaluating women's health messages : a resource book / / editors, Roxanne Louiselle Parrott, Celeste Michelle Condit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

9781483345437

1483345432

9781452247953

1452247951

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 445 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

ParrottRoxanne

ConditCeleste Michelle <1956->

Disciplina

618

Soggetti

Generative organs, Female - Diseases - Research

Sexism in medicine

Women - Health and hygiene - Sociological aspects

Women - Health and hygiene - Research

Health education of women

Mass media in health education

Women's health services - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Political agendas and women's reproductive health messages -- part II. Historical issues in communicating about women's reproductive health -- part III. A fetal and maternal health approach to communicating about women's reproductive health -- part IV. A campaign perspective for communicating about women's reproductive health -- part V. A social support framework for communicating about women's reproductive health -- part VI. Contemporary priorities in communicating about women's reproductive health.

Sommario/riassunto

The increased attention currently being paid to women's reproductive health issues has produced a corresponding interest in the role that communication plays in promoting better health care. Groundbreaking



and comprehensive, this book is the first systematic examination of the major types and forms of messages about women's reproductive health - medical, social scientific and public - and the degree to which these messages compare with and contradict each other. Within the broad framework of communication, a range of women's health issues are examined in this book from political, historical, t