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

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: Violence - Prevention; Violent crimes - Prevention; Victims of violent crimes; Public health
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: NakrayKeerty
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender-based violence and public health
• ISBN: 0-203-07734-2; 1-299-14826-3; 1-135-13106-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463009703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in public health.