| Autore |
Kitts Jennifer
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, c1996
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (250 p.)
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| Disciplina |
362.1/082
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
RobertsJanet Hatcher
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| Soggetto topico |
Women - Health and hygiene - Developing countries
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| ISBN |
1-280-84970-3
9786610849703
1-55250-255-4
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: An Elusive Right -- Gender inequities in health -- Gaps in gender and health research -- Beyond pregnancy and reproductive health -- Chapter 1: Gender, Health, and Development -- Gender -- Health -- Sustainable development -- Chapter 2: Crosscutting Issues -- Gender, class, and ethnicity -- Women's education and health -- Empowerment of women and health -- Nutrition -- Chapter 3: The Research Process -- Barriers to research -- A gender perspective -- Qualitative research -- Action research -- Workshop initiatives -- Chapter 4: AIDS -- Infection levels among women -- Transmission and effects of HIV and AIDS -- Treatment and prevention -- STDs and HIV transmission -- The AIDS epidemic and women -- The transmission of AIDS among women -- Interventions -- Chapter 5: The Working Environment -- The formal work force -- The informal work force -- The sexual division of labour -- Women's work and associated health risks -- Characteristics of women's work -- Chapter 6: Tropical Disease -- Gender-differentiated "life spaces -- Diseases of poverty -- The stigma of tropical disease -- Access to care -- Women's role as family health-care providers -- Chapter 7: Barriers to Quality Health Care -- Recognition of illness -- Competing demands -- Women's health is not a priority -- Lack of support -- Shame and embarrassment -- Fear of illness -- Apathy and depression -- Access to health facilities -- Restrictions on mobility -- Access to financial resources -- Sex and maturity of the health worker -- Culturally sensitive services -- Poor quality of care -- Preference for traditional practices -- Chapter 8: New and Emerging Themes -- Health of older women -- Health of adolescent girls -- Mental health -- Women and tobacco -- Effects of war on health -- Violence against women -- Chapter 9: Priorities for Future Research.
General issues -- Education -- Nutrition -- AIDS -- The working environment -- Tropical diseases -- Barriers to quality health care -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Bibliography.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815179903321 |
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The health gap [[electronic resource] ] : beyond pregnancy and reproduction / / Jennifer Kitts and Janet Hatcher Roberts
