Rural women's health /

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Imprint:Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (1 volume)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11164389
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Other authors / contributors:Thurston, Wilfreda Enid, 1953-
Leach, Belinda, 1954-
Leipert, Beverly.
ISBN:1442662514
9781442662513
9781442645394
1442645393
9781442613485
1442613483
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Rural Women's Health presents a national perspective on the nature of women's health while respecting internal and regional diversity, as well as viewpoints from international scholarship.
Other form:Print version: 9781442645394 1442645393
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : connecting rural women's health across time, locales, and disciplines / Beverly D. Leipert, Belinda Leach, Wilfreda E. Thurston
  • Looking back and forging ahead : rural women's health research and policy in Canada / Rebecca Sutherns, Margaret Haworth-Brockman
  • Rural women's research and action on the prairies / Margaret Haworth-Brockman [and others]
  • Closing the gap : rural women's organizations and rural women's health in Canada / Beverly D. Leipert, Tamara Landry, Belinda Leach
  • Health issues of women in rural United States : an overview / Angeline Bushy
  • Farm work in Ontario and breast cancer risk / James T. Brophy [and others]
  • An exploration of Canadian farm women's food provisioning practices / Lynn McIntyre, Krista Rondeau
  • The multiple dimensions of health : weaving together food sustainability and farm women's health / Wendee Kubik, Amber Fletcher
  • Outside assumptions : research with the Old Order Mennonite women in Ontario : an exploratory study / Ewa M. Dabrowska, Susan K. Wismer
  • Living with their bodies : three generations of rural Newfoundland and Labrador women / Marilyn Porter, Natalie Beausoleil
  • Intimate partner violence : understanding and responding to the unique needs of women in rural and northern communities / Karen G. Dyck, Kelly L. Stickle, Cindy L. Hardy.