Main description:

Though we may no longer confine our understanding of women's health to reproduction and maternity care, women's health in Canada continues to be limited by knowledge gaps, political agendas, and fiscal restraints. This second edition of Women's Health provides a comprehensive picture of the state of women's health in Canada, tracing the emergence of the field and outlining some of the current challenges facing its advancement.

The contributors-who include academics, health care professionals, and policy-makers-explore women's health in different social and geographical locations, the gendering of care work, and the ways in which research can influence health policy. Drawing on gender-based analysis and highlighting the diversity among women, this multidisciplinary collection illustrates the breadth of contemporary Canadian writing on women's health and calls for a renewed commitment to women's health advocacy.

This revised edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect developments in research and recent changes in the social, political, and economic context. New chapters cover topics such as wait times, girls' health, and unpaid health care. Featuring questions for further thought and lists of recommended readings and websites, this unique text is a valuable resource for both students and researchers in the fields of women's studies, sociology, health sciences, and nursing.

Contents:

Introduction, Pat Armstrong
Section One: Setting the Stage for Women's Health Research
Chapter 1: Women, Gender, and Health Research, Lorraine Greaves
Chapter 2: Integrating Women's Health and Gender Analysis in a Government Context: Personal Reflections on a Work in Progress, Sari Tudiver
Chapter 3: Sex, Gender, and Systematic Reviews: The Example of Wait Times for Hip and Knee Replacements, Ann Pederson and Pat Armstrong
Chapter 4: Women and Heart Disease-Getting to the Heart of the Matter, Karin Humphries
Section Two: Asking Which Women
Chapter 5: Pathways into In-Patient Psychiatric Services for Women Who Are Mothering and Living with Serious Mental Illness, Phyllis Montgomery, Cheryl Forchuk, and Sharolyn Mossey
Chapter 6: Healthy Living and Aboriginal Women: The Tension between Hard Evidence and Soft Logic, Madeleine Dion Stout
Chapter 7: Older Immigrant Women's Health: From the Triple Jeopardy to Cultural Competency, Ito Peng and Caitlin Cassie
Chapter 8: Women, Disability, and the Right to Health, Paula C. Pinto
Chapter 9: Rural Older Women's Health-Promotion Needs and Resources: Two Variations on a Photovoice Theme, Beverly D. Leipert and Robyn Plunkett
Chapter 10: The Health of Sexual Minority Women and Trans People: An Ontario Perspective, Anna Travers
Chapter 11: Girls' Perspectives on Girls' Groups, Nancy Poole, Christina Talbot, Jennifer Bernier, Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, Tatiana Fraser, and Bilkis Vissandjee
Section Three: Gendering Care Work
Chapter 12: Who Counts in Care? Gender, Power, and Aging Populations, Katherine Laxer
Chapter 13: Unpaid Health Care: An Indicator of Equity, Pat Armstrong
Chapter 14: Where Policy Meets the Nursing Front Line, Linda Silas and Carol Reichert
Chapter 15: Midwifery in Ontario: Opportunities for Women's Health Policy Research, Wendy Katherine
Section Four: Linking Research, Policy, and Practice
Chapter 16: Missing in Actions: The Critical Role of Environmental and Occupational Exposures in the Development of Breast Cancer in Women, Anne Rochon Ford and Ellen Sweeney
Chapter 17: Crossing the Chasms: Research, Policy, and Advocacy, Arlene S. Bierman
Chapter 18: ""Our Words, Our Health"": The Continuing Value of Including Women in Health Research and Knowledge Translation, Julie Maher and Sara Mohammed
Chapter 19: Canaries in the Mine: Filming Women Working in Health Care, Laura Sky
Conclusions, Ann Pederson and Pat Armstrong
Contributors