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Title Rural women's health / edited by Beverly D. Leipert, Belinda Leach, and Wilfreda E. Thurston
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Rural women -- Health and hygiene -- Canada
Rural women -- Medical care -- Canada
Rural health -- Canada
Women's health services -- Canada
Rural health.
Women.
Women's health services.
Rural Health
Women
Women's Health Services
women (female humans)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Women
Rural health
Rural women -- Health and hygiene
Women's health services
SUBJECT Canada
Subject Canada
Form Electronic book
Author Thurston, Wilfreda Enid, 1953-
Leach, Belinda, 1954-
Leipert, Beverly
ISBN 1442662514
9781442662513