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1 online resource (674 p.) |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Women's Health Psychology -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- SECTION 1: Women's Health in Context -- Chapter 1 Historical Roots of Women's Healthcare -- INTRODUCTION -- CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH -- ADOLESCENT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT -- SEXUALITY AND SEX EDUCATION -- THE BIRTH CONTROL MOVEMENT -- THE WOMEN'S HEALTH MOVEMENT -- PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH -- ABORTION, STERILIZATION ABUSE, AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS -- SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THE ANTIRAPE MOVEMENT -- GENDER EQUALITY AND MEDICAL RESEARCH -- REFERENCES |
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Chapter 2 Retheorizing Women's Health Through Intersectionality's Prism -- INTERSECTIONALITY: A BRIEF HISTORY OF AN INTENSELY USEFUL BUT UNDERUTILIZED THEORY IN PSYCHOLOGY -- THE INDIVIDUAL AS QUEEN: A REVIEW OF FIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR -- The Health Belief Model -- The Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) -- Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) -- Transtheoretical Model (TTM) and Stages of Change -- FLIPPING THE INDIVIDUALISTIC SCRIPT: CRITIQUES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH BEHAVIOR THEORIES -- HIV/AIDS: THE OTHER WEIGHTY ISSUE |
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Contextualizing HIV/AIDS Among Women -- Socioeconomic Status: The Dollars and Cents of Women's HIV Risk -- Social Inequality, Women, and HIV Risk -- OPTIMISM RISING AND FALLING: TOWARD AN INTERSECTIONALITY-INFORMED UNDERSTANDING OF WOMEN'S HEALTH -- THE REVERBERATIONS OF "AIN'T I A WOMAN?": CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 Employment and Women's Health -- WORKING CONDITIONS AND HEALTH -- Occupational Segregation and Women's Health -- Sexual Harassment and Women's Health -- WORK-FAMILY BALANCE AND HEALTH -- Models of Work-Family Balance and Health -- Life Stage Variations |
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IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 Effects of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women -- DEFINITION OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (IPV) -- RISK FACTORS FOR IPV IN THE UNITED STATES -- Homicides -- Nonlethal Physical and Sexual Assault -- Other Vulnerable Populations -- Summary -- THE NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS OF IPV VICTIMIZATION -- Physical Effects -- Psychological Effects -- Summary -- THE NEED FOR ROUTINE HEALTHCARE SCREENING -- Resistance to IPV Screening -- Overcoming Attitudinal Barriers to IPV Screening -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION II: Well-Being and Health Challenges |
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Chapter 5 Alcohol Use in Women -- INTRODUCTION -- PATTERNS OF ALCOHOL USE AND ALCOHOL PROBLEMS IN WOMEN -- Prevalence of Women's Drinking and Average Drinking Levels -- Prevalence of Women's Alcohol Problems and Disorders -- HEALTH AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF WOMEN 'S DRINKING -- Gender Differences in Alcohol-Related Morbidity and Mortality -- Women's Reproductive Health -- Adverse Psychological and Social Consequences of Women's Problem Drinking -- RISK FACTORS FOR WOMEN'S PROBLEM DRINKING -- Understanding Gender Differences in Alcohol use and Related Problems -- Genetic and Familial Risks |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Demographic Correlates and Psychosocial Risk Factors |
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118418192 |
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1118418190 |
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