| Description |
xxvii, 439 pages ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Women's Health in Context. 1. Women's Health Care: Federal Initiatives, Policies, and Directions / Susan J. Blumenthal and Susan F. Wood. 2. Socioeconomic Status and Women's Health / Nancy E. Adler and Marilee Coriell. 3. Psychosocial Factors and Women's Health: Integrating Mind, Heart, and Body / Ann O'Leary and Vicki S. Helgeson. 4. Impact of Violence on Women's Health / Mary Ann Dutton, Yolanda Haywood and Gigi El-Bayoumi. 5. Gender Differences in Patient-Physician Communication / Debra L. Roter and Judith A. Hall -- Pt. II. Lifestyle Factors and Health. 6. Alcohol Problems in Women: Risk Factors, Consequences, and Treatment Strategies / Nancy D. Vogeltanz and Sharon C. Wilsnack. 7. Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders / Kathleen M. Pike and Ruth H. Striegel-Moore. 8. Obesity / Rena R. Wing and Mary Lou Klem. 9. Physical Activity and Women's Health: Issues and Future Directions / Abby C. King and Michaela Kiernan. 10. Occupational Stress and Women's Health / Naomi G. Swanson, Chaya S. Piotrkowski and Gwendolyn Puryear Keita [et al.] -- Pt. III. Responses to Life Cycle Challenges. 11. Combining Work and Family / Nancy L. Marshall. 12. Psychosocial Aspects of Childbirth / M. Robin DiMatteo and Katherine L. Kahn. 13. Fertility Problems: Complex Issues Faced by Women and Couples / Lauri A. Pasch and Christine Dunkel-Schetter. 14. Premenstrual Syndrome and Menopause / Paula S. Derry, Sheryle J. Gallant and Nancy F. Woods. 15. The Challenges of Aging / Royda Crose, Elaine A. Leventhal and Marie R. Haug [et al.] -- Pt. IV. Selected Life-Threatening and Chronic Conditions. 16. Depression and Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment in Primary Care Practice / Charlotte Brown and Herbert C. Schulberg. 17. The Influence of Behavioral and Psychosocial Factors on Cardiovascular Health in Women / Sarah S. Knox and Susan Czajkowski. 18. HIV Infection and AIDS / Patricia J. Morokoff, Vickie M. Mays and Helen L. Coons. 19. Breast Cancer: Psychosocial Factors Influencing Risk Perception, Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment / Renee Royak-Schaler, Annette L. Stanton and Sharon Danoff-Burg. 20. Psychosocial Factors Associated With Gynecological Cancers / Electra D. Paskett and Robert Michielutte. 21. Rheumatic Disease and Women's Health / Brenda M. DeVellis, Tracey A. Revenson and Susan J. Blalock. 22. Diabetes: The Challenge of Maintaining Glycemic Control / Betsy A. Polley and Rena R. Wing. 23. Recurrent Headache Disorders / Kenneth A. Holroyd and Gay L. Lipchik -- Pt. V. New Directions in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. 24. Individual Interventions: Stages of Change and Other Health Behavior Models - The Example of Smoking Cessation / Robin J. Mermelstein. 25. Community-Based Prevention Studies: Intervention Lessons for Women / Carol A. Derby, Marilyn A. Winkleby and Kate L. Lapane [et al.] |
| Summary |
This volume integrates psychosocial, behavioral, and medical perspectives to encourage health promotion and disease prevention for women. Accounting for the social and behavioral context of women's lives, the authors review the factors that disproportionately affect women, such as domestic violence, multiple roles, and lower socioeconomic status. Specific assessment techniques are outlined to help health care practitioners identify conditions that are frequently misdiagnosed in women. Life-style factors that affect the health of women throughout the life span are discussed. Additional chapters are devoted to life-threatening and chronic conditions affecting women, including cardiovascular disease, HIV infection, breast cancer, and recurrent headaches. Readers will be guided in understanding how women cope with these conditions, and advised on ways to promote well-being in women who are suffering from these illnesses. This book is intended for medical educators, physicians, nurses, medical social workers, health and clinical psychologists and educators and students in these fields |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks |
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English |
| Issuing Body |
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Clinical health psychology.
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Economics -- Sociological aspects.
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Health promotion.
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Lifestyles.
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects.
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Social aspects.
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Women -- Mental health.
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Women's health services.
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Women's Health Services.
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Health Promotion.
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Life Style.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services.
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Health Promotion.
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Health Services.
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Life Style.
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Population Characteristics.
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Preventive Health Services.
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Psychiatry and Psychology
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Psychology, Social.
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Social Sciences.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Sociology.
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Women's Health Services.
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| Author |
Gallant, Sheryle J.
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Keita, Gwendolyn Puryear.
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Royak-Schaler, Renee, 1946-
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American Psychological Association.
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Ovid Technologies, Inc.
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| LC no. |
97010813 |
| ISBN |
1557984220 (alk. paper) |
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