Rural women's health [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

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.

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.

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