Title & Author:

Women's health and the world's cities / edited by Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Eugenie L. Birch, and Susan M. Wachter.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2011.

Description:

xiii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

The city in the twenty-first century

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-304) and index.
Introduction : Developing urban areas as if gender matters / Afaf Ibrahim Meleis -- Women's health and the city : a comprehensive approach for the developing world / Julio Frenk and Octavio Gómez-Dantés -- Policy for a better future : a focus on girls and women / Ruth Levine -- Girls' health and educational needs in urban environments / Varina Tjon-A-Ten [and others] -- Making cities safe for women and girls : integrating a gender perspective into urban health and planning / Claudia Garcia-Moreno and Manupreet Chawla -- Design of healthy cities for women / Eugenie L. Birch -- Are women victims, or are they warriors? / Sheela Patel -- Women with disabilities and cities / Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo -- The health and well-being of immigrant women in urban areas / DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias -- Women's health in the urban community : National Institutes of Health perspective / Vivian W. Pinn and Nida H. Corry -- Transforming urban environments / Diane Cornman-Levy [and others] -- Bearing witness : women in cities as agents of transformation for God / Grace R. Dyrness -- Accessibility to health care in urban environments / Francisca M. Mwangangi -- Mobilizing communities to prevent violence against women and HIV in Kampala, Uganda / Tina C. Musuya -- Philanthropy and its impact on urban women's health / Katherina M. Rosqueta and Carol A. McLaughlin.

Summary:

Collection of essays examines the impact of urban living on the physical and psychological states of women and girls in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Urban planners, scholars, medical practitioners, and activists present original research and ideas. They consider the specific needs of subpopulations of urban women and evaluate strategies for designing spaces, services, and infrastructure in ways that promote women's health. Provides urban planners and public health care providers with on-the-ground examples of projects and policies that have changed women's lives for the better. From publisher description.

ISBN:

9780812243536 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0812243536 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780812222647 (pbk.)
0812222644 (pbk.)

Subject:

Urban women Health and hygiene.
Urban women Social conditions.
Urban health.
Women's health services.
Urbanization Environmental aspects.
Urbanization Social aspects.
Women Health and hygiene.
Women's Health
Urban Health
Women's Health Services
Socioeconomic Factors
Femmes en milieu urbain Santé et hygiène.
Femmes en milieu urbain Conditions sociales.
Santé urbaine.
Urbanisation Aspect de l'environnement.
Urbanisation Aspect social.
Femmes Santé et hygiène.
Femmes Services de santé.

Added entries:

Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim.
Birch, Eugenie Ladner.
Wachter, Susan M.
City in the twenty-first century book series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286748
Call No.: BIB 227219
Status: Available