Rural women's health

Thurston, Wilfreda E. (Added Author). Leach, Belinda, 1954- (Added Author). Leipert, Beverly D. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781442645394 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1442645393 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781442613485 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1442613483 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
x, 458 p. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo, [NY] : University of Toronto Press, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- 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