Women's Health Counts. Helen RobertsHealth Care and Gender. Charlotte F. MullerWomen and Well-Being/Les femmes et le mieux-être. Vanaja DhruvarajanThe Future of Human Reproduction. Christine OverallAbortion, Choice, and Contemporary Fiction: The Armageddon of the Maternal Instinct. Judith Wilt

Signs ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 698-703
Author(s):  
C. H. Browner
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Reproduction ◽  
Contemporary Fiction ◽  
Maternal Instinct ◽  
And Gender

Empowering Women in the Face of Body Ideals: A Scoping Review of Health Promotion Programs

2021 ◽  
pp. 109019812110505
Author(s):  
Victoria Chinn ◽  
Eva Neely ◽  
Sarah Shultz ◽  
Rozanne Kruger ◽  
Roger Hughes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Holistic Health ◽  
Global Priority ◽  
Health Promotion Programs ◽  
Health Domains ◽  
The Face

Achieving women’s health equity and empowerment is a global priority. In a Western context, women are often disempowered by the value society places on body size, shape or weight, which can create a barrier to health. Health promotion programs can exacerbate women’s preoccupations with their bodies by focusing outcomes toward achieving an “ideal” body size. Women’s health promotion activities should be empowering if the desired outcomes are to improve their health and well-being long-term. This review sought to identify key elements from health promotion programs that aimed to empower women. A search was conducted in PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL complete, and Academic Search Premiere databases. The search yielded 27 articles that collectively reported on 10 different programs. Through thematic synthesis, each article was analyzed for (1) key program features employed to empower women and (2) how such programs evaluated women’s health. Seven themes resulted, of which five describe key empowering features ( active participation, social support, sustainable change, holistic health perspective, strength-based approach) and two evaluation characteristics ( assessment across multiple health domains and a mixed-method design). The findings from this review can assist health promoters to design and improve initiatives that aim to empower women.

scholarly journals Role of Globalisation in Women’s Health: A Key Issue

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Neelesh Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Son Preference ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Infant Mortality Rate ◽  
Indian Women

The health of Indian women is intrinsically linked to their status in society. Research on women’s status has found that the contributions Indian women make to families often are overlooked, and instead they are viewed as economic burdens. There is a strong son preference in India, as sons are expected to care for parents as they age. This son preference, along with high dowry costs for daughters, sometimes results in the mistreatment of daughters. Further, Indian women have low levels of both education and formal labor force participation. They typically have little autonomy, living under the control of first their fathers, then their husbands, and finally their son. All of these factors exert a negative impact on the health status of Indian women. Poor health has repercussions not only for women but also their families. Women in poor health are more likely to give birth to low weight infants. They also are less likely to be able to provide food and adequate care for their children. Finally, a woman’s health affects the household economic well-being, as a woman in poor health will be less productive in the labor force. While women in India face many serious health concerns, this profile focuses on only five key issues: reproductive health, violence against women, nutritional status, unequal treatment of girls and boys, and HIV/AIDS. Because of the wide variation in cultures, religions, and levels of development among India’s 25 states and 7 union territories, it is not surprising that women’s health also varies greatly from state to state. To give a more detailed picture, data for the major states will be presented whenever possible. The discrimination against the girl child is systematic and pervasive enough to manifest in many demographic measures for the country. For the country as a whole as well as its rural areas, the infant mortality rate is higher for females in comparison to that for males. Usually, though not exclusively, it is in the northern and western states that the female infant mortality rates are higher, a difference of ten points between the two sexes specific rates not being uncommon.

Interprofessional Intervention to Support Mature Women: A Case Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith M. Pechacek ◽  
Diana Drake ◽  
Carrie Ann Terrell ◽  
Carolyn Torkelson
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Collaborative Practice ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
The Impact

Understanding the impact interprofessional teamwork has on patient outcomes is of great interest to health care providers, educators, and administrators. This article describes one clinical team, Women’s Health Specialists, and their implementation of an interprofessional health intervention course: “Mindfulness and Well-being: The Mature Woman” (MW: MW) to support mature women’s health needs in midlife (age 40–70 years) and empower patient involvement in self-care. The provider team works to understand how their interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) interventions focused on supporting midlife women are associated with improved quality and clinical outcomes. This case study describes the work of the Women’s Health Specialists clinic in partnership with the National Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice to study the impact an interprofessional team has on the health needs of women in midlife. This article summarizes the project structure, processes, outputs, and outcomes. Data collection, analysis, strategy, and next steps for future midlife women’s projects are also discussed.

scholarly journals Influence of Macrosocial Policies on Women's Health and Gender Inequalities in Health

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Borrell ◽  
L. Palencia ◽  
C. Muntaner ◽  
M. Urquia ◽  
D. Malmusi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Inequalities In Health ◽  
And Gender
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