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Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xiii, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Urban women--Health and hygiene.
Urban women--Social conditions.
Urban health.
Women's health services.
Urbanization--Environmental aspects.
Urbanization--Social aspects.

Other Authors:

Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim.
Birch, Eugenie Ladner.
Wachter, Susan M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-304) and index.

Contents:

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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Bearing witness : women in cities as agents of transformation for God / Grace R. Dyrness -- Accessibility to health care in urban environments / Francica 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.

Series:

The city in the twenty-first century.

ISBN:

0812243536 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780812243536 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)708648729

LCCN:

2011012391

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)