| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 439 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Women's health care : federal initiatives, policies, and directions / Susan J. Blumenthal and Susan F. Wood -- Socioeconomic status and women's health / Nancy E. Adler and Marilee Coriell -- Psychosocial factors and women's health : integrating mind, heart, and body / Ann O'Leary and Vicki S. Helgeson -- Impact of violence on women's health / Mary Ann Dutton, Yolanda Haywood, and Gigi El-Bayoumi -- Gender diferences in patient-physician communication / Debra L. Roter and Judith A. Hall -- Alcohol problems in women : risk factors, consequences, and treatment strategies / Nancy D. Volgetanz and Sharon C. Wilsnack -- Disordered eating and eating disorders / Kathleen M. Pike and Ruth H. Striegel-Moore -- Obesity / Rena R. Wing and Mary Lou Klem -- Physical activity and women's health : issues and future directions / Abby C. King and Michaela Kiernan -- Occupational stress and women's health / Naomi G. Swanson ... [et al.] -- Combining work and family / Nancy L. Marshall -- Psychosocial aspects of childbirth / M. Robin DiMatteo and Katherine L. Kahn -- Fertility problems : complex issues faced by women and couples / Lauri A. Pasch and Christine Dunkel-Schetter -- Premenstrual syndrome and menopause / Paula S. Derry, Sheryle J. Gallant, and Nancy F. Woods -- The challenges of aging / Royda Crose ... [et al.] -- Depression and anxiety disorders : diagnosis and treatment in primary care practice / Charlotte Brown and Herbert C. Schulberg -- The influence of behavioral and psychosocial factors on cardiovascular health in women / Sarah S. Knox and Susan Czajkowski -- HIV infection and AIDS / Patricia J. Morokoff, Vickie M. Mays, and Helen L. Coons -- Breast cancer : psychosocial factors influencing risk perception, screening, diagnosis, and treatment / Reneé Royak-Schaler, Annette L. Stanton, and Sharon Danoff-Burg -- Psychosocial factors associated with gynecological cancers / Electra D. Paskett and Robert Michielutte -- Rheumatic disease and women's health / Brenda M. DeVellis, Tracey A. Revenson, and Susan J. Blalock -- Diabetes : the challenge of maintaining glycemic control / Betsy A. Polley and Rena R. Wing -- Recurrent headache disorders / Kenneth A. Holroyd and Gay L. Lipchik -- Individual interventions : stages of change and other health behavior models : the example of smoking cessation / Robin J. Mermelstein -- Community-based prevention studies : intervention lessons for women / Carol A. Derby ... [et al.]. |
| Summary |
This volume integrates psychosocial, behavioral, and medical perspectives to encourage health promotion and disease prevention for women. Accounting for the social and behavioral context of women's lives, the authors review the factors that disproportionately affect women, such as domestic violence, multiple roles, and lower socioeconomic status. Specific assessment techniques are outlined to help health care practitioners identify conditions that are frequently misdiagnosed in women. /// Life-style factors that affect the health of women throughout the life span are discussed. Additional chapters are devoted to life-threatening and chronic conditions affecting women, including cardiovascular disease, HIV infection, breast cancer, and recurrent headaches. Readers will be guided in understanding how women cope with these conditions, and advised on ways to promote well-being in women who are suffering from these illnesses. /// This book is intended for medical educators, physicians, nurses, medical social workers, health and clinical psychologists and educators and students in these fields. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Form |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks. |
| Issued By |
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Women -- Mental health.
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Clinical health psychology.
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects.
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Women's Health Services.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Life Style.
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Health Promotion.
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| Added Author |
Gallant, Sheryle J.
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Keita, Gwendolyn Puryear.
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Royak-Schaler, Renee, 1946-
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American Psychological Association.
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| Other Form: |
Health care for women (print) (DLC) 97010813 |
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