Empowerment and women's health : theory, methods, and practice / Jane Stein.

  • Stein, Jane S.
Date:
[1997]
  • Books

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Description

"Linking the policies of international development with women's situations, the theories and research into women's health with the lives of individuals, the book offers a broad and cogent analysis of the web of factors that are relevant to health. The author reveals connections, associations, and interactions that escape a more narrow attempt to isolate remediable causes; she also makes a powerful case for an international feminist agenda on health which is attentive to local cultural idioms. The book concludes with a series of recommendations for improving women's health. Including a wealth of data on women's health around the world as well as a sustained consideration of methodologies for researching both empowerment and health, this is an important book for all concerned with health and development policy, health care providers, and health researchers and evaluators."--From cover.

Publication/Creation

London ; New Jersey : Zed Books, [1997]

Physical description

xiii, 322 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Related material

This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-317) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Women's Situations and Development -- 3. Empowerment -- 4. Health: Meaning, Methods, and Trends -- 5. Data on Women's Health -- 6. Factors Affecting Health -- 7. The Three Es: Equity, Education, and Empowerment -- 8. Theories of Scientific Inquiry -- 9. Methods and Practice of Scientific Inquiry -- 10. Conclusions -- 11. What Now?

Notes

Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.
Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: Bc

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ISBN

  • 1856494640
  • 9781856494649