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Women's Health and the World's Cities.
Başlık:
Women's Health and the World's Cities.
Yazar:
Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim.
ISBN:
9780812205084
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (347 pages)
Seri:
The City in the Twenty-First Century
İçerik:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Developing Urban Areas as if Gender Matters -- Part I: Women's Health in Urban Areas -- Chapter 1. Women's Health and the City: A Comprehensive Approach for the Developing World -- Chapter 2. Policy for a Better Future: A Focus on Girls and Women -- Chapter 3. Girls' Health and Educational Needs in Urban Environments -- Chapter 4. Making Cities Safe for Women and Girls: Integrating a Gender Perspective into Urban Health and Planning -- Part II: Urbanization, Space, and Geography -- Chapter 5. Design of Healthy Cities for Women -- Chapter 6. Are Women Victims, or Are They Warriors? -- Chapter 7. Women with Disabilities and Cities -- Chapter 8. The Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Women in Urban Areas -- Part III: Models of Excellence -- Chapter 9. Women's Health in the Urban Community: National Institutes of Health Perspective -- Chapter 10. Transforming Urban Environments -- Chapter 11. Bearing Witness: Women in Cities as Agents of Transformation for God -- Chapter 12. Accessibility to Health Care in Urban Environments -- Chapter 13. Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Violence Against Women and HIV in Kampala, Uganda -- Chapter 14. Philanthropy and Its Impact on Urban Women's Health -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Özet:
This collection of essays, written by urban planners, scholars, medical practitioners, and activists, examines the impact of urban living on the well-being of women and girls in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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