Rural women's health /edited by Beverly D. Leipert, Belinda Leach, and Wilfreda E. Thurston.
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : connecting rural women's health across time, locales, and disciplines / Looking back and forging ahead : rural women's health research and policy in Canada / Rural women's research and action on the prairies / Closing the gap : rural women's organizations and rural women's health in Canada / Health issues of women in rural United States : an overview / Farm work in Ontario and breast cancer risk / An exploration of Canadian farm women's food provisioning practices / The multiple dimensions of health : weaving together food sustainability and farm women's health / Outside assumptions : research with the Old Order Mennonite women in Ontario : an exploratory study / Living with their bodies : three generations of rural Newfoundland and Labrador women / Intimate partner violence : understanding and responding to the unique needs of women in rural and northern communities / Beverly D. Leipert, Belinda Leach, Wilfreda E. Thurston -- Rebecca Sutherns, Margaret Haworth-Brockman -- Margaret Haworth-Brockman [and others] -- Beverly D. Leipert, Tamara Landry, Belinda Leach -- Angeline Bushy -- James T. Brophy [and others] -- Lynn McIntyre, Krista Rondeau -- Wendee Kubik, Amber Fletcher -- Ewa M. Dabrowska, Susan K. Wismer -- Marilyn Porter, Natalie Beausoleil -- Karen G. Dyck, Kelly L. Stickle, Cindy L. Hardy.
Rural Women's Health presents a national perspective on the nature of women's health while respecting internal and regional diversity, as well as viewpoints from international scholarship.
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Rural women--Health and hygiene--Canada. Rural women--Medical care--Canada. Rural health--Canada. Women's health services--Canada. Rural health. Women. Women's health services.