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OverviewGrowing urbanization affects women and men in fundamentally different ways, but the relationship between gender and city environments has been ignored or misunderstood. Women and men play different roles, frequent different public areas, and face different health risks. Women suffer disproportionately from disease, injury, and violence because their access to resources is often more limited than that of their male counterparts. Yet, when women are healthy and safe, so are their families and communities. Urban policy makers and public health professionals need to understand how conditions in densely populated places can help or harm the well-being of women in order to serve this large segment of humanity. Women's Health and the World's Cities illuminates the intersection of gender, health, and urban environments. This collection of essays examines the impact of urban living on the physical and psychological states of women and girls in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Urban planners, scholars, medical practitioners, and activists present original research and compelling ideas. They consider the specific needs of subpopulations of urban women and evaluate strategies for designing spaces, services, and infrastructure in ways that promote women's health. Women's Health and the World's Cities provides urban planners and public health care providers with on-the-ground examples of projects and policies that have changed women's lives for the better. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Afaf Ibrahim Meleis , Eugenie L. Birch , Susan M. WachterPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780812222647ISBN 10: 0812222644 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 21 February 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword —Amy Gutmann Introduction: Developing Urban Areas as if Gender Matters —Afaf Ibrahim Meleis PART I: WOMEN'S HEALTH IN URBAN AREAS Chapter 1. Women's Health and the City: A Comprehensive Approach for the Developing World —Julio Frenk and Octavio Gómez-Dantés Chapter 2. Policy for a Better Future: A Focus on Girls and Women —Ruth Levine Chapter 3. Girls' Health and Educational Needs in Urban Environments —Varina Tjon-A-Ten, Brad Kerner, Shweta Shukla, and Anne Hochwalt Chapter 4. Making Cities Safe for Women and Girls: Integrating a Gender Perspective into Urban Health and Planning —Claudia Garcia-Moreno and Manupreet Chawla PART II: URBANIZATION, SPACE, AND GEOGRAPHY Chapter 5. Design of Healthy Cities for Women —Eugenie L. Birch Chapter 6. Are Women Victims, or Are They Warriors? —Sheela Patel Chapter 7. Women with Disabilities and Cities —Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo Chapter 8. The Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Women in Urban Areas —DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias PART III: MODELS OF EXCELLENCE Chapter 9. Women's Health in the Urban Community: National Institutes of Health Perspective —Vivian W. Pinn and Nida H. Corry Chapter 10. Transforming Urban Environments —Diane Cornman-Levy, Grace Dyrness, Jane Golden, David Gouverneur, and Jeane Ann Grisso Chapter 11. Bearing Witness: Women in Cities as Agents of Transformation for God —Grace R. Dyrness Chapter 12. Accessibility to Health Care in Urban Environments —Francisca M. Mwangangi Chapter 13. Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Violence Against Women and HIV in Kampala, Uganda —Tina C. Musuya Chapter 14. Philanthropy and Its Impact on Urban Women's Health —Katherina M. Rosqueta and Carol A. McLaughlin Afterword —Susan M. Wachter Notes List of Contributors References Index AcknowledgmentsReviewsWomen's Health and the World's Cities will hopefully spur a paradigm shift-political, economic, and social-on how we view women's rights to well-being... An outstanding addition to the existing literature on urban and public health. -Journal of Urban Affairs Incredibly relevant in setting out to address primary health issues affecting urban women globally... The book provides valuable insight into urban women's health issues worldwide. Thanks to its diversity in topics, there is bound to be an intriguing chapter for readers of all backgrounds-academics, researchers, and philanthropists alike. -Gender, Place, and Culture While global women's health has received serious attention from scholars, the profound impact of the environment on women's well-being has been poorly understood until now. Essential reading for anyone working to improve the lives of women. -Nancy Fugate Woods, University of Washington School of Nursing Filling a major gap in the literature on urban health, Meleis, Birch, and Wachter have pulled together an impressive collection of essays that promises to spark dialogue and debate across and among disciplines. Readers will come away with a clear understanding of the connections among health, gender, and urban space. -David Vlahov, University of California, San Francisco [Women's Health and the World's Cities] proves incredibly relevant in setting out to address primary health issues affecting urban women globally... The book provides valuable insight into urban women's health issues worldwide. Thanks to its diversity in topics, there is bound to be an intriguing chapter for readers of all backgrounds-academics, researchers, and philanthropists alike. -Gender, Place, and Culture While global women's health has received serious attention from scholars, the profound impact of the environment on women's well-being has been poorly understood until now. Essential reading for anyone working to improve the lives of women. -Nancy Fugate Woods, University of Washington School of Nursing Filling a major gap in the literature on urban health, Meleis, Birch, and Wachter have pulled together an impressive collection of essays that promises to spark dialogue and debate across and among disciplines. Readers will come away with a clear understanding of the connections among health, gender, and urban space. -David Vlahov, University of California, San Francisco Author InformationAfaf Ibrahim Meleis is Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing and Professor of Nursing and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the author of Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress. Eugenie L. Birch is Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education and Chair of the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Susan M. Wachter is Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management and Professor of Real Estate and Finance at The Wharton School and Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Together, Birch and Wachter direct the Penn Institute for Urban Research and are the coeditors of many books, including Global Urbanization, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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