Description
Book SynopsisThe Routledge International Handbook of Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health is the authoritative reference work on important, leading-edge developments in the domains of women's sexual and reproductive health.
The handbook adopts a life-cycle approach to examine key milestones and events in women's sexual and reproductive health. Contributors drawn from a range of disciplines, including psychology, medicine, nursing and midwifery, sociology, public health, women's studies, and indigenous studies, explore issues through three main lenses:
- the biopsychosocial model
- feminist perspectives
- international, multidisciplinary perspectives that acknowledge the intersection of identities in women's lives.
The handbook presents an authoritative review of the field, with a focus on state-of-the-art work, encouraging future research and policy development in women's sexual and reproductive health. Final
Table of Contents
Author biographies
Introduction – Joan C. Chrisler, Jane M. Ussher and Janette Perz
Part I: Menarche, menstruation and menopause
1. Pubertal development and menarche: physiological and developmental aspects – Margaret L. Stubbs
2. Menarche. psychosocial and cultural aspects – Maria Luisa Marván and Verónica Alcalá–Herrera
3. The menstrual cycle: its biology in the context of silent ovulatory disturbances – Jerilynn C. Prior
4. The menstrual cycle: attitudes and behavioral concomitants – Joan C. Chrisler and Jenifer A. Gorman
5. Premenstrual mood disorders: a feminist psychosocial perspective – Jane M. Ussher and Janette Perz
6. Menopause and midlife: psychosocial perspectives and interventions – Myra S. Hunter
Part II: Reproductive and gynecological disorders
7. Menstrual-cycle-related disorders: polycystic ovary syndrome, dysmenorrhea and menstrual migraine – Nancy Fugate Woods and Nancy J. Kenney
8. Women’s experience of endometriosis – Elaine Denny and Annalise Weckesser
9. Breast and reproductive cancers: genomics and risks – Cheryl B. Travis
10. Psychosocial aspects of women’s sexual and reproductive well-being after cancer – Chloe Parton
Part III: Contraception and infertility
11. Contraception across the reproductive life-course – Deborah Bateson
12. Abortion in context – Jeanne Marecek
13. Women’s experiences of infertility – Jessica L. Barnack–Tavlaris
14. Fertility and cancer – Michelle Peate, Lesley Stafford and Yasmin Jayasinghe
15. Assisted conception: fertility preservation, surrogate motherhood, gamete/embryo donation and in vitro fertilization – Olga B. A. van den Akker
Part IV: Pregnancy and childbirth
16. ‘Adolescent pregnancy’: social problem, public health concern, or neither? – Catriona Ida Macleod and Tracey Feltham–King
17. Smoking and pregnancy: risk factors, women’s experiences and interventions – Michael Ussher, Felix Naughton, Cailtlin Notley and Linda Bauld
18. Medical aspects of pregnancy – Annemarie Hennessy
19. Miscarriage – Heather Rowe and Alexandra J. Hawkey
20. The ultimate in women’s labor: stillbirth and grieving – Joanne Cacciatore and Jill Wieber Lens
21. Psychological aspects of pregnancy and pregnancy health care in their social and cultural contexts – Jane R.W. Fisher and Karin Hammarberg
22. Childbirth and sexuality – Hannah H. Dahlen and Sahar Sobhgol
23. Postpartum adjustment: psychological aspects – Paula Nicolson
24. Understanding perinatal mental health problems: prevalence, risk factors, approaches to prevention, early identification and treatment – Virginia Schmied
Part V: Sexuality and sexual health
25. Women’s sexual health and embodiment – Niva Piran
26. Sexual health of adolescent girls – S. Rachel Skinner, Cristyn Davies, Jennifer Marino, Jessica R. Botfield and Larissa Lewis
27. Older women and sexual health: social, relational and medical considerations – Camille J. Interligi and Maureen C. McHugh
28. Sexuality and sexual dysfunction: psychological perspectives and interventions – Julia Velten and Sonia Milani
29. Sexuality and sexual dysfunction: critical analyses – Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Lianne A. Rosen, Maxime Charest and Alyson K. Spurgas
30. HIV, STIs, risk taking and sexual health – Jennifer Power
31. Impacts of sexual violence on women’s sexual health – Kyja Noack–Lundberg
32. Feminist perspectives on child sexual abuse – Sam Warner
33. Female genital mutilation and genital surgeries – Hilary Burrage
Part VI. Marginalized women’s health
34. Shame, silence and secrecy: migrant and refugee women’s sexual and reproductive health and embodiment – Alexandra Hawkey
35. Reproductive health disparities among women experiencing homelessness – Courtney Cronley and Shamsun Nahar
36. Reproductive justice and culturally safe approaches to sexual and reproductive health for indigenous women and girls – Pat Dudgeon and Abigail Bray
37. Reproductive health of women in low- and middle-income countries – Kirsten I. Black and Miriam O’Connor
38. Experiences of reproductive and sexual health and health care among women with disabilities – Heather Dillaway, Brianna Marzolf, Heather Fritz, Wassim Tarraf and Catherine Lysack
39. Women with intellectual and developmental impairments: differences not deficits – Jan Burns
40. Lesbian, bisexual, queer and transgender women’s sexual and reproductive health – Ruth P. McNair
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