Women's health and the world's cities
By: edited by Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Eugenie L. Birch, and Susan M. Wachter
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The city in the twenty-first century; City in the twenty-first century book series
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780812243536
Subjects: Health and hygiene; Women's health services; Social aspects; Environmental aspects; Urbanization; Social conditions; Urban health; Urban women
Description: 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 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. 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. From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-304) and index.