Rural Women's Health

Beverly Leipert author Belinda Leach author Wilfreda Thurston author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Published:18th Sep '12

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The well-being of rural communities affects the well-being of those who reside in towns and cities because of rural-urban connections through food, drinking water, infectious disease, extreme environmental events, recreation, and for many, retirement residence. In rural areas themselves, women play a critical role in the health of their families and communities, yet women’s health is often marginalized or ignored. There have been limited  studies to date about rural women and health in Canada. Filling an important gap in scholarship, this collection identifies priority issues that must be addressed to ensure these women’s well-being and offers innovative theoretical and methodological ideas for improvement.

Rural Women’s Health integrates perspectives from rural practitioners, residents, and scholars in a variety of fields, including nursing, sociology, anthropology, and geography, to tackle issues relevant to diverse settings across the country. As such, it presents a national perspective on the nature of women’s health while respecting internal and regional diversity, as well as viewpoints from international scholarship.

 ‘This volume is a rare and important collection of ground-breaking work on a topic too often ignored in Canadian academia.’

-- Megan J. Davis * BC Studies vol 185 spring 20

ISBN: 9781442645394

Dimensions: 236mm x 160mm x 36mm

Weight: 820g

472 pages