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Global Women’s Health

Advancing Health Equity with Public Health Approaches

Editors

Ann Marie Beddoe, MD, MPH

Cheryl G. Healton, DrPH, MPA

Nancy L. VanDevanter, DrPH, EdM, RN, FAAN

Laurie C. Zephyrin, MD, MPH, MBA

Description

Understand the most urgent health challenges for women today and strategies to improve outcomes

This comprehensive overview of women’s global health explores the critical disparities stemming from systems, policies, and care across the lifespan. Grounded in systems thinking and intersectionality, the text empowers learners to address health inequities worldwide. Covering topics such as maternal health, violence against women, chronic and infectious diseases, and much more, it connects policy, infrastructure, and social determinants to outcomes. With a comparative global lens and focus on innovation, readers gain the tools to advance equity-driven solutions in diverse populations and settings.

Key Features:

Global, lifecycle coverage spanning policy, populations, and major diseases impacting women across diverse settings
Presents practical applications to analyze and address disparities across High-Income Countries and Low-and Middle-Income Countries using policy, systems thinking, and equity-focused frameworks
Structured, interdisciplinary approach linking theory, real-world issues, and global comparisons for applied learning
Edited by leading experts with extensive experience in global health, policy, research, and clinical care
Instructor Resources include an Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, a Test Bank, and more

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Resources

SECTION I. WOMEN'S HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFECYCLE

Chapter 1. Global Women’s Health: An Introduction

Cheryl G. Healton, Juliana Upchurch, Nancy L. VanDevanter, Ann Marie Beddoe, Laurie C. Zephyrin

Chapter 2. Global Adolescent Health: Challenges and Opportunities

Ashley Halkett and Jonathan Klein

Chapter 3. Maternal Mortality and Morbidity — Implications of Systems and Policy Barriers and Solutions

Veronica Gillispie-Bell

Chapter 4. Aging and Women's Health

Victoria H. Raveis, Nancy L. VanDevanter, Andrea Norman McPherson

SECTION II. PRIORITY POPULATIONS

Chapter 5. Violence Against Women

Veronica Ades, Sophia Onadja, Lisa Pardee

Chapter 6. The Health and Healthcare of Women Service Members and Veterans

Jodie G. Katon, Lt Col Tonya B. Henderson

Chapter 7. Incarcerated Women Globally

Dawn Beichner-Thomas, Homer Venters

SECTION III. NONCOMMUNICABLE AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND RISK FACTORS

Chapter 8. Women and Substance Use: Causes, Scope of Global Impact, and Contemporary Challenges

Cheryl G. Healton, Megan Catlin, Juliana Upchurch

Chapter 9. Rapidly Changing Food Systems: Consequences for Women’s Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Gloria Guevara Alvarez, Filippa Juul, Reet Kapur, Niyati Parekh

Chapter 10. Women’s Mental Health Around the Globe: Key Issues

Madeline A. Naegle, Sheryl Garriques-Lloyd (Reviewer)

Chapter 11. Women and Cancer

Ann Marie Beddoe, Erica Liebermann, Miriam Mutebi, Jacob Mobolaji, Peter Kingham

Chapter 12. Reducing Cardiovascular Disease in Women: A Global Challenge

Cheryl G. Healton, Juliana Upchurch, Ann Marie Beddoe, Laurie C. Zephyrin, Nancy L. VanDevanter

Chapter 13. Infectious Diseases in Women

Ann Marie Beddoe, Alexis Sims-Haynes, Bernice Dahn

SECTION IV. POLICY: THE KEY TO A HEALTHY FUTURE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS

Chapter 14. Global Women’s Reproductive Health and Legal Advocacy

Rebecca B. Reingold, Sarah Wetter, Alison Durran

Chapter 15. Innovations in Women’s Health: Technology, Community, and Policy

Laurie C. Zephyrin, Faith Daniel, Mahathi Vojjala, Ishita Sunita Arora, Juliana Upchurch

Chapter 16. Hope for the Future: Driving Systems and Policy Change to Advance the Health and Human Rights of Women

Cheryl G. Healton, Juliana Upchurch, Ann Marie Beddoe, Laurie C. Zephyrin, Nancy L. VanDevanter

Glossary

Index

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