Research Catalog

Title

Women's health across the lifespan : a comprehensive perspective / Karen Moses Allen, Janice Mitchell Phillips.

Author

Allen, Karen M. (Karen Moses)

Publication

Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott, 1997.

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Additional Authors

Phillips, Janice Mitchell.

Description

xviii, 537 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Women
• Women > Health and hygiene > Sociological aspects
• Women > Diseases
• Social Conditions
• Health education of women
• Health Education
• Health

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Women's Health Policy and Research -- 2. Demographic Overview of Women Across the Lifespan -- 3. Health Promotion and Preventive Health Issues: Young Adulthood to the Perimenopausal Years (15-45) -- 4. Health Promotion: The Perimenopausal to Mature Years (45-64) -- 5. Preventive Health Issues: The Perimenopausal to Mature Years (45-64) -- 6. Health Promotion: The Mature Years (64 and Older) -- 7. Preventive Health Issues: The Mature Years (64 and Older) -- 8. Coronary Heart Disease -- 9. Vascular Disease -- 10. Reproductive, Gynecologic, and Urinary Tract Conditions and Disorders -- 11. Cancer -- 12. Infectious Diseases -- 13. Alcohol and Other Drug Use, Abuse, and Dependence -- 14. Eating Disorders -- 15. Obesity -- 16. Mental Disorders -- 17. African American and Caribbean Island Women -- 18. Asian and Pacific Island Women -- 19. Latino/Hispanic Women -- 20. American Indian Women -- 21. Violence -- 22. Homelessness -- 23. Incarceration -- 24. Poverty --
• 25. Women's Health in the Workplace.

ISBN

0397552165 (alk. paper)

LCCN

96022832

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries