Epidemiology of women's health

With contributions from leading authorities in the field, this one-of-a-kind text explores the major health challenges and conditions specifically affecting women. Epidemiology of Women’s Health covers chronic, infectious, autoimmune and psychological conditions as well as the health disparities and differences in health behaviors to give the reader a comprehensive understanding of the major female-specific needs that may be useful in developing effective public health programs. The text concludes with a review of the ethical aspects of gender-specific research studies.

Table of content:

Section I Introduction to Epidemiology of Women’s Health
Chapter 1 An Overview of Women’s Health: From the Past to the Future
Chapter 2 Epidemiologic Research Methods
Section II Personal and Community-Based Health Promotion and Morbidity Prevention
Chapter 3 Intentional and Unintentional Injury Mortality and Morbidity
Chapter 4 Health Promotion, Disease Prevention
Chapter 5 Preventive Nutrition: Public Health Implications
Chapter 6 Oral and Dental Health
Chapter 7 Epidemiology of Women’s Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Section III Sexual Health Across the Life Span
Chapter 8 Puberty
Chapter 9 Sexuality and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Chapter 10 Epidemiology of Reproductive Health
Chapter 11 Menopause
Section IV Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter 12 Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter 13 The Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS among American Women
Chapter 14 Prevention of HIV/AIDS in Women
Section V Chronic Psychological and Psychosocial Conditions
Chapter 15 Eating Disorders
Chapter 16 Depression in Women
Chapter 17 Bipolar Disorder
Chapter 18 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women
Chapter 19 Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 20 Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Health in the USA
Chapter VI Endocrine and Autoimmune Conditions
Chapter 21 Asthma
Chapter 22 Multiple Sclerosis
Chapter 23 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Chapter 24 Diabetes Across the Stages of a Woman’s Life
Section VII Malignancies
Chapter 25 Lung Cancer
Chapter 26 Breast Cancer
Chapter 27 Ovarian Cancer
Chapter 28 Endometrial Cancer
Chapter 29 Cervical Cancer
Chapter 30 Colorectal Cancer
Section VIII Chronic Conditions
Chapter 31 Women and Cardiovascular Disease
Chapter 32 Migraine in Women
Chapter 33 Epidemiology of Chronic Pain and Chronic Pain-Related Conditions
Chapter 34 Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chapter 35 Osteoporosis: Epidemiology and Consequences
Section IX Aging
Chapter 36 Clinical Changes Experienced by Older Women
Chapter 37 Subjective Well-Being of Midlife and Older Women
Chapter 38 The Impact of Falls and Fall Injuries on Older Women
Chapter 39 Alzheimer’s Disease in Women
Section X Impact of Research: Lessons from the Past, Challenges of the Future
Chapter 40 An Overview of Breast Screening
Chapter 41 The Future Role of Genetics in Women’s Health Research and Clinical Care
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