Catching Fire - Women s Health Activism in Ireland Global Movement for Reproductive

Catching Fire narrates how women's health activism in Ireland became a model for future activist movements with enduring lessons for achieving greater gender equity across the globe.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Introduction


• Chapter One: Cervical Cancer Prevention


• Chapter Two: Contraception


• Chapter Three: Abortion


• Chapter Four: Pregnancy


• Chapter Five: Childbirth


• Chapter Six: Obstetric Violence: Symphysiotomies and Hysterectomies


• Conclusion


• References


• Resources and Further Information

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Beth Sundstrom, PhD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Communication and Public Health at the College of Charleston, South Carolina, where she is also Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) and Founding Co-Director of the Women's Health Research Team. Dr. Sundstrom conducts applied research that informs the development of community-based public health interventions and nationally recognized communication campaigns. She is a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Research Grant recipient and leading expert on health communication, social marketing, and women's health. She is the author of three books and more than 70 peer-reviewed publications in such outlets as Social Science & Medicine, Contraception, and the Journal of Health Communication, among others.

Cara Delay, PhD, is Professor of History and Co-Director of the Women's Health Research Team at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. Her research analyzes women, gender, and culture in Ireland,

the American South, and the Atlantic World, with a particular focus on the history of reproduction. Her award-winning body of scholarship includes more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters. She is the author of Irish Women and the Creation of Modern Catholicism, 1850-1950 (Manchester University Press, 2019) and the forthcoming Menstruation: A Global History (Polity Press).

Zusammenfassung

Catching Fire narrates how women's health activism in Ireland became a model for future activist movements with enduring lessons for achieving greater gender equity across the globe.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Cara Delay, Delay Cara, Beth Sundstrom, Beth (Associate Professor of Communicat Sundstrom
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 11.06.2023
• EAN: 9780197625101
• ISBN: 978-0-19-762510-1
• Seiten: 264
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Partnerschaft, Sexualität; MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, MEDICAL / Reproductive Medicine & Technology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Political activism, Ireland, Personal & public health, Reproductive Medicine, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Personal and public health / health education, Political activism / Political engagement