Women and Health, 3rd Edition, addresses health issues affecting women of all ages from adolescence through maturity. Extending far beyond other books on women’s health, which tend to focus on reproductive health alone, this book covers key issues ranging from osteoporosis to breast cancer, domestic violence, sexually transmitted diseases, occupational hazards, eating disorders, heart disease and other chronic illnesses, substance abuse, and societal and behavioral influences on health.
In this third edition of Women and Health, the chapters incorporate issues that affect women across the life course with a special emphasis on the health of mid-life and older women. Changes in the field of women’s health since the first and second editions, for example, in genetics and the impact of sex and gender on health, are represented with the latest scientific findings and controversies.
This book provides a comprehensive compendium of the epidemiology of health conditions affecting women internationally and over the life course for the lay reader, clinician, and health research scientist.
1. Section 1. Introduction to women’s health - p. S3 2. Chapter 1. Women’s health in the third decade of the 21st century - p. 5 3. Chapter 2. The journey to the 21st century - p. 29 4. Chapter 3. Current approaches to women’s health care - p. 49 5. The impact of health coverage on women’s access to care in the United States - p. 63 6. Chapter 5. Complementary and integrative medicine and women’s health - p. 83 7. Chapter 6. Racial and/or ethnic disparities in women’s health - p. 125 8. Chapter 7. Weathering: the mutability of women’s health with age and the consequences of injustice - p. 155 9. Sexual minority women’s health - p. 167 10. Chapter 9. Research regarding the health of transgender and nonbinary populations - p. 185 11. Chapter 10. Women’s health across the life course in low- and middle-income countries: an urgent and unfinished agenda - p. 197 12. Chapter 11. Migrant and refugee health: the influence of context and assets on women’s health across the lifecourse - p. 217 13. Section 2. Research methods in women’s health - p. S233 14. Chapter 12. Understanding research designs - p. 235 15. Chapter 13. The evolving focus of women’s health research - p. 255 16. Chapter 14. Life course approach to research in women’s health - p. 263 17. Chapter 15. Principles of genetics and genomics - p. 277 18. Chapter 16. Omic technologies and Precision Women’s Health - p. 289 19. Section 3. Introduction to the social (and structural) determinants of women’s health - p. S299 20. Chapter 17. Women, stress, and health - p. 305 21. Chapter 18. Intimate partner violence - p. 319 22. Chapter 19. Social policy choices, women, and health - p. 333 23. Chapter 20. The impact of the built environment on health - p. 355 24. Chapter 21. Women’s health and the carceral state - p. 377 25. Part II: Sexual and reproductive health - p. P391 26. Sexual and reproductive health, third edition, Women and Health - p. S393 27. Chapter 22. Puberty development: determinants and health impacts - p. 397 28. Chapter 23. Menstruation and menstrual disorders - p. 413 29. Chapter 24. Premenstrual disorders - p. 433 30. Chapter 25. Contraception - p. 453 31. Chapter 26. Induced abortion - p. 469 32. Chapter 27. Infertility - p. 485 33. Chapter 28. Medically assisted reproduction - p. 509 34. Chapter 29. Labor and childbirth - p. 527 35. Chapter 30. Pregnancy complications and future maternal health - p. 551 36. Chapter 31. Epidemiology of endometriosis and adenomyosis - p. 563 37. Chapter 32. Uterine leiomyomata - p. 595 38. Chapter 33. Female sexuality and sexual function - p. 631 39. Chapter 34. Vulvodynia - p. 649 40. Chapter 35. The epidemiology of menopause - p. 667 41. Chapter 36. Overview of pelvic floor disorders: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment - p. 715 42. Chapter 37. Hysterectomy: global patterns and public health priorities - p. 733 43. Chapter 38. Female genital cutting - p. 747 44. Section 5. Infections - p. S757 45. Chapter 39. Gonococcal infection in women - p. 759 46. Chlamydia trachomatis - p. 781 47. Chapter 41. Syphilis in women - p. 789 48. Chapter 42. Vaginal infections - p. 799 49. Chapter 43. Urinary tract infection - p. 819 50. Chapter 44. Genital herpes - p. 837 51. Chapter 45. Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in women - p. 859 52. Chapter 46. Human papilloma virus infection in women - p. 873 53. Chapter 47. Pelvic inflammatory disease and chronic pelvic pain - p. 889 54. Chapter 48. Hepatitis C infection in women - p. 917 55. Malaria - p. 927 56. Part III: Occupation and environmental health - p. P953 57. Section 6. Occupational and environmental determinants of health - p. S955 58. Chapter 50. Working women in the United States: a statistical profile - p. 957 59. Chapter 51. International perspectives: women’s occupational health - p. 971 60. Chapter 52. Multiple roles and complex exposures - p. 985 61. Chapter 53. Reproductive hazards of environmental and occupational exposures - p. 999 62. Chapter 54. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders - p. 1025 63. Chapter 55. Occupational cancer - p. 1043 64. Chapter 56. Environmental exposures and cancer - p. 1065 65. Part IV: Chronic disease - p. P1085 66. Section 7. Cardiovascular disease in women - p. S1087 67. Chapter 57. Overview of risk factors for cardiovascular disease - p. 1093 68. Chapter 58. Lipids in women: lifelong risk assessment - p. 1121 69. Chapter 59. Hypertension in women - p. 1135 70. Chapter 60. Emotions and cardiovascular disease in women - p. 1151 71. Chapter 61. Diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease in women - p. 1165 72. Chapter 62. Cerebrovascular disease in women - p. 1183 73. Chapter 63. Heart failure in women: epidemiology, prognosis, and management - p. 1201 74. Chapter 64. Atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac death in women - p. 1217 75. Chapter 65. Venous thromboembolism in women: insights into epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical management - p. 1241 76. Section 8. Cancer - p. S1257 77. Chapter 66. The impact of sex and gender on nonreproductive cancers - p. 1261 78. Chapter 67. Cancer in women: global burden and insights from gender comparisons - p. 1283 79. Chapter 68. Epidemiology of breast cancer - p. 1291 80. Chapter 69. Current issues in breast cancer screening - p. 1311 81. Chapter 70. Ovarian cancer - p. 1321 82. Chapter 71. Endometrial cancer - p. 1339 83. Chapter 72. Cervical cancer: burden of disease and risk factors - p. 1359 84. Chapter 73. Screening and vaccination in cervical cancer control and prevention - p. 1385 85. Chapter 74. Lung cancer in women—epidemiology and risk factors - p. 1405 86. Chapter 75. Colorectal cancer in women - p. 1417 87. Chapter 76. The epidemiology of melanoma of the skin - p. 1429 88. Chapter 77. Cancer prevention - p. 1451 89. Section 9. Autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases—heterogeneous, multisystem disorders - p. S1473 90. Chapter 78. Multiple sclerosis - p. 1479 91. Chapter 79. Rheumatoid arthritis - p. 1503 92. Chapter 80. Systemic lupus erythematosus - p. 1521 93. Chapter 81. Sarcoidosis - p. 1547 94. Chapter 82. Inflammatory bowel disease - p. 1565 95. Chapter 83. Asthma - p. 1571 96. Section 10. Endocrinology and women’s health - p. S1603 97. The obesity epidemic and women’s health - p. 1607 98. Chapter 85. Polycystic ovary syndrome - p. 1625 99. Chapter 86. Diabetes in women - p. 1643 100. Chapter 87. Thyroid disease and women - p. 1655 101. Chapter 88. Management of menopausal symptoms - p. 1669 102. Chapter 89. Osteoporosis - p. 1687 103. Part V: Behavioral and inadequately characterized conditions - p. P1709 104. Section 11. Behavioral health and psychiatric disorders—introduction - p. S1711 105. Chapter 90. Gender and mood disorders - p. 1715 106. Chapter 91. Anxiety disorders in women - p. 1731 107. Chapter 92. Posttraumatic stress disorder in women - p. 1751 108. Chapter 93. Psychosis in women: gender differences in presentation, onset, course, and outcome of schizophrenia - p. 1767 109. Chapter 94. Eating disorders in women - p. 1781 110. Chapter 95. Drug use disorders in women - p. 1797 111. Chapter 96. Alcohol use disorder in women - p. 1819 112. Chapter 97. Women’s health and tobacco - p. 1837 113. Section 12. Pain, inflammation, and fatigue - p. S1855 114. Chapter 98. Complex regional pain syndrome in women - p. 1859 115. Chapter 99. Fibromyalgia - p. 1871 116. Chapter 100. Multiple chemical sensitivity - p. 1893 117. Chapter 101. Overview of headache disorders in women: emphasis on older adults - p. 1915 118. Chapter 102. Irritable bowel syndrome - p. 1937 119. Chapter 103. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome - p. 1953 120. Part VI: Aging - p. P1963 121. Section 13. Aging - p. S1965 122. Chapter 104. Morbidity, disability, and mortality: Geriatric Health - p. 1971 123. Chapter 105. Urinary and fecal incontinence in older women - p. 1987 124. Chapter 106. Hearing loss and aging - p. 2003 125. Chapter 107. Visual impairment in older women - p. 2019 126. Chapter 108. Women’s oral health: a life course approach to oral health - p. 2039 127. Chapter 109. Cognitive functioning and dementia in aging women - p. 2055 128. Chapter 110. The role of social support on health and well-being in older adult widows - p. 2077 129. Chapter 111. Long-term care: the global impact on women - p. 2089 130. Chapter 112. Caring for women with serious illness - p. 2109 131. Chapter 113. Successful aging in women - p. 2129 132. Chapter 114. Frailty in older women - p. 2143 133. Chapter 115. Musculoskeletal disorders: focus on osteoarthritis - p. 2159 134. Epilogue - p. 2179 135. Index - p. 2183
Women and Health, 3rd Edition, addresses health issues affecting women of all ages from adolescence through maturity. Extending far beyond other books on women’s health, which tend to focus on reproductive health alone, this book covers key issues ranging from osteoporosis to breast cancer, domestic violence, sexually transmitted diseases, occupational hazards, eating disorders, heart disease and other chronic illnesses, substance abuse, and societal and behavioral influences on health.
In this third edition of Women and Health, the chapters incorporate issues that affect women across the life course with a special emphasis on the health of mid-life and older women. Changes in the field of women’s health since the first and second editions, for example, in genetics and the impact of sex and gender on health, are represented with the latest scientific findings and controversies.
This book provides a comprehensive compendium of the epidemiology of health conditions affecting women internationally and over the life course for the lay reader, clinician, and health research scientist.
1. Section 1. Introduction to women’s health - p. S3 2. Chapter 1. Women’s health in the third decade of the 21st century - p. 5 3. Chapter 2. The journey to the 21st century - p. 29 4. Chapter 3. Current approaches to women’s health care - p. 49 5. The impact of health coverage on women’s access to care in the United States - p. 63 6. Chapter 5. Complementary and integrative medicine and women’s health - p. 83 7. Chapter 6. Racial and/or ethnic disparities in women’s health - p. 125 8. Chapter 7. Weathering: the mutability of women’s health with age and the consequences of injustice - p. 155 9. Sexual minority women’s health - p. 167 10. Chapter 9. Research regarding the health of transgender and nonbinary populations - p. 185 11. Chapter 10. Women’s health across the life course in low- and middle-income countries: an urgent and unfinished agenda - p. 197 12. Chapter 11. Migrant and refugee health: the influence of context and assets on women’s health across the lifecourse - p. 217 13. Section 2. Research methods in women’s health - p. S233 14. Chapter 12. Understanding research designs - p. 235 15. Chapter 13. The evolving focus of women’s health research - p. 255 16. Chapter 14. Life course approach to research in women’s health - p. 263 17. Chapter 15. Principles of genetics and genomics - p. 277 18. Chapter 16. Omic technologies and Precision Women’s Health - p. 289 19. Section 3. Introduction to the social (and structural) determinants of women’s health - p. S299 20. Chapter 17. Women, stress, and health - p. 305 21. Chapter 18. Intimate partner violence - p. 319 22. Chapter 19. Social policy choices, women, and health - p. 333 23. Chapter 20. The impact of the built environment on health - p. 355 24. Chapter 21. Women’s health and the carceral state - p. 377 25. Part II: Sexual and reproductive health - p. P391 26. Sexual and reproductive health, third edition, Women and Health - p. S393 27. Chapter 22. Puberty development: determinants and health impacts - p. 397 28. Chapter 23. Menstruation and menstrual disorders - p. 413 29. Chapter 24. Premenstrual disorders - p. 433 30. Chapter 25. Contraception - p. 453 31. Chapter 26. Induced abortion - p. 469 32. Chapter 27. Infertility - p. 485 33. Chapter 28. Medically assisted reproduction - p. 509 34. Chapter 29. Labor and childbirth - p. 527 35. Chapter 30. Pregnancy complications and future maternal health - p. 551 36. Chapter 31. Epidemiology of endometriosis and adenomyosis - p. 563 37. Chapter 32. Uterine leiomyomata - p. 595 38. Chapter 33. Female sexuality and sexual function - p. 631 39. Chapter 34. Vulvodynia - p. 649 40. Chapter 35. The epidemiology of menopause - p. 667 41. Chapter 36. Overview of pelvic floor disorders: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment - p. 715 42. Chapter 37. Hysterectomy: global patterns and public health priorities - p. 733 43. Chapter 38. Female genital cutting - p. 747 44. Section 5. Infections - p. S757 45. Chapter 39. Gonococcal infection in women - p. 759 46. Chlamydia trachomatis - p. 781 47. Chapter 41. Syphilis in women - p. 789 48. Chapter 42. Vaginal infections - p. 799 49. Chapter 43. Urinary tract infection - p. 819 50. Chapter 44. Genital herpes - p. 837 51. Chapter 45. Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in women - p. 859 52. Chapter 46. Human papilloma virus infection in women - p. 873 53. Chapter 47. Pelvic inflammatory disease and chronic pelvic pain - p. 889 54. Chapter 48. Hepatitis C infection in women - p. 917 55. Malaria - p. 927 56. Part III: Occupation and environmental health - p. P953 57. Section 6. Occupational and environmental determinants of health - p. S955 58. Chapter 50. Working women in the United States: a statistical profile - p. 957 59. Chapter 51. International perspectives: women’s occupational health - p. 971 60. Chapter 52. Multiple roles and complex exposures - p. 985 61. Chapter 53. Reproductive hazards of environmental and occupational exposures - p. 999 62. Chapter 54. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders - p. 1025 63. Chapter 55. Occupational cancer - p. 1043 64. Chapter 56. Environmental exposures and cancer - p. 1065 65. Part IV: Chronic disease - p. P1085 66. Section 7. Cardiovascular disease in women - p. S1087 67. Chapter 57. Overview of risk factors for cardiovascular disease - p. 1093 68. Chapter 58. Lipids in women: lifelong risk assessment - p. 1121 69. Chapter 59. Hypertension in women - p. 1135 70. Chapter 60. Emotions and cardiovascular disease in women - p. 1151 71. Chapter 61. Diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease in women - p. 1165 72. Chapter 62. Cerebrovascular disease in women - p. 1183 73. Chapter 63. Heart failure in women: epidemiology, prognosis, and management - p. 1201 74. Chapter 64. Atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac death in women - p. 1217 75. Chapter 65. Venous thromboembolism in women: insights into epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical management - p. 1241 76. Section 8. Cancer - p. S1257 77. Chapter 66. The impact of sex and gender on nonreproductive cancers - p. 1261 78. Chapter 67. Cancer in women: global burden and insights from gender comparisons - p. 1283 79. Chapter 68. Epidemiology of breast cancer - p. 1291 80. Chapter 69. Current issues in breast cancer screening - p. 1311 81. Chapter 70. Ovarian cancer - p. 1321 82. Chapter 71. Endometrial cancer - p. 1339 83. Chapter 72. Cervical cancer: burden of disease and risk factors - p. 1359 84. Chapter 73. Screening and vaccination in cervical cancer control and prevention - p. 1385 85. Chapter 74. Lung cancer in women—epidemiology and risk factors - p. 1405 86. Chapter 75. Colorectal cancer in women - p. 1417 87. Chapter 76. The epidemiology of melanoma of the skin - p. 1429 88. Chapter 77. Cancer prevention - p. 1451 89. Section 9. Autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases—heterogeneous, multisystem disorders - p. S1473 90. Chapter 78. Multiple sclerosis - p. 1479 91. Chapter 79. Rheumatoid arthritis - p. 1503 92. Chapter 80. Systemic lupus erythematosus - p. 1521 93. Chapter 81. Sarcoidosis - p. 1547 94. Chapter 82. Inflammatory bowel disease - p. 1565 95. Chapter 83. Asthma - p. 1571 96. Section 10. Endocrinology and women’s health - p. S1603 97. The obesity epidemic and women’s health - p. 1607 98. Chapter 85. Polycystic ovary syndrome - p. 1625 99. Chapter 86. Diabetes in women - p. 1643 100. Chapter 87. Thyroid disease and women - p. 1655 101. Chapter 88. Management of menopausal symptoms - p. 1669 102. Chapter 89. Osteoporosis - p. 1687 103. Part V: Behavioral and inadequately characterized conditions - p. P1709 104. Section 11. Behavioral health and psychiatric disorders—introduction - p. S1711 105. Chapter 90. Gender and mood disorders - p. 1715 106. Chapter 91. Anxiety disorders in women - p. 1731 107. Chapter 92. Posttraumatic stress disorder in women - p. 1751 108. Chapter 93. Psychosis in women: gender differences in presentation, onset, course, and outcome of schizophrenia - p. 1767 109. Chapter 94. Eating disorders in women - p. 1781 110. Chapter 95. Drug use disorders in women - p. 1797 111. Chapter 96. Alcohol use disorder in women - p. 1819 112. Chapter 97. Women’s health and tobacco - p. 1837 113. Section 12. Pain, inflammation, and fatigue - p. S1855 114. Chapter 98. Complex regional pain syndrome in women - p. 1859 115. Chapter 99. Fibromyalgia - p. 1871 116. Chapter 100. Multiple chemical sensitivity - p. 1893 117. Chapter 101. Overview of headache disorders in women: emphasis on older adults - p. 1915 118. Chapter 102. Irritable bowel syndrome - p. 1937 119. Chapter 103. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome - p. 1953 120. Part VI: Aging - p. P1963 121. Section 13. Aging - p. S1965 122. Chapter 104. Morbidity, disability, and mortality: Geriatric Health - p. 1971 123. Chapter 105. Urinary and fecal incontinence in older women - p. 1987 124. Chapter 106. Hearing loss and aging - p. 2003 125. Chapter 107. Visual impairment in older women - p. 2019 126. Chapter 108. Women’s oral health: a life course approach to oral health - p. 2039 127. Chapter 109. Cognitive functioning and dementia in aging women - p. 2055 128. Chapter 110. The role of social support on health and well-being in older adult widows - p. 2077 129. Chapter 111. Long-term care: the global impact on women - p. 2089 130. Chapter 112. Caring for women with serious illness - p. 2109 131. Chapter 113. Successful aging in women - p. 2129 132. Chapter 114. Frailty in older women - p. 2143 133. Chapter 115. Musculoskeletal disorders: focus on osteoarthritis - p. 2159 134. Epilogue - p. 2179 135. Index - p. 2183
