A Life Course Approach to Women's Health

by Mishra, Gita; Hardy, Rebecca; Kuh, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780192864642
• ISBN10: 0192864645
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-10-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Gita Mishra, Director, Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health and Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, School of Public Health The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia,Rebecca Hardy, Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK,Diana Kuh, Emeritus Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, MRC Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK

Table of Contents

Part 1 - Introduction
1. A life course approach to women's health, Gita D Mishra, Diana Kuh, and Rebecca Hardy
Part 2 - Reproductive Health
2. A life course approach to women's reproductive health, Maria C Magnus and Abigail Fraser
3. A life course approach to endometriosis, Gita D Mishra, Ingrid J Rowlands, Hsiu-Wen Chan, and Grant W Montgomery
4. Menopause and hysterectomy: a life course perspective, Gita D Mishra, Hsin-Fang Chung, Martha Hickey, Diana Kuh, and Rebecca Hardy
Part 3 - Health, Ageing, and Disease
5. A life course approach to cardiovascular disease, Jane A Masoli and Rebecca Hardy
6. A life course approach to diabetes, Emily Papadimos, Jedediah I Morton, Jessica L Harding, and Elizabeth Barr
7. A life course approach to musculoskeletal ageing, Rachel Cooper, Kate A Ward, and Avan Aihie Sayer
8. A life course approach to lung function impairment and COPD, Dinh S Bui and Shyamali C Dharmage
9. Depression and psychological distress, Barbara Maughan
10. Cognition function and dementia: a life course perspective, Erin E Sundermann, Sarah J Banks, and Carlos Araujo Menedez
11. The life course epidemiology of breast cancer, Lauren C Houghton, Nancy Potischman, and Rebecca Troisi
12. Gynaecological cancers: a life course perspective, Susan J Jordan and Penelope M Webb
Part 4 - Biological and Behavioural Pathways
13. Integrative omics for women's health, Anna Murray and Katherine S Ruth
14. Endocrine pathways across the life course, Marta Bianchini, Alfonsina Chiefari, Rosa Lauretta, Marilda Mormando, Guilia Puliani, and Marialuisa Appetecchia
15. A life course perspective on women's health behaviours, Hsin-Fang Chung and Gita D Mishra
16. A life course approach to body weight, Rebecca Hardy and Laura D Howe
Part 5 - Social Issues Impacting Women's Health
17. Social inequalities and life course socioeconomic pathways, Rebecca Hardy
18. Women's social relationships and links with health and wellbeing over the life course, Anne McMunn
19. Structural sexism across the life course: how social inequality shapes women's later-life health, Jessica Kelley and Marissa Gilbert
20. The influence of gender-based violence across the life course, Elizabeth McLindon, Minerva Kyei-Onanjiri, and Kelsey Hegarty
Part 6 - From Evidence to Practice
21. A life course approach to women's health care, Judith Stephenson, Jennifer Hall, and Louise F Wilson
22. Translating women's health research into policy and practice, Helen Brown, Stephanie Best, and Trina Hinkley
Part 7 - Conclusion
23. A life course approach to women's health: conclusion, Rebecca Hardy, Diana Kuh, and Gita D Mishra