Health of Women with Intellectual Disabilities

by Editor: Patricia Noonan-Walsh; Editor: Patricia Walsh; Editor: Tamar Heller

ISBN13:
9781405172516
ISBN10:
1405172517
Format: eBook
Copyright: 2008-06-01
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

The first interdisciplinary book taking a contextual approach to the developing health needs of women with intellectual disabilities. It considers the social, economic and political contexts of health promotion. Its concise but comprehensive evidence base makes it a unique, reliable source for a wide readership.

Introduction
Health Status and Trends
Reproductive and Physical Health in Women with Intellectual Disabilities
Women Aging with Intellectual Disabilities: What are the Health Risks?
Women's Mental Health
Social Context of Health
Women's Health: Social and Economic Contexts
A Historical Approach to the Rights of Women with Intellectual Disabilities
Unholy Trinity: Women, Parenting and Intellectual Disabilities
Social Roles and Informal Supports for Women with Intellectual Disabilities

Health and Aging Issues for Women with Intellectual Disabilities in their own Voices
Sexuality of Women with Intellectual Disabilities
Risk and Vulnerability: Dilemmas for Women with Intellectual Disabilities
Health Education for Women with Intellectual Disabilities
Building Supports for Women with Intellectual Disabilities Across the Lifespan Nursing Perspective with Practical Considerations
Men's Health: The Female of the Species is more Healthy than the Male
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