New Dimensions In Women's Health

Linda Alexander

Jones & Bartlett Learning, Oct 9, 2009 - Family & Relationships - 480 pages

New Dimensions in Women's Health, Fifth Edition, offers a practical approach to understanding the health of women-all races, ethnicities, socioeconomic status, cultures, and orientations. Objective and data-driven, the Fifth Edition provides solid guidance for women to optimize their well-being and prevent illness and impairment. Each chapter of this book comprehensively reviews an important dimension of a woman’s general health and examines the contributing epidemiological, historical, psychosocial, cultural/ethical, legal, political, and economic influences.

Contents

• Foundations of Womens Health: 1
• Sexual and Reproductive Dimensions of Womens Health: 61
• Physical and Lifespan Dimensions of Womens Health: 223
• Interpersonal and Social Dimensions of Womens Health: 359
• Glossary: 441
• Index: 461
• Photo Credits: 479

About the author

Dr. Linda Lewis Alexander has an extensive career in public health and women's health. She is currently Vice President, Women's Health and Global Advocacy for QAIGEN, Inc. In this role, Dr. Alexander oversees corporate women's health program efforts in the public sector and advocacy support initiatives in global cervical cancer prevention. Her previous professional experiences include serving as Vice President, Women's Health at Digene Corporation and President and CEO of the American Social Health Association (ASHA). At ASHA she provided national leadership and worked in close partnership with industry and federal leaders to promote national awareness for all sexually transmitted diseases.Dr. Alexander is also a retired lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Her military career included assignments in community health nursing in the United States and Europe, and she was a nurse epidemiologist at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. As a health educator, she has held academic positions at the University of Maryland-College Park and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. In her position as Vice President for Women's Health and Science with United Information Systems, she provided leadership with the Department of Defense congressionally appropriated research programs in breast cancer, osteoporosis, and ovarian cancer.Dr. Alexander is nationally known for her leadership in women's health advocacy and has published extensively on women's health issues. Her many honors include appointments to national advisory panels on infectious diseases and women's health; she also is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She holds a baccalaureate degree in nursing, master's degrees in education/counseling and community health, and a doctoral degree in health education.

Bibliographic information

• Title: New Dimensions In Women's Health
• Author: Linda Alexander
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2009
• ISBN: 0763765929, 9780763765927
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / General; Health & Fitness / General; Health & Fitness / Women's Health; Medical / Allied Health Services / General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Sports & Recreation / General