A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities - Softcover

Jane Maxwell; Julia Watts Belser; Darlena David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942364503 ISBN 13: 9780942364507

Publisher: Hesperian Health Guides, 2008

Synopsis

Women with disabilities often discover that the social stigma of disability and inadequate care are greater barriers to health than the disabilities themselves. A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities will help women with disabilities overcome these barriers and improve their general health, self-esteem, and abilities to care for themselves and participate in their communities. This groundbreaking handbook was developed with the help and experience of women with disabilities in 42 countries women whose disabilities include blindness, deafness, amputations, paralysis, learning difficulties, small stature, epilepsy, arthritis, and cerebral palsy. The book is full of useful advice on

• Caring for daily needs with limited access to equipment
• Having healthy and safe sexual relationships
• Choosing family planning methods that work best with specific disabilities
• Preparing for pregnancy and childbirth
• Defending against violence or abuse
• Interactions of disability medicines with other medicines
• Organizing for disability-friendly health care

Health professionals, caregivers for women with disabilities, and trainers working with disability groups will also find A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities an essential resource.

About this title

About the Author

Rabbi Julia Watts Belser received her rabbinic ordination from the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, and her PhD in Religious Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.

Darlena David has a graduate degree in education and mass media from Manchester University and undergraduate and graduate degrees in English. Her academic expertise is on evaluating complex interventions in agriculture and other policies that impact and affect food systems with a focus on policy-level determinants of access to healthy food. She also has experience in curriculum development and leading community health management training.

Jane Maxwell holds a masters degree in public health, and has additional training in both medical anthropology and journalism. Jane has worked in community-based health care settings in Mexico, Nepal, several countries in Africa, and with under-served urban communities in the United States. She worked as the Womens Health Editor at Hesperian Health Guides, and has supervised or contributed to several of its books, including Where There Is No Doctor, Where Women Have no Doctor, A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities, and . She is a long-time volunteer at the Berkeley Free Clinic, and active in the worldwide disabled rights community.

Review

A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities is an outstanding accomplishment, which uses the experiences and advice from women with disabilities throughout the world together with up to date, professional health information. The book captures the real life situations of women with disabilities and their issues, their experiences and their desires. This book is a must-have for health professionals, international development organizations, international women's organizations and anyone who believes in equality for women with disabilities. --Susan Sygall, Co-founder and CEO of Mobility International USA, and a MacArthur Fellow

Long-awaited, this book provides us, and our families and caregivers, reliable information on sexuality, childbearing, aging and all the other life processes that affect every woman. An accessible resource for wisdom about our health. --Venus M. Ilagan, Disabled Peoples International

Packed with useful information, helpful tips, and illustrations that deepen our learning, this practical tool for gaining health rights clearly reflects sound practice and the voices and experiences of women with disabilities from around the world. A breakthrough publication! --Karen Heinicke-Motsch, World Health Organization

About this edition

• Publisher: Hesperian Health Guides
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0942364503
• ISBN 13: 9780942364507
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384