RED: Women's Health From Menarche to Menopause
- 1st Edition - April 1, 2027
- Latest edition
- Editors: Diana Vaamonde, Dana M. Dillard, Pilar Aparicio-Martinez, João Sabino da Cunha Filho
- Language: English
RED: Women’s Health and Wellness from Menarche to Menopause provides a comprehensive, unique and holistic perspective on women’s health and wellbeing. From a contemporary h… Read more
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Description
Description
RED: Women’s Health and Wellness from Menarche to Menopause provides a comprehensive, unique and holistic perspective on women’s health and wellbeing. From a contemporary health and behavioral science perspective, it presents an accessible and engaging exploration of the biological, psychological, behavioral, and sociocultural changes and challenges women may experience from menarche through menopause.
The book offers a fresh perspective by highlighting lifestyle modification, emotional wellbeing, and social and environmental influences as important complements to conventional healthcare approaches. It addresses key dimensions of women’s health, including gender medicine, sexual health, trauma, lifestyle, eating behaviors and the influence of social constructs and technologies, while considering their implications for health and wellbeing.
With contributions that bridge scientific evidence and practical application, this book provides a valuable reference for students and graduates, academics, researchers, healthcare professionals, and anyone interested in advancing knowledge and understanding of women’s health.
The book offers a fresh perspective by highlighting lifestyle modification, emotional wellbeing, and social and environmental influences as important complements to conventional healthcare approaches. It addresses key dimensions of women’s health, including gender medicine, sexual health, trauma, lifestyle, eating behaviors and the influence of social constructs and technologies, while considering their implications for health and wellbeing.
With contributions that bridge scientific evidence and practical application, this book provides a valuable reference for students and graduates, academics, researchers, healthcare professionals, and anyone interested in advancing knowledge and understanding of women’s health.
Key features
Key features
- Provides a holistic, life-course approach to women’s health, connecting biological changes with psychological, behavioral, and sociocultural influences
- Brings together contemporary perspectives on sexual health, lifestyle, emotional wellbeing, and the rapidly evolving impact of social media
- Translates current evidence into practical perspectives for understanding, supporting, and promoting women’s health and wellbeing
Readership
Readership
Graduates, Professors, Researchers, Healthcare Professionals in Women's Health
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Anatomy and physiology
R. James Swanson and João Filho
2. Biophysiological changes
João Filho
3. Holistic Changes from Menarche to Menopause
Jenny Pappas and Debra Wilson
4. Navigating wellness and gender: Health itineraries among adolescent and young women in times of cultural changes
Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila
5. From Athlete to Recreational Exercisers: Sex Steroid Hormones and Metabolism in Females
Anthony Hackney
6. Women's lumbopelvic health
Francisco Alburquerque Sendín and Daiana Priscila Rodrigues-de-Souza
7. Nurturing Balance: Healthy Lifestyles, Emotional Well-being, and Eating Disorder Prevention for Women at Every Age
Sandra Zafrilla Sánchez, Rafael Molina-Luque and Guillermo Molina Recio
8. Misinformation and disinformation in the era of Social Media: what to trust
Acushla Young and Maria Tomlinson
9. Exploring and developing sexuality
Alys Einion
10. Trauma in Women: Physiological Effects, Gynecological Disorders, and Epigenetic Transmission
Diana Vaamonde and Pilar Aparicio Martínez
11. Sexual Health
João Filho
R. James Swanson and João Filho
2. Biophysiological changes
João Filho
3. Holistic Changes from Menarche to Menopause
Jenny Pappas and Debra Wilson
4. Navigating wellness and gender: Health itineraries among adolescent and young women in times of cultural changes
Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila
5. From Athlete to Recreational Exercisers: Sex Steroid Hormones and Metabolism in Females
Anthony Hackney
6. Women's lumbopelvic health
Francisco Alburquerque Sendín and Daiana Priscila Rodrigues-de-Souza
7. Nurturing Balance: Healthy Lifestyles, Emotional Well-being, and Eating Disorder Prevention for Women at Every Age
Sandra Zafrilla Sánchez, Rafael Molina-Luque and Guillermo Molina Recio
8. Misinformation and disinformation in the era of Social Media: what to trust
Acushla Young and Maria Tomlinson
9. Exploring and developing sexuality
Alys Einion
10. Trauma in Women: Physiological Effects, Gynecological Disorders, and Epigenetic Transmission
Diana Vaamonde and Pilar Aparicio Martínez
11. Sexual Health
João Filho
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: April 1, 2027
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Diana Vaamonde
Human Anatomy and Embryology Professor since Dec 2004 (Degrees of: Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy). Professor of Master’s Degree in Assisted Reproductive Techniques. Clinical embryologist. Pre-congress course coordinator of the PCC8 Andrology of the 32nd Annual Meeting of European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). Helsinki, Finland. July 2nd, 2016 (title: “The impact of exercise, sport and doping on human fertility”). Invited sessions versing on the effect of exercise on gamete quality (Helsinki, Istanbul).
Director of three Ph.D. theses on the effect of exercise on reproduction (animal model) and antioxidant therapy. Director of end of degree works on the areas of fertility and exercise and fertility (titles: “The role of the nurse in assisted reproduction”; “Effect of physical exercise during pregnancy”; “The impact of women´s emotional status on assisted reproduction”; “Effect of physical exercise on the outcome of an assisted reproduction cycle”; “Use of complementary and alternative therapies in fertility”)
Ad-Hoc Reviewer of the scientific journals Fertility and Sterility and Human Reproduction, among others and member of scientific and editorial committees of others.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Cordoba, USADD
Dana M. Dillard
Experienced writer and teacher with 10+ years teaching psychology courses, developing courses, and contributing to peer-reviewed publications in the areas of pregnancy, alternative, complementary, and integrative health practices, multicultural health issues, and psychoneuroimmunology. Possesses extensive skill in using Microsoft products and use of video to support online learning. Specializes in occupational health, trauma and chronic stress, advanced statistical analyses using SPSS and AMOS, and structural equation modelling. Contributor to previous Elsevier publication – Fertility, Pregnancy, and Wellness. Author of numerous peer-reviewed articles covering stress management, stress theory, and health and wellness in pregnancy. Experience as assistant to the editor and reviewer for the International Journal of Childbirth Education.
Affiliations and expertise
The University of Arizona Global Campus, USAPA
Pilar Aparicio-Martinez
Author of twenty- four papers focused on technology and their impact of lifestyle, and the health of vulnerable groups. Contributor to Elsevier publication– Fertility, Pregnancy, and Wellness book.
Pilar has actively participated in over 45 international and national conferences, where she has shared her research findings and engaged in scholarly discussions. Additionally, she has made significant contributions to mentorship and academic supervision, overseeing the successful completion of two PhD dissertations and guiding over 30 undergraduate final dissertations and master's dissertations.
Affiliations and expertise
The University of Cordoba, USAJF
João Sabino da Cunha Filho
Physician with a degree from UFRGS, with medical residency at Clinicas Hospital in Porto Alegre with major on Human Reproduction, Master's degree and Doctorate degree from UFRGS, postdoctoral degree in Human Reproduction field from Hospital Antoine Beclere, France also. Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of UFRGS and at the post-graduation course of the same University. Researcher at CNPq, a reviewer of several international journals such as the European and American Societies of Human Reproduction and is co-editor of the Online Reproductive BioMedicine, a magazine from the renowned Prof. Edwards, test tube baby pioneer. Doctor Sabino has over 200 articles and books published in this field. He participated in thesis evaluation board in several universities, including USP and Escola Paulista de Medicina.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Universidade Federal Do Rio, Brazil