Health Inequities in Canada

Olena Hankivsky is an associate professor of public policy at Simon Fraser University and co-director of the Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health.Contributors: Annette Bailey, Jennifer Black, Annette J. Browne, Natalie Clark, Rita Kaur Dhamoon, Parin Dossa, Isabel Dyck, Alycia Fridkin, Marilyn Ford Gilboe, Tahira Gonsalves, Margo Greenwood, Olena Hankivsky, Jill Hanley, Louise Hara, Wendy Hulko, Sarah Hunt, Ilene Hyman, Connie Kaweesi, Nazilla Khanlou, Sheryl Reimer Kirkham, Karen M. Kobayashi, Shari Laliberté, Robin LeDrew, Jo-Anne Lee, Sarah de Leeuw, Marina Morrow, Jacqueline Oxman-Martinez, Bernie Pauly, Pamela Ponic, Steven G. Prus, Colleen Reid, Katherine R. Rossiter, Joan Samuels-Dennis, Sonya Sharma, Alison Sum, Colleen Varcoe, Gerry Veenstra, and Bilkis Vissandjée

• Introduction: Purpose, Overview, and Contribution / Olena Hankivsky, Sarah de Leeuw, Jo-Anne Lee, Bilkis Vissandjée, and Nazilla Khanlou1 Why the Theory and Practice of Intersectionality Matter to Health Research and Policy / Rita Kaur Dhamoon and Olena HankivskyPart 1: Theoretical and Methodological Innovations / Edited by Sarah de Leeuw and Olena Hankivsky2 Beyond Borders and Boundaries: Addressing Indigenous Health Inequities in Canada through Theories of Social Determinants of Health and Intersectionality / Sarah de Leeuw and Margo Greenwood3 A Cross-Cultural Quantitative Approach to Intersectionality and Health: Using Interactions between Gender, Race, Class, and Neighbourhood to Predict Self-Rated Health in Toronto and New York City / Jennifer Black and Gerry Veenstra4 Performing Intersectionality: The Mutuality of Intersectional Analysis and Feminist Participatory Action Health Research / Colleen Reid, Pamela Ponic, Louise Hara, Connie Kaweesi, and Robin LeDrew5 Adding Religion to Gender, Race, and Class: Seeking New Insights on Intersectionality in Health Care Contexts / Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham and Sonya SharmaPart 2: Intersectionality Research across the Life Course / Edited by Nazilla Khanlou and Olena Hankivsky6 Navigating the Crossroads: Exploring Young Women's Experiences of Health Using an Intersectional Framework / Natalie Clark and Sarah Hunt7 Exploring Health and Identity through Photovoice, Intersectionality, and Transnational Feminisms: Voices of Racialized Young Women / Jo-Anne Lee and Alison Sum8 An Intersectional Understanding of Youth Cultural Identities and Psychosocial Integration: Why It Matters to Mental Health Promotion in Immigrant-Receiving Pluralistic Societies / Nazilla Khanlou and Tahira Gonsalves9 Adopting an Intersectionality Perspective in the Study of the Healthy Immigrant Effect in Mid- to Later Life / Karen M. Kobayashi and Steven G. Prus10 Intersectionality in the Context of Later Life Experiences of Dementia / Wendy HulkoPart 3: Social Context, Policy, and Health / Edited by Bilkis Vissandjée and Olena Hankivsky11 An Intersectional Lens on Various Facets of Violence: Access to Health and Social Services for Women with Precarious Immigration Status / Jacqueline Oxman-Martinez and Jill Hanley12 Place, Health, and Home: Gender and Migration in the Constitution of Healthy Space / Parin Dossa and Isabel Dyck13 Preventing and Managing Diabetes: At the Intersection of Gender, Ethnicity, and Migration / Bilkis Vissandjée and Ilene Hyman14 Intersectionality Model of Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / Joan Samuels-Dennis, Annette Bailey, and Marilyn Ford-GilboePart 4: Disrupting Power and Health Inequities / Edited by Jo-Anne Lee and Olena Hankivsky15 Addressing Trauma, Violence, and Pain: Research on Health Services for Women at the Intersections of History and Economics / Annette J. Browne, Colleen Varcoe, and Alycia Fridkin16 Intersectional Frameworks in Mental Health: Moving from Theory to Practice / Katherine R. Rossiter and Marina Morrow17 Intersectionality, Justice, and Influencing Policy / Colleen Varcoe, Bernadette Pauly, and Shari Laliberté18 Intersectional Feminist Frameworks in Practice: CRIAW's Journey toward Intersectional Feminist Frameworks, Implications for Equity in Health / Jo-Anne LeeAfterword / Olena HankivskyList of Contributors Index