Women's Health and the World's Cities

Afaf Ibrahim Meleis is Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing and Professor of Nursing and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the author of Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress. Eugenie L. Birch is Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education and Chair of the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Susan M. Wachter is Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management and Professor of Real Estate and Finance at The Wharton School and Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Together, Birch and Wachter direct the Penn Institute for Urban Research and are the coeditors of many books, including Global Urbanization, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

• Foreword-Amy GutmannIntroduction: Developing Urban Areas as if Gender Matters-Afaf Ibrahim MeleisPART I: WOMEN'S HEALTH IN URBAN AREASChapter 1. Women's Health and the City: A Comprehensive Approach for the Developing World-Julio Frenk and Octavio GÓmez-DantÉsChapter 2. Policy for a Better Future: A Focus on Girls and Women-Ruth LevineChapter 3. Girls' Health and Educational Needs in Urban Environments-Varina Tjon-A-Ten, Brad Kerner, Shweta Shukla, and Anne HochwaltChapter 4. Making Cities Safe for Women and Girls: Integrating a Gender Perspective into Urban Health and Planning-Claudia Garcia-Moreno and Manupreet ChawlaPART II: URBANIZATION, SPACE, AND GEOGRAPHYChapter 5. Design of Healthy Cities for Women-Eugenie L. BirchChapter 6. Are Women Victims, or Are They Warriors?-Sheela PatelChapter 7. Women with Disabilities and Cities-Rosaly Correa-de-AraujoChapter 8. The Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Women in Urban Areas-DeAnne K. Hilfinger MessiasPART III: MODELS OF EXCELLENCEChapter 9. Women's Health in the Urban Community: National Institutes of Health Perspective-Vivian W. Pinn and Nida H. CorryChapter 10. Transforming Urban Environments-Diane Cornman-Levy, Grace Dyrness, Jane Golden, David Gouverneur, and Jeane Ann GrissoChapter 11. Bearing Witness: Women in Cities as Agents of Transformation for God-Grace R. DyrnessChapter 12. Accessibility to Health Care in Urban Environments-Francisca M. MwangangiChapter 13. Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Violence Against Women and HIV in Kampala, Uganda-Tina C. MusuyaChapter 14. Philanthropy and Its Impact on Urban Women's Health-Katherina M. Rosqueta and Carol A. McLaughlinAfterword-Susan M. WachterNotesList of ContributorsReferencesIndexAcknowledgments

"Women's Health and the World's Cities will hopefully spur a paradigm shift-political, economic, and social-on how we view women's rights to well-being. . . . An outstanding addition to the existing literature on urban and public health." (Journal of Urban Affairs) "Incredibly relevant in setting out to address primary health issues affecting urban women globally. . . . The book provides valuable insight into urban women's health issues worldwide. Thanks to its diversity in topics, there is bound to be an intriguing chapter for readers of all backgrounds-academics, researchers, and philanthropists alike." (Gender, Place, and Culture) "While global women's health has received serious attention from scholars, the profound impact of the environment on women's well-being has been poorly understood until now. Essential reading for anyone working to improve the lives of women." (Nancy Fugate Woods, University of Washington School of Nursing) "Filling a major gap in the literature on urban health, Meleis, Birch, and Wachter have pulled together an impressive collection of essays that promises to spark dialogue and debate across and among disciplines. Readers will come away with a clear understanding of the connections among health, gender, and urban space." (David Vlahov, University of California, San Francisco)