Author biographies Introduction - Joan C. Chrisler, Jane M. Ussher and Janette Perz Part I: Menarche, menstruation and menopause 1. Pubertal development and menarche: physiological and developmental aspects - Margaret L. Stubbs 2. Menarche. psychosocial and cultural aspects - Maria Luisa Marván and Verónica Alcalá-Herrera 3. The menstrual cycle: its biology in the context of silent ovulatory disturbances - Jerilynn C.
Prior 4. The menstrual cycle: attitudes and behavioral concomitants - Joan C. Chrisler and Jenifer A. Gorman 5. Premenstrual mood disorders: a feminist psychosocial perspective - Jane M. Ussher and Janette Perz 6. Menopause and midlife: psychosocial perspectives and interventions - Myra S. Hunter Part II: Reproductive and gynecological disorders 7.
Menstrual-cycle-related disorders: polycystic ovary syndrome, dysmenorrhea and menstrual migraine - Nancy Fugate Woods and Nancy J. Kenney 8. Women''s experience of endometriosis - Elaine Denny and Annalise Weckesser 9. Breast and reproductive cancers: genomics and risks - Cheryl B. Travis 10. Psychosocial aspects of women''s sexual and reproductive well-being after cancer - Chloe Parton Part III: Contraception and infertility 11. Contraception across the reproductive life-course - Deborah Bateson 12. Abortion in context - Jeanne Marecek 13.
Women''s experiences of infertility - Jessica L. Barnack-Tavlaris 14. Fertility and cancer - Michelle Peate, Lesley Stafford and Yasmin Jayasinghe 15. Assisted conception: fertility preservation, surrogate motherhood, gamete/embryo donation and in vitro fertilization - Olga B. A. van den Akker Part IV: Pregnancy and childbirth 16. ''Adolescent pregnancy'': social problem, public health concern, or neither? - Catriona Ida Macleod and Tracey Feltham-King 17. Smoking and pregnancy: risk factors, women''s experiences and interventions - Michael Ussher, Felix Naughton, Cailtlin Notley and Linda Bauld 18.
Medical aspects of pregnancy - Annemarie Hennessy 19. Miscarriage - Heather Rowe and Alexandra J. Hawkey 20. The ultimate in women''s labor: stillbirth and grieving - Joanne Cacciatore and Jill Wieber Lens 21. Psychological aspects of pregnancy and pregnancy health care in their social and cultural contexts - Jane R.W. Fisher and Karin Hammarberg 22. Childbirth and sexuality - Hannah H.
Dahlen and Sahar Sobhgol 23. Postpartum adjustment: psychological aspects - Paula Nicolson 24. Understanding perinatal mental health problems: prevalence, risk factors, approaches to prevention, early identification and treatment - Virginia Schmied Part V: Sexuality and sexual health 25. Women''s sexual health and embodiment - Niva Piran 26. Sexual health of adolescent girls - S. Rachel Skinner, Cristyn Davies, Jennifer Marino, Jessica R. Botfield and Larissa Lewis 27. Older women and sexual health: social, relational and medical considerations - Camille J.
Interligi and Maureen C. McHugh 28. Sexuality and sexual dysfunction: psychological perspectives and interventions - Julia Velten and Sonia Milani 29. Sexuality and sexual dysfunction: critical analyses - Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Lianne A. Rosen, Maxime Charest and Alyson K. Spurgas 30. HIV, STIs, risk taking and sexual health - Jennifer Power 31.
Impacts of sexual violence on women''s sexual health - Kyja Noack-Lundberg 32. Feminist perspectives on child sexual abuse - Sam Warner 33. Female genital mutilation and genital surgeries - Hilary Burrage Part VI. Marginalized women''s health 34. Shame, silence and secrecy: migrant and refugee women''s sexual and reproductive health and embodiment - Alexandra Hawkey 35. Reproductive health disparities among women experiencing homelessness - Courtney Cronley and Shamsun Nahar 36. Reproductive justice and culturally safe approaches to sexual and reproductive health for indigenous women and girls - Pat Dudgeon and Abigail Bray 37. Reproductive health of women in low- and middle-income countries - Kirsten I.
Black and Miriam O''Connor 38. Experiences of reproductive and sexual health and health care among women with disabilities - Heather Dillaway, Brianna Marzolf, Heather Fritz, Wassim Tarraf and Catherine Lysack 39. Women with intellectual and developmental impairments: differences not deficits - Jan Burns 40. Lesbian, bisexual, queer and transgender women''s sexual and reproductive health - Ruth P. McNair Index.