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The well-being of rural communities affects the well-being of those who reside in towns and cities because of rural-urban connections through food, drinking water, infectious disease, extreme environmental events, recreation, and for many, retirement residence. In rural areas themselves, women play a critical role in the health of their families and communities, yet women's health is often marginalized or ignored. There have been limited studies to date about rural women and health in Canada. Filling an important gap in scholarship, this collection identifies priority issues that must be addressed to ensure these women's well-being and offers innovative theoretical and methodological ideas for improvement.Rural Women's Health integrates perspectives from rural practitioners, residents, and scholars in a variety of fields, including nursing, sociology, anthropology, and geography, to tackle issues relevant to diverse settings across the country. As such, it presents a national perspective on the nature of women's health while respecting internal and regional diversity, as well as viewpoints from international scholarship

Rural Women's Health presents a national perspective on the nature of women's health while respecting internal and regional diversity, as well as viewpoints from international scholarship.

Introduction : the state of research on Black women in health psychology and behavioral medicine / Elizabeth A. Klonoff, Hope Landrine, and Delia L. Lang -- Cultural barriers to cancer screening among African American women : a critical review of the qualitative literature / Laurie Hoffman-Goetz and Sherry L. Mills -- Cancer screening behaviors of low-income women : the impact of race / Electra D. Paskett. [et al.] -- Importance of psychological variables in understanding risk perceptions and breast cancer screening of African American women / Deborah Bowen, Kari-Mae Hickman, and Diane Powers -- Obesity among African American women : prevalence, consequences, causes, and developing research / David B. Allison, Lynn Edlen-Nezin, and Gaynelle Clay-Williams -- Diabetes in African American women : the silent epidemic / Wylie McNabb, Michael Quinn, and Janet Tobian -- Health-care-related attitudes and utilization among African American women / Lonnie R. Snowden, Anne Libby, and Kathleen Thomas -- Intimate violence and Black women's health / Nancy Felipe Russo. [et al.] -- HIV risk behaviors among inner-city African American women / Kathleen J. Sikkema. [et al.] -- Conclusions : the future of research on Black women's health / Hope Landrine and Elizabeth A. Klonoff.