| Description |
xiv, 445 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction: Priorities and Agendas in Communicating about Women's Reproductive Health - Roxanne Louiselle Parrott and Celeste Michelle Condit -- Part One: Political Agendas And Women'S Reproductive Health Messages -- Medical and Psychological Consequences of Legal Abortion in the United States - Diane Helene Miller -- A Matter of Consequence - Diane Helene Miller -- Abortion Rhetoric and Media Messages -- Illicit Drug Use and the Pregnant Woman - Robert Lemieux -- The Prevalance, Social Impact, Effects and Legislative Action -- The Drama of in utero Drug Exposure - Kimberly N Kline -- Fetus Takes First Billing -- Part Two: Historical Issues In Communicating About Women'S Reproductive Health -- Contraception and Clinical Science - Susan Owen and Sally Caudill -- Constructing Woman's Place -- Our Bodies, Our Risk - Martha Solomon, Mary Anne Trasciatti and Cynthia P King -- Dilemmas in Contraceptive Information -- The American Experience of Childbirth - Elizabeth Jean Nelson -- Toward a Range of Safe Choices -- Contemporary Birthing Practices - Helen M Sterk -- Technology over Humanity? -- Part Three: A Fetal And Maternal Health Approach To Communicating About Women'S Reproductive Health -- Women and Smoking - Michael Pfau, Margot L Nelson and Mary Moster -- Consequences and Solutions -- Tugging at Pregnant Consumers - Deirdre M Condit -- Competing 'Don't Smoke!' 'Do Smoke!' Media Messages and Their Messengers -- Prenatal Alcohol Consumption and Outcomes for Children - Joan Marie Kraft -- A Review of the Literature -- Knowing When to Say When and Why - Kathryn J French, Theresa D Frasier and C Jay Frasier -- Media Messages Aimed at Preventing Women's Alcohol Consumption -- Part Four: A Campaign Perspective For Communicating About Women'S Reproductive Health -- Promoting Pregnancy and Prenatal Care to Women - Roxanne Louiselle Parrott and Margaret Daniels -- Promises, Pitfalls, and Pratfalls -- Prenatal Care from a Woman's Perspective - Margaret Daniels annd Roxanne Louiselle Parrott -- A Thematic Analysis of the Newspaper Media -- Cervical, Ovarian, and Uterine Cancer - Melanie A Williams -- Advancing Awareness, Choices, and Survival -- Magic, Moralism and Marginalization - Michele Kilgore -- Media Coverage of Cervical, Ovarian, and Uterine Cancer -- Part Five: A Social Support Framework For Communicating About Women'S Reproductive Health -- Menarche, Menstruation, and Menopause - Pamela J Kalbfleisch and Karen H Bonnel -- The Communication of Information and Social Support -- Media Portrayals of Women's Menstrual Health Issues - Pamela J Kalbfleisch, Karen H Bennel and Tina M Harris -- Social Support and Breast Cancer - Maureen P Keeley -- Why Do We Talk and To Whom Do We Talk? -- An Analysis of Discourse Promoting Mammography - Mary L Kahl and Joan Lawrence-Bauer -- Pain, Promise, and Prevention -- Part Six: Contemporary Priorities In Communicating About Women'S Reproductive Health -- Options and Risks with Reproductive Technologies - Lisa Flores -- Media Bias for Reproductive Technologies - Celeste M Condit -- Hysterectomies - Cathey S Ross -- Don't Ask 'Why Not?': Ask 'Why?' -- Hysterectomy - E M I Sefcovic -- What the Popular Press Said (1986-1992) -- Women and AIDS - Rebecca J Welch Cline and Neyla J McKenzie -- The Lost Population -- The Reconstruction of AIDS as a Womens's Health Issue - Salome Raheim -- Conclusion -- A Woman-Centered 'Sense-Making' Approach to Communicating about Women's Reproductive Health - Roxanne Louiselle Parrott |
| Analysis |
Women Health |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Generative organs, Female -- Diseases -- Research.
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Health education of women.
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Mass media in health education.
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Sexism in medicine.
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Research.
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects.
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Women's health services -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Condit, Celeste Michelle, 1956-
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Parrott, Roxanne.
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| LC no. |
95032514 |
| ISBN |
076190056X (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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0761900578 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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