Unequal access to health care is a problem in Canada much studied by
journalists, academics, and policy makers. There is a growing
recognition that existing theories on, and approaches to, health
inequities are limited in their ability to capture how these
inequities are produced through changing, co-constituted, and
intersecting effects of multiple forms of oppression.
Intersectionality offers itself as a research paradigm capturing the
complexities of illness and care, and this volume brings together
Canadian activists, community-based researchers, and scholars from a
range of disciplines to apply interpretations of intersectionality to
cases in Indigenous health, mental health, migration health, community
health, and organizational governance. By addressing specific health
issues including cardiovascular disease, dementia, post-traumatic
stress disorder, diabetes, and violence, this book advances
methodological applications of intersectionality in health research,
policy, and practice. The authors ultimately reveal how multiple
variables are influencing health and healing in Canada – not simply
race, class, and gender but also age, religion, geography and place,
and the state of the economy. Most importantly, it demonstrates that
health inequities cannot be understood or addressed without the
interrogation of power and diverse social locations and structures
that shape lives and experiences of health.
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Intersectional Frameworks and Practices
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780774819770
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
University of British Columbia Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter