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| A feminist approach to health promotion for older women | | Author(s) | Catherine Ward-Griffin, Jenny Ploeg |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 16, no 2, Summer 1997 |
| Pages | pp 279-296 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Women's movement. |
| Annotation | Until recently, the health promotion movement has focused primarily on individual responsibility for health behaviours, rather than on broad social determinants of health. The movement has been targeted primarily at younger rather than older people, at men rather than women. There is an emerging call for a feminist approach to health promotion for ageing women which considers gender, class, race and age biases in health promotion, research and practice. Feminist theories suggest that sexism limits women's health opportunities, and subjects them to an array of situations including marginalisation, powerlessness and exploitation. The purpose of this paper is: to use a feminist analysis of health promotion, which identifies gender, class, race and age biases influencing older women's health; and to recommend changes in health promotion theory, research, practice, and education. Health promotion researchers, practitioners, and educators are challenged to work with older women to increase their visibility and empowerment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980720204 A |
| Classmark | BD: CC: LK2: SH:TM8 |
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