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Social Science Women's Studies

Health Inequities in Canada

Intersectional Frameworks and Practices

edited by Olena Hankivsky

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
May 2011
Category
Women's Studies, Health Care Delivery, General, Health Policy, Human Services, Research
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774819756
    Publish Date
    May 2011
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774819763
    Publish Date
    Jan 2012
    List Price
    $39.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774819770
    Publish Date
    May 2011
    List Price
    $39.95

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Description

There is a growing recognition that existing theories on, and approaches to, health inequities are limited in their ability to capture how they are produced through changing, co-constituted, and intersecting effects of multiple forms of oppression. Intersectionality considers the interactions and combined impacts of social locations and structural processes on the creation and perpetuation of inequities. This volume brings together activists, scholars, and community-based researchers to apply interpretations of intersectionality to health and organizational governance cases. By addressing specific health issues, it demonstrates that inequities cannot be understood without the interrogation of power and diverse social locations and structures that shape lives and experiences of health.

About the author

Olena Hankivisky is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and co-director of the Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health at Simon Fraser University.

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