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Where Women Have No Doctor

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Introductory Material
- Women's health is in your hands
- Copyright Information
- Credits
- Thanks
- Thanks - Digital Edition
- About this Book
- How to Use the HealthWiki
Chapter 1: Women's Health Is a Community Issue
- What Is ‘Women’s Health’?
- Women Are More at Risk for Disease and Poor Health
- Causes of Poor Health in Women
- Mira's Story
- Working for Change
Chapter 2: Solving Health Problems
- Juanita’s Story
- What Is the Best Treatment?
- Working for Change
- To the Health Worker
Chapter 3: The Medical System
- The Medical System
- How to Get Better Care
- If You Need to Go to the Hospital
- Working for Change
Chapter 4: Understanding our Bodies
- A Woman’s Reproductive System
- A Man’s Reproductive System
- How a Woman’s Body Changes
- Monthly Bleeding
Chapter 5: Health Concerns of Girls
- Changes in Your Body (Puberty)
- Changes that Can Lead to a Better Life
- Deciding about Boyfriends and Sex
- Pressured or Forced Sex
- Getting Help From Adults
Chapter 6: Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Staying Healthy during Pregnancy
- Common Problems during Pregnancy
- Risks and Danger Signs during Pregnancy
- Prenatal Care (Check‑ups during Pregnancy)
- Preparing for Labor and Birth
- Giving Birth
- Difficult Births
- Danger Signs for the Baby at Birth
- Caring for the Mother and Baby after Birth
- Women who need more support
- To the Father
- Working for Change
Chapter 7: Breastfeeding
- Why Breast Is Best
- Why Other Feeding Can Be Harmful
- How to Breastfeed
- Advice for the Mother
- When the Mother Works Outside the Home
- Removing Milk by Hand
- Common Concerns and Problems
- Special Situations
- Working for Change
Chapter 8: Growing Older
- The End of Monthly Bleeding (Menopause)
- Taking Care of Your Health
- Sexual Relations
- Common Health Problems with Aging
- Working for Change
Chapter 9: Women with Disabilities
- Self-esteem
- Taking Care of Your Health
- Sexuality and Sexual Health
- Personal Safety
- Working for Change
Chapter 10: Staying Healthy
- Cleanliness
- Special Needs of Women
- Working for Change
Chapter 11: Eating for Good Health
- Main Foods and Helper Foods
- Eating Better for Less Money
- Harmful Ideas About Eating
- Poor Nutrition Can Cause Disease
- Ways to Work toward Better Nutrition
Chapter 12: Sexual Health
- Sex and Gender Roles
- How Gender Roles Affect Sexual Health
- Improving Your Sexual Health
- Working for Change
Chapter 13: Family Planning
- Benefits of Family Planning
- Choosing to Use Family Planning
- Choosing a Family Planning Method
- Barrier Methods of Family Planning
- Hormonal Methods of Family Planning
- Intra‑ Uterine Devices (Devices that go into the womb)
- Natural Methods of Family Planning
- Traditional and Home Methods
- Permanent Methods of Family Planning
- New Methods of Family Planning
- Choosing the Best Method
- Emergency Methods of Family Planning
- Working for Change
Chapter 14: Infertility (When You Are Not Able to Have a Baby)
- What Is Infertility?
- What Causes Infertility?
- Dangers at Work or Home That Can Hurt Fertility
- What to Do for Infertility
- Losing a Pregnancy (Miscarriage)
- Living with Infertility
- Working for Change
Chapter 15: Abortion and Complications from Abortion
- Why Do Some Women Have Abortions?
- Safe and Unsafe Abortion
- Deciding about an Abortion
- Safe Methods of Abortion
- What to Expect during a Safe Abortion
- What to Expect after an Abortion
- Family Planning after an Abortion
- Complications of Abortion
- Preventing Unsafe Abortion
Chapter 16: Sexually Transmitted Infections and Other Infections of the Genitals
- Why STIs Are a Serious Problem for Women
- Taking Medicines to Treat STIs
- Abnormal Discharge
- Growths (Warts) on the Genitals
- Sores on the Genitals (Genital Ulcers)
- Complications of STIs
- Other STIs
- How to Feel Better
- Working for Change
Chapter 17: HIV and AIDS
- What Are HIV and AIDS?
- Why HIV and AIDS Are Different for Women
- Preventing HIV
- The HIV Test
- Living Positively with HIV Infection
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Breast-feeding
- Care for Persons with HIV or AIDS
- Staying Healthy for as Long as Possible
- Common Medical Problems
- Caring for Someone Who Is Near Death
- Working for Change
Chapter 18: Violence Against Women
- The Story of Laura and Luis
- Why Does a Man Hurt a Woman?
- Kinds of Violence
- Warning Signs
- The Cycle of Violence
- Harmful Effects of Violence
- Why Women Stay with Men Who Hurt Them
- What to Do
- Working for Change
- To the Health Worker
Chapter 19: Rape and Sexual Assault
- Kinds of Rape and Sexual Assault
- How to Avoid Rape
- Self Defense for Women
- If You Are Sexually Assaulted
- What to Do if You Have Been Raped
- Health Problems of Rape
- Working for Change
Chapter 20: Sex Workers
- Why Women Become Sex Workers
- Health Problems of Sex Workers
- How to Protect Yourself from STIs, Including HIV
- Working for Change
Chapter 21: Pain in the Lower Abdomen
- Sudden, Severe Pain in the Abdomen
- Kinds of Pain in the Lower Abdomen
- Questions about Pain in the Abdomen
Chapter 22: Abnormal Bleeding from the Vagina
- Problems with Monthly Bleeding
- Other Kinds of Bleeding Problems
Chapter 23: Problems of the Urine System
- Infections of the Urine System
- Other Problems of the Urine System
- When You Have Problems Passing Stool or Urine
Chapter 24: Cancer and Growths
- Cancer
- Problems of the Cervix (the Opening of the Womb)
- Problems of the Womb
- Problems of the Breasts
- Problems of the Ovaries
- Other Common Cancers
- When Cancer Cannot Be Cured
- Working for Change
Chapter 25: Tuberculosis
- What Is TB?
- How TB Is Spread
- How to Know if a Person Has TB
- How to Treat TB
- Preventing TB
- Working for Change
Chapter 26: Work
- Cooking Fires and Smoke
- Lifting and Carrying Heavy Loads
- Work with Water
- Work with Chemicals
- Sitting or Standing for a Long Time
- Repeating the Same Movement Over and Over
- Crafts
- Unsafe Working Conditions
- Sexual Harassment
- Migration
- Workers in the Informal Sector
- Working for Change
Chapter 27: Mental Health
- Self-esteem
- Common Causes of Mental Health Problems in Women
- Common Mental Health Problems for Women
- Helping Yourself and Helping Others
- Mental Illness (Psychosis)
- Ways to Improve Your Community’s Mental Health
Chapter 28: Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Use and Misuse of Alcohol and Drugs
- Problems from Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Overcoming Problems with Alcohol and Drugs
- Problems from Tobacco
- Living with Someone Who Has a Drinking or Drug Problem
- Preventing Drug and Alcohol Misuse
Chapter 29: Refugees and Displaced Women
- Flight and Arrival
- Basic Needs
- Reproductive Health
- Mental Health
- Women as Leaders
Chapter 30: Female Genital Cutting
- Types of Female Genital Cutting
- Health Problems Caused by Female Genital Cutting
- What to Do for Health Problems
- Working for Change
Chapter 31: Use of Medicines in Women's Health
- Deciding to Use Medicine
- How to Use Medicine Safely
- Using the Medicines in this Book
- Kinds of Medicines
- Medicines that Can Save a Woman’s Life
Table of Medicines: Green pages
- Problem Index
- Medicine Index
- Medicines for AIDS - Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
- Oral contraceptives (birth control pills)
- Emergency family planning (ECP, emergency contraceptive pills)
Health Care Skills
- Preventing Infection
- How to Take Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, and Blood Pressure
- How to Examine the Abdomen
- How to Examine a Woman’s Genitals (the Pelvic Exam)
- Caring for Burns
- How to Give Fluids to Treat Shock
- How to Give an Injection
- Acupressure Massage
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