1st Edition

Holistic Approaches for Women’s Sustainable Health Volume 2: Advancements, Socioeconomic Impacts, and Innovative Strategies

Edited By Junaid Ahmad Malik, Anamika Chauhan, Megh R. Goyal Copyright 2026
606 Pages 6 Color & 30 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

In a world where women’s health issues often remain shrouded in mystery or approached with fragmented solutions, there arises an urgent need for a comprehensive and holistic perspective. This new four-volume set, Holistic Approaches for Women’s Sustainable Health, addresses this need, presenting a selection of thought-provoking chapters on myriad issues and aspects of women health. It offers... Read more

Preface

PART I: SOCIOECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACTS ON WOMEN’S HEALTH

1. Holistic Approach to Female Health Issues: An Introduction

Ajit Pal Singh, Neelesh Kumar Maurya, Rahul Saxena, Suyash Saxena, and Neeti Kushwaha

 

2. Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Women’s Healthcare: Factors, Clinical Stressors, Disease Conditions, and Solutions

Hossein Zare, Danielle Gilmore, Mahbube Askari Azad, and Shervin Assari

 

3. Impact of Social Challenges on Female Health Issues

Rukshana Irani, Ayan Chatterjee, and Arpan Ray

 

4. Impact of Marital Relations on Women’s Health

Dipali Saxena and Shweta Keswani

 

5. Lost Daughters: The Silent Injustice of the Present Society

Sanjib Kumar Haldar and Megh R. Goyal

 

6. Reclaiming Female Postpartum Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review

Emi Grace Mary Gowshika R.

 

PART II: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

7. Impact of Mental Health and Psychological Stress on Women’s Heart Health

Amal Abdellaoui

 

7. Stress Management Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors

Muzamil Jan, Mohd Younus Zaroo, and Simple Sharma

 

8. Social and Professional Support for Psychological and Mental Disorders:

Improvement of Female Health

Asoke Kumar Saha, Chinmoy Kumar Mondal, Ropak Roy, Hamida Zinat, and Afrima Parven

 

10. A Holistic Approach to Menopause and Menstruation Issues in Females

Jaymala Kumawat, Vrushali Neve, Yogita Shinde, Archana Shaha, and Dipali Talele

 

11. Role of NGOs, Nonprofit, and Community Organizations in Empowering Female Health

Priya Gogia, Indresh Kumar, Shikha Malik, and Prachi Sinha

 

PART III: TECHNOLOGICAL AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN FEMALE HEALTH

12. Digital and Preventive Ecosystems for Female Health

Didhiti Agarwal, Sagar Barage, and Rajshri Singh

 

13. Role of IoT in Female Healthcare

Anamika Chauhan and Megh R. Goyal

 

14. Machine Learning Model to Detect Ovarian Cancer Cells through Image Processing

Mohammad Awde, Mohammad Ali Mtairek, Aya Kawssan, Ali Jawad,

Jad Majed, and Haidar Kanso

 

15. Role of IoT, AI, ChatBot, and ChatGPT in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Female Health Conditions

Pankaj Sharma, Saloni Jain, Aditi Bhardwaj, Sandeep Sharma, and Vinay Jain

 

16. Text Mining and Natural Language Processing for Reproductive Health

Ananya Verma, Rajshri Singh, and Sagar Barage

 

PART IV: HOLISTIC AND TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO FEMALE HEALTH

17. Role of Religious Beliefs, Yoga, and Meditation in Empowering Female Health: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

Moumita Das, Ritika Rasaily, and Ayan Chatterjee

 

18. Innovative Time Management Techniques for Female Health

Sasmita Dash and Jayanta Kumar Panda

 

19. Female Health: Educating and Outreach

Shweta Keswani and Dipali Saxena

 

20. Advancements in Research and Future Landscape of Female Health

Swati Sharma and Nisha Rana

 

21. Healthcare Needs for Female Sexual Dysfunctions

Neelesh Kumar Maurya and Zoomi Singh

 

22. Cancer in Females: Diagnostics, Treatment, Post-Treatment and a Case Study

Priya and Poonam Joshi

 

23. Blood Cancers in Females: Types, Causes, Risks, and Treatment with Traditional Plant Medicines

Jyoti Srivastava and Poonam Joshi

Index

Biography

Junaid Ahmad Malik, PhD, is a Lecturer with the Department of Zoology at Government Degree College, Bijbehara, Kashmir (J&K), India, and he is actively involved with teaching and research activities. He has more than eight years of research experience. His areas of interest are ecology, soil macrofauna, wildlife biology, conservation biology, etc. Dr. Malik has published over 20 research articles and technical papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has authored and edited books, book chapters, and more than 10 popular editorial articles. He also serves as an editor and reviewer of several journals. He has participated in several state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposia and has more than 20 conference papers to his credit. He is a life member of the Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences.

Anamika Chauhan, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Home Science at Chaman Lal Madhavidhyalya Haridwar, Sri Dev Suman University, Uttarakhand, India, where she is also a member of the Board of Studies. She is UGC-NET, USET, MPhil (home Science)  qualified. She was awarded a Young Scientist Award by the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology and a Teacher’s Excellence Award by Motherhood University, Uttarakhand, as well as a Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Global Educator Award (2022 by the International Council for Education, Research and Training. She has one patent (“Gold Nanoparticles with Albizia lebbeck (L. Benth Leaves Extract for Dermal Cancer”) to her credit. She is a lifetime member of the Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata; Scientific and Technical Research Association (STRA);  and Home Science Association of India. She has published several research papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals, 15 edited books, and a textbook. She has also been associated with workshops and conferences. Her research interest and areas range across the right to education to nutrition and human health. Dr. Chauhan earned her master’s degree and PhD from HNB Garhwal Srinagar, Central University, Uttarakhand, India. She also has a master’s degree in English, Education, and Political Science.

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and the Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico and was proclaimed as the ""Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century"" by the ASABE - Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of over 55 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 135 books.