1st Edition

Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health

Edited By Kristina S. Brown Copyright 2025
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a groundbreaking exploration of women's health through a feminist lens, challenging the status quo for both clinicians and medical providers, highlighting the critical need for a more inclusive and empathetic approach to clinical practice and mental health research. Addressing a spectrum of health concerns—from prevalent issues such as heart disease, cancer, and stroke as... Read more

Introduction: Women’s Health: Reproductive Health and Sexual Health

Kristina S. Brown

 

1. Fatness and Fertility: A Feminist Therapist Perspective

Heidi L. Henry and Sarah E. Walters

 

2. Female Partner Family Formation: Cultivating Love and Healing Disconnection

Jessica Danielson, Jodi Tangen and Jill Nelson

 

3. Use of the VeedaMom Electronic App as a Pregnancy Treatment Companion

Adriana Dyurich and Marvarene Oliver

 

4. “A Silent Battle”: Using a Feminist Approach to Support Couples after Miscarriage

Angela R. Hiefner

 

5. Latina Sexual Health Care (IN) the US: Community-based Participatory Research and Her Lived Experience

Angela L. Lamson, Rebekah J. Clark, Roberta W. Bellamy, Jennifer L. Hodgson, Sharon M. Knight, Eboni J. Baugh and Jasmine Flores

 

6. Sexual Health of Women with Obesity: A Review of the Literature

Özlem Köse, Jennifer Hodgson and Karlene Cunningham

 

7. Impact of Sexual and Interpersonal Violence and Trauma on Women: Trauma-Informed Practice and Feminist Theory

Jennifer V. Pemberton and Tamra B. Loeb

 

8 Exploring the Link between Autoimmune Disorders and Pain with Sexual Activity in Ova-Having Individuals

Karen Washington and Helen Wyatt

 

9 Invisible Loss: A Delphi Approach to Develop a Term for Individuals Who Experienced Perinatal Loss

Rachel Diamond, Jessica L. Chou and Susan Bonis

Biography

Kristina S. Brown, PhD, LMFT, is Professor and the Chair of the Couple and Family Therapy at Adler University. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Feminist Family Therapy and Editor of the new AAMFT Systemic Ethics Textbook. Dr Brown is a feminist qualitative researcher with a broad focus on the experiences of women across identities as represented in her scholarly work. She lives in her “empty nest” in the Chicago Loop with her husband of 30 years and their two polydactyl cats, Cameron and Ferris.