Un manual de salud para mujeres con discapacidad

Un manual de salud para mujeres con discapacidad (A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities)
by Jane Maxwell, Julia Watts Belser, and Darlena David
2009, 406 pages, illustrated
Spanish ed. ISBN: 978-0-942364-51-4

Women with disabilities often discover that the social stigma of disability and inadequate care are greater barriers to health than the disabilities themselves. Un manual de salud para mujeres con discapacidad (A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities) will help women with disabilities overcome these barriers and improve their general health, self-esteem, and abilities to care for themselves and participate in their communities.

This groundbreaking handbook was developed with the help and experience of women with disabilities in 42 countries—women whose disabilities include blindness, deafness, amputations, paralysis, learning difficulties, small stature, epilepsy, arthritis, and cerebral palsy.

The book is full of useful advice on:

• Caring for daily needs with limited access to equipment
• Having healthy and safe sexual relationships
• Choosing family planning methods that work best with specific disabilities
• Preparing for pregnancy and childbirth
• Defending against violence or abuse
• Interactions of disability medicines with other medicines
• Organizing for disability-friendly health care

Health professionals, caregivers for women with disabilities, and trainers working with disability groups will also find Un manual de salud para mujeres con discapacidad (A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities) an essential resource.

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What people have to say about Un manual de salud para mujeres con discapacidad (A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities):

"A wonderful, comprehensive and compassionate guide."
- Ellen Bass and Laura Davis,
Authors of The Courage to Heal

"A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities' is an outstanding accomplishment, which uses the experiences and advice from women with disabilities throughout the world together with up to date, professional health information. The book captures the real life situations of women with disabilities and their issues, their experiences and their desires. This book is a "must-have" for health professionals, international development organizations, international women's organizations and anyone who believes in equality for women with disabilities."
- Susan Sygall
Co-founder and CEO of Mobility International USA, and a MacArthur Fellow

"Packed with useful information, helpful tips, and illustrations that deepen our learning, this practical tool for gaining health rights clearly reflects sound practice and the voices and experiences of women with disabilities from around the world. A breakthrough publication!"
-Karen Heinicke-Motsch
World Health Organization

"Long-awaited, this book provides us, and our families and caregivers, reliable information on sexuality, childbearing, aging and all the other life processes that affect every woman. An accessible resource for wisdom about our health."
-Venus M. Ilagan
Disabled Peoples’ International

"This manual definitely can be used by women with disabilities to understand themselves better, help others to understand them better, and help them teach others to understand them better."
-Dr. Veda Zachariah
Sanjivini Trust, Bangalore, India