Contributors
Foreword
Wanda K. Jones
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Shari E. Miles-Cohen and Caroline Signore
I. The Big Picture
II. Delivery of Care
III. Specific Populations
IV. Recommendations
Afterword
Gloria L. Krahn
Index
About the Editors
Shari E. Miles-Cohen, PhD, is senior director of the Women's
Programs Office at APA.
Dr. Miles-Cohen has received funding from the National Science
Foundation and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Office of Women's Health, to explore the educational needs and
health care needs of women with disabilities. Prior to joining APA,
she served in leadership positions with university-based and
independent nonprofit organizations working to improve the lives of
women and girls, including the African American Women's Institute,
the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and the
Women's Research and Education Institute.
Dr. Miles-Cohen holds a bachelor of arts from the University of
Colorado at Boulder, and a master of science and a doctorate of
philosophy in personality psychology from Howard University. She is
a fellow of APA.
Her first edited book focused on the status of African American
women in the United States and was published while she was a
graduate student. Since that time, she has worked to promote an
intersectional analysis of women's lives, especially related to
women's health and wellness. She lives in Washington, DC, with her
husband and son.
Caroline Signore, MD, MPH, is a board-certified
obstetrician-gynecologist, and a fellow of the American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Her interest in the reproductive health care needs of women with
disabilities arose in 1996, when, shortly after completing her
residency training, she sustained a traumatic cervical spinal cord
injury. Since then, she has delivered a number of presentations on
reproductive health and wellness in women with disabilities, served
as a guest reviewer for a handbook on health for women with
disabilities in developing countries, and authored chapters for
women's health textbooks.
From 2004 to 2009, Dr. Signore served as an advisory board member
to an ACOG committee to produce resources to assist ACOG members
with providing quality reproductive health care to women with
disabilities. Her special interest is increasing awareness among
clinicians of the barriers to reproductive health care faced by
women with disabilities and how care providers can address these
barriers to deliver more comprehensive, competent, and sensitive
care for all women.
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