Table of Contents

Part 1 - Introduction
1: Gita D Mishra, Diana Kuh, and Rebecca Hardy: A life course approach to women's health
Part 2 - Reproductive Health
2: Maria C Magnus and Abigail Fraser: A life course approach to women's reproductive health
3: Gita D Mishra, Ingrid J Rowlands, Hsiu-Wen Chan, and Grant W Montgomery: A life course approach to endometriosis
4: Gita D Mishra, Hsin-Fang Chung, Martha Hickey, Diana Kuh, and Rebecca Hardy: Menopause and hysterectomy: a life course perspective
Part 3 - Health, Ageing, and Disease
5: Jane A Masoli and Rebecca Hardy: A life course approach to cardiovascular disease
6: Emily Papadimos, Jedediah I Morton, Jessica L Harding, and Elizabeth Barr: A life course approach to diabetes
7: Rachel Cooper, Kate A Ward, and Avan Aihie Sayer: A life course approach to musculoskeletal ageing
8: Dinh S Bui and Shyamali C Dharmage: A life course approach to lung function impairment and COPD
9: Barbara Maughan: Depression and psychological distress
10: Erin E Sundermann, Sarah J Banks, and Carlos Araujo Menedez: Cognition function and dementia: a life course perspective
11: Lauren C Houghton, Nancy Potischman, and Rebecca Troisi: The life course epidemiology of breast cancer
12: Susan J Jordan and Penelope M Webb: Gynaecological cancers: a life course perspective
Part 4 - Biological and Behavioural Pathways
13: Anna Murray and Katherine S Ruth: Integrative omics for women's health
14: Marta Bianchini, Alfonsina Chiefari, Rosa Lauretta, Marilda Mormando, Guilia Puliani, and Marialuisa Appetecchia: Endocrine pathways across the life course
15: Hsin-Fang Chung and Gita D Mishra: A life course perspective on women's health behaviours
16: Rebecca Hardy and Laura D Howe: A life course approach to body weight
Part 5 - Social Issues Impacting Women's Health
17: Rebecca Hardy: Social inequalities and life course socioeconomic pathways
18: Anne McMunn: Women's social relationships and links with health and wellbeing over the life course
19: Jessica Kelley and Marissa Gilbert: Structural sexism across the life course: how social inequality shapes women's later-life health
20: Elizabeth McLindon, Minerva Kyei-Onanjiri, and Kelsey Hegarty: The influence of gender-based violence across the life course
Part 6 - From Evidence to Practice
21: Judith Stephenson, Jennifer Hall, and Louise F Wilson: A life course approach to women's health care
22: Helen Brown, Stephanie Best, and Trina Hinkley: Translating women's health research into policy and practice
Part 7 - Conclusion
23: Rebecca Hardy, Diana Kuh, and Gita D Mishra: A life course approach to women's health: conclusion

About the Author

Gita Mishra, Director, Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health and Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, School of Public Health The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Rebecca Hardy, Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK, Diana Kuh, Emeritus Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, MRC Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK

Reviews

Review from previous edition Such a mind-expanding volume as this can be read by any professional involved with women's health and of course our women patients themselves... this 5-star volume should be required reading for everyone who has any association with and concern for women and their health.
*Journal of the British Menopause Society*

This work presents comprehensive women's health information in a most welcome fashion . . . Practitioners with a strong interest in epidemiology will find the book quite fascinating.
*Doody's Journal*

This book is a fountain of wisdom with a world view of evidence-based data on women's health past, present and future.
*Family Practice, Vol 20, No 3*

This book is another fine example of the application of both individual and population-level course thinking . . . the book is comprehensive, intellectually stimulating, and well organized, and offers a wealth of resources on life course approaches to women's health. I highly recommend it as a most valuable addition to any epidemiological library.
*International Journal of Epidemiology*