Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering Vol 11, No 1 (2009)

Maternal Health and Well-Being

Published: 2008-12-01

Contents

• Coping with Change: Integrating Feminist Praxis with Maternal Health Promotion and Education

  Fiona J. Green

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• For Whom Is Breast Best? Thoughts on Breastfeeding, Feminism and Ambivalence

  May Friedman

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• Feeding the State: Breastfeeding and Women's Well-Being in Context

  Phyllis L. F. Rippeyoung

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• Intensive Mothering, Intensive visiting: How Mothers View Prenatal Care Schedules

  Elizabeth Soliday

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• Trusting Women, Respecting Birth: Prenatal Care in Sweden

  Jan E. Thomas

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• Mothers' Early Embodied and Relational Responses to their Preterm Infants

  Jennifer L. Broeder

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• "Having a Tough Time:" Towards an Understanding of the Psycho-social Causes of Postpartum Emotional Stress

  Stephanie Knaak

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• Masquing Well-Being: "Negotiating Space" and the Self-Concept of Poor, Black Women

  Holly A. Haynes

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• Restricted Access: The Intersections of Reproductive Health, Rights and Policy for Minors and Native American Women

  Barbara Gurr, Nikki McGary

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• Bridging the Gaps: Reducing Barriers for Mi'kmaq Women and Families During Childbirth

  Joanne Whitty-Rogers, Joan Evans, Josephine Etowa

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• Having Our Baby!?! A Question of Choice and Availability of Options in Maternity Care and Birth Place, in the Experiences of Queer Couples in British Columbia

  Michelle Walks

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• Motherhood, Balance, and Health Behaviours of Academic Women

  Michele L. Vancour

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• Contaminating the Hallowed Maternal Body: A Feminist Approach to the Dilemma of Endocrine Disruptors on Maternal and Child Health

  Erica Hesch Anstey

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• Making Space for Positive Constructions of the Mother-Child Relationship: The Voice of Mothers of Children wtih Autism Spectrum Disorder

  Natalia Celia Charles, Rachel C. Berman

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• Discontent and Activism Among Mothers Who Blog While Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

  Jayme Swanke, Laura Dreuth Zeman, Judy Doktor

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• Somali-Canadian Mothers' Experiences In Parenting a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder

  Fatima Kediye, Angela Valeo, Rachel C. Berman

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• MotherArt© and MAternal Health: Transformation from Grief to Compassion

  Rosie Rosenzweig

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• Crafting Quality of Life: Creativity and Well-Being

  Marty Grace, Enza Gandolfo, Chelsea Candy

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• The Impact of Food Insecurity on Women's Mental Health: How it Negatively Affects Children's Health and Development

  Laura Collins

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• Supporting the Mothers: An Exploration of Maternal Health, Well-being and Support Service Needs for HIV-Positive MOthers

  Linda Hunter

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• Breaking the Cycle Pregnancy Outreach Program: Reaching Out to Improve the Health and Well-being for Pregnant Substance-Involved Mothers

  Nicole Racine, Mary Motz, Margaret Leslie, Debra Pepler

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• "A Splinter in the Toe": Mothering and Democracy in Grace Paley's Fiction

  Kremena Todorova

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• Notes from the Founding Editor

  Andrea O'Reilly

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• Editor's Notes

  Jane Satterfield

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• Primer

  Rishma Dunlop

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• The Education of Girls

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Cherries in the Snow

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Choreography

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Soundtracks

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Hush

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Adagio

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Small Things

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Reading Amy Lowell

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Slow Burn

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Psalm

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Metropolis (excerpt)

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Memento Mori

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Film Noir

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Dearest Rachel

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Somewhere, a woman is writing a poem

  Rishma Dunlop

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• Notes

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Book Reviews

• Double Lives: Writing and Motherhood

  reviewed by Cayo Gamber

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• Wishing: Diaries of a Teen Pregnancy

  reviewed by Nancy Bird LaChance, and Sarah LaChance Adams

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• Whatever Floats Your Boat: Perspectives on Motherhood

  reviewed by Gisela Norat

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• Like Our Very Own: Adoption and the Changing Culture of Motherhood, 1851-1950

  reviewed by Amya Cuomo

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• A Mother Apart: How to Let Go of Guilt and Find Happiness Living Apart from your Child

  reviewed by Diana L. Gustafson

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• Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters

  Laurie Kruk

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• Obsession, with Intent: Violence Against Women

  reviewed by Deborah Davidson

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• Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice

  reviewed by Stephanie Knaak

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• gravity loses the body

  reviewed by Nancy Gerber

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• Rachel in the World: A Memoir

  reviewed by Barbara Schwartz-Bechet

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• The Pearl of the Antilles

  reviewed by Gillian M. E. Albans

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• The End of Second Class

  reviewed by Deidre Hill Butler

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• Contributor Notes

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