Chapter 26: Work........................................................................................................................... 392
Cooking fires and smoke.................................394 Crafts.........................................................................406
Lifting and carrying heavy loads....................398 Unsafe working conditions..............................406
Work with water..................................................401 Sexual harassment...............................................407
Work with chemicals.........................................402 Migration..................................................................408
Sitting or standing for a long time................404 Workers in the informal sector....................409
Repeating the same movement....................405 Working for change............................................410
Chapter 27: Mental Health........................................................................................................... 412
Self-esteem..............................................................414
Common causes of mental health
problems in women........................................416
Common mental health
problems for women......................................419
Helping yourself and helping others...........422
Mental illness (psychosis).................................432
Ways to improve your community’s
mental health......................................................433
Chapter 28: Alcohol and Other Drugs...................................................................................... 434
Use and misuse of alcohol and drugs........436
Problems from alcohol and drugs................438
Overcoming problems with
alcohol and drugs.............................................440
Problems from tobacco....................................443
Living with someone who has
a drinking or drug problem.........................444
Preventing drug and alcohol abuse.............445
Chapter 29: Refugees and Displaced Women..........................................................................446
Flight and arrival...................................................448 Mental health.........................................................454
Basic needs..............................................................448 Women as leaders..............................................456
Reproductive health...........................................452
Chapter 30: Female Genital Cutting........................................................................................... 458
Types of female cutting.....................................460 What to do for health problems..................461
Health problems from cutting.......................460 Working for change............................................466
Chapter 31: Use of Medicines in Women’s Health..................................................................468
Deciding to use medicine................................470 Kinds of medicines...............................................480
How to use medicine safely............................472 Medicines that can save a woman’s life.....484
Using the medicines in this book.................473
Table of Medicines: Green pages.................................................................................................. 485
Health Care Skills............................................................................................................................. 525
Preventing infection............................................525
How to take temperature, pulse,
respiration, and blood pressure.................530
How to examine the abdomen....................534
How to examine a woman’s genitals..........535
Caring for burns...................................................538
How to give fluids to treat shock................540
How to give an injection..................................542
Acupressure massage.........................................546
Vocabulary: List of difficult words............................................................................................... 548
Where to get more information.................................................................................................. 561
Index: Yellow pages......................................................................................................................... 565
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