Assignment: Theories and Social Influences in Women’s Health

This week you considered some of the biological and social differences between females and males, as well as the need for a gender specific course in the subject. Whether or not you think it is necessary or appropriate to have a separate course in women and health, it is important to be aware that there are issues, social influences, and theories specific to women’s health.

For this Assignment, you explore some of the theories and social influences related to women’s health and some of your own interests in the area. Select two issues in women’s health in which you are interested and consider how they are conceptualized in the theory or social influence that most resonates with you.

The Assignment (2–3 pages)

• Explain the theory or social influence that best captures your current beliefs about women and health.
• Describe two issues in women’s health in which you are interested and explain how they are conceptualized in the theory or social influence you chose.

Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

Readings

• Brizendine, L. (2006). The birth of the female brain (pp. 11–30). New York, NY: Morgan Road Books.

• Casper, R.C. (2008). Growing up female. In R.C. Casper (Ed.), Women’s health: Hormones, emotions and behavior (pp. 1–13). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

• Reid, P.T., Cooper, S.M., Banks, K.H. (2007). Girls to women: Developmental theory, research and issues. In F. Denmark & M. Paludi (Eds.), Psychology of women: Handbook of issues and theories (2nd ed., pp. 237–270). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

• Cohen, R. Y., Brownell, K. D., & Felix, M. R. (1990). Age and sex differences in health habits and beliefs of schoolchildren. Health Psychology, 9(2), 208–224.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

• Keleher, H., & Franklin, L. (2008). Changing gendered norms about women and girls at the level of household and community: A review of the evidence. Global Public Health, 3(Suppl. 1), 42–57.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Media

• Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). What makes females different from males? Baltimore, MD: Author.

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