Women's Health and Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Jon Adams is Distinguished Professor of Public Health, ARC Professorial Fellow and Director, Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM), University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Amie Steel is Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM), University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and Associate Director of Research, Endeavour College of Natural Health, Australia. Alex Broom is Professor of Sociology, University of New South Wales, Australia, and a Visiting Professor, Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM), University of Technology Sydney, Australia.Jane Frawley is an NHMRC Early Career Fellow and Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM), University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

• PART I: CIM USE AND WOMEN’S LIFE CYCLE1. The role of complementary and integrative medicine within preconception care: contributing to an emerging research field. 2.Complementary and integrative medicine use in pregnancy: focus upon contemporary analysis of self-prescribed treatment among Australian women 3. Menopause and complementary and integrative medicine: a consideration of clinical evidence, grassroots use and contemporary clinical practice guidelines 4. Women, ageing and complementary and integrative medicinePART II: CIM USE AND WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES5. Women’s cancers and complementary and integrative medicine: a focus upon prevention, disease management and survivorship6. The use of self-care practices and products by women with chronic illness: a case study of older women with osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.7. Women’s mental health and complementary and integrative medicinePART III: CIM USE, WOMEN AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM8. Animating the ‘happening’ of complementary and integrative medicine: the potential of non-representational theory and some examples through older females’ use 9. Maternity care providers and complementary and integrative medicine10. The role and influence of women in the workforce and practice of complementary and integrative medicine: contemporary trends and future prospects11. Models of care and women’s health: drawing upon aspects of complementary and integrative medicine