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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Sense of Place, A Sense of Well-being -- 3 Senses of Place and Emerging Social and Environmental Challenges -- 4 Holistic Paradigms of Health and Place: How Beneficial are they to Environmental Policy and Practice? -- 5 Qualitative Approaches in the Investigation of Sense of Place and Health Relations

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- List of contributors Page -- 1 Gender matters globally: geography, health, and sustainability -- Part 1 SDG 5: gender equality and empowerment of women and girls -- 2 Gender, adolescents, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Ghana -- 3 Sustainable Development Goals and the internal logics of "gender equality" in the Liberian context -- 4 Global trends in women's employment in renewable energy: continuities, disruptions, and contradictions -- 5 Producing gender statistics at local level: the case of Mito-city, Japan -- Part 2 Target 5.4: value unpaid care and promote shared domestic responsibilities -- 6 Gender statistics, geospatial analysis, and Sustainable Development Goals: a case study of Mexico -- 7 Understanding women's unpaid work and domestic work: using Photovoice to capture immigrant carer-employee experiences in southern Ontario, Canada -- 8 Resource insecurity and gendered inequalities in health: a challenge to sustainable livelihood -- 9 "Today men's orientation has changed": gender and household water and sanitation responsibilities in Ghana -- 10 Canvas Totes and plastic bags: the political ecology of food assistance effectiveness at farmers' markets in the Twin Cities -- Part 3 Target 5.6: universal access to reproductive health and rights -- 11 Internal migration as a determinant of antenatal care in the Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana: does length of residence matter? -- 12 Longitudinal analysis of progress in women's empowerment and maternal mortality outcomes: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa -- 13 Mental health, quality of life, and life experiences of Ghanaian women living with breast cancer -- 14 Event-history analysis of determinants of breastfeeding in Cambodia: evidence from Demographic and Health Survey.

"With a global commitment to achieve gender equality by 2030, the SDGs present a historic opportunity to place gender as central to human progress across the globe. Gender Equality, which requires the empowerment of all women and girls, is an explicit goal, in addition to being a fundamental prerequisite to and facilitator of most other SDGs. This edited collection provides a range of geographical and geospatial insights, from a variety of disciplinary and country-specific perspectives, to better understand gender and sustainable development. In addition to several African countries, Mexico, Japan, Canada, USA and Cambodia are featured. A range of topical case studies examine women's domestic and care work, including water collection, breastfeeding, food purchasing, and caring for elderly family members. Access to health care services is examined in the case of breast screening and antenatal care. Women's engagement in the labour force is also addressed, with a specific look at the renewable energy sector; structural barriers to employment are discussed across a number of chapters, with clear strategies to break through these barriers. Finally, theoretical insights are proposed in better understanding and engaging in gendered inequalities in health"--

Cover -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Health and Place in Rural Canada -- Part 1: Rural Health Status -- 2 Rural Health Status and Determinants in Canada -- 3 Children, Youth, and Young Adults and the Gap in Health Status between Urban and Rural Canadians -- 4 Health Services Utilization in Rural Canada -- Part 2: Rural Health Human Resources -- 5 Geographical Distribution of Rural Health Human Resources -- 6 Rural Health Training Institute -- 7 Building Capacity in Rural Health Services -- 8 The Rural-Urban Continuum as Place -- Part 3: Rural Health Services Delivery -- 9 Transcending Boundaries -- 10 Virtual Health-Care Communities -- 11 Service Delivery Change in Three Prairie Communities -- Part 4: Rural Health Policy and Research -- 12 Integrating Policy, Research, and Community Development -- 13 Rural Mental Health Services in Canada -- 14 Health Literacy in Rural Communities -- 15 Potholes along the Roads -- Part 5: Rural Health Issues -- 16 "Beyond Tired of Driving that Far" -- 17 Shifting the Burden -- 18 Pain and Palliative Care with Seniors in Canada's Northern Territories -- 19 Reflections on the Socio-Economic and Psycho-Social Impacts of BSE on Rural and Farm Families in Canada -- Part 6: First Nations in Rural Settings -- 20 Decolonizing First Nations Health -- 21 Access to Primary Health Care in Rural and Remote Aboriginal Communities: Progress, Challenges, and Policy Directions -- 22 Bridging the Gap: Accessing Health Care in Remote Métis Communities -- Part 7: Aging in Rural Contexts -- 23 Diversity among Older Adults in Rural Canada -- 24 Looming Dementia Care Crisis -- 25 Health- and Social-Care Issues in Aging Resource Communities -- 26 Rural Women's Health Promotion Needs and Resources.

Given ageing demographics, the need for carers will increase and studies suggest that men are nearly as likely as women to become carers. The purpose of this study is to understand the specific challenges that male working carers experience with regard to social life and paid work. Participant recruitment was conducted through local carer support groups and male-dominated workplaces. Using a semi-structured format, 15 interviews were conducted. Findings suggest a variety of themes, including caring characteristics, the effects of caring, support systems and coping strategies. Our results indicate that the male working carer population faces specific challenges in the workplace and social settings.

In 2012, it was estimated that more than 5.6 million Canadian employees (35% of the workforce) had adult/elder care responsibilities (Fast et al, 2014). Lack of workplace support leads to consequences such as: carer-employees leaving the workforce/missing work; premature retirement; reduced productivity; health problems; and increased costs to employers (Peters and Wilson, 2017). In 2016, a partnership of committed stakeholders set out to develop a bilingual Canadian Caregiver-Friendly Workplace Standard and Implementation Guide. It is a gender-sensitive, accessible guide for employers and human resource professionals and is suitable for use in a wide range of workplaces.