Breaking the Silence: Traumatic Brain Injury and Intimate Partner Violence Past research has established that a high percentage of women in violent relationships experience a traumatic brain injury, with one article estimating approximately 23 million women in the US living with a TBI from intimate partner violence. The present research investigates this relationship from a qualitative perspective.
Author: Chantele Joordens
An innovative non-profit organization serving criminalized women in the perinatal period This presentation describes the work of Women’s Wellness Within (WWW), a registered non-profit organization serving criminalized women in Nova Scotia (NS) in the perinatal period. WWW services include volunteer doula support, facilitating educational workshops for women, collaboration with clients on resource creation, political advocacy, and developing public, student and health professional understanding of the intersection of women’s health and criminalization.
Author: Martha Paynter
Women’s depression coping in the context of gendered lives Despite the capacity for some women to manage depression well, the burden and stress associated with “getting on with life” has a significant impact on women’s overall health, well-being, and quality of life. I will explore how depression is shaped by the discourse of self-management and gender performance. Preliminary results on women’s depression from interviews conducted with Nova Scotia women will be presented including how women describe managing their depression and the limitations of approaches which emphasize self-management at the expense of social context.
