Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Theoretical and methodological innovations. Beyond borders and boundaries : addressing indigenous health inequities in Canada through theories of social determinants of health and intersectionality / Sarah de Leeuw and Margo Greenwood -- A cross-cultural quantitative approach to intersectionality and health : using interactions between gender, race, class, and neighbourhood to predict self-rated health in Toronto and New York City / Jennifer Black and Gerry Veenstra -- Performing intersectionality : the mutuality of intersectional analysis and feminist participatory action health research / Colleen Reid, Pamela Ponic, Louise Hara, Connie Kaweesi, and Robin LeDrew -- Adding religion to gender, race, and class : seeking new insights on intersectionality in health care contexts / Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham and Sonya Sharma -- pt. 2. Intersectionality research across the life course. Navigating the crossroads : exploring young women's experiences of health using an intersectional framework / Natalie Clark and Sarah Hunt -- Exploring health and identity through PhotoVoice, intersectionality, and transnational feminisms : voices of racialized young women / Jo-Anne Lee and Alison Sum -- An intersectional understanding of youth cultural identities and psychosocial integration : why it matters to mental health promotion in immigrant-receiving pluralistic societies / Nazilla Khanlou and Tahira Gonsalves -- Adopting an intersectionality perspective in the study of the healthy immigrant effect in mid- to later life / Karen M. Kobayashi and Steven G. Prus -- Intersectionality in the context of later life experiences of dementia / Wendy Hulko -- pt. 3. Social context, policy, and health. An intersectional lens on various facets of violence : access to health and social services for women with precarious immigration status / Jacqueline Oxman-Martinez and Jill Hanley -- Place, health, and home : gender and migration in the constitution of healthy space / Parin Dossa and Isabel Dyck -- Preventing and managing diabetes : at the intersection of gender, ethnicity, and migration / Bilkis Vissandjée and Ilene Hyman -- Intersectionality model of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder / Joan Samuels-Dennis, Annette Bailey, and Marilyn Ford-Gilboe -- pt. 4. Disrupting power and health inequities. Addressing trauma, violence, and pain : research on health services for women at the intersections of history and economics / Annette J. Browne, Colleen Varcoe, and Alycia Fridkin -- Intersectional frameworks in mental health : moving from theory to practice / Katherine R. Rossiter and Marina Morrow -- Intersectionality, justice, and influencing policy / Colleen Varcoe, Bernadette Pauly, and Shari Laliberté -- Intersectional feminist frameworks in practice : CRIAW's journey toward intersectional feminist frameworks, implications for equity in health / Jo-Anne Lee.