ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews literatures that range from social epidemiology, women's health, and discourses of poverty and health, to feminist action research. It argues that a theory of cultural, institutional, and material exclusion advances understandings of poor women's health and that a feminist action research framework can facilitate such understandings while moving toward collective action. The chapter explores how the theory of exclusion arose from the data and argues that exclusion has a serious influence on the women's health in terms of shame, material deprivation, psychosocial health conditions, and health behaviours. It provides an analysis of the Research Team through drawing on the principles of feminist action research. The chapter argues that health is a social justice issue and suggests policy and research recommendations.
