Women's Health Issues

Health Check Tools

1.	Test Your Women's Health Knowledge National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/quiz/

Law and Policy

1.	Social Security and Today's Woman Social Security Administration http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10127.html

National Institutes of Health

1.	Women's Health in the U.S.: NIAID Research on National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/womenshealth/womenshealth.pdf

Organizations

1.	National Asian Women's Health Organization http://www.nawho.org/




2.	FDA Office of Women's Health Food and Drug Administration, Office of Women's Health http://www.fda.gov/womens/




3.	National Institutes of Health, Office of Research http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/




4.	National Women's Health Information Center Dept. of Health and Human Services http://www.4woman.gov/




5.	American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist http://www.acog.org/

Overviews

1.	Women's Health Issues Public Health Service, Office on Women's Health http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/womhealth%20issues/index.htm




2.	Generations: Women's Health Across the Lifesp National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/pub/daybook.2005/




3.	Frequently Asked Questions about Women's Heal National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/index.htm

Prevention/Screening

1.	Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/healthywom.htm




2.	Women's Screening Tests: Prevent Small Proble Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01685




3.	Recommended Screenings and Immunizations for Women National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.org/screeningcharts/screenings-high-risk.pdf




4.	Pap Smears: What They Are and What the Results Mea American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/138.xml




5.	Lifetime of Good Health: Your Guide to Staying Hea National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/pub/PG.English.pdf




6.	General Screenings and Immunizations Guidelines fo National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.org/screeningcharts/screenings-general.pdf




7.	Action Steps for Staying Healthy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Women's Health http://www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/works/action.htm

Related Issues

1.	Just the Facts: Differences Between Women and Men Society for Women's Health Research http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/hs/healthfacts.htm




2.	Your Ob-Gyn: Your Partner in Health Care American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZQOW5687C&sub_...




3.	Women's Top Health Threats: A Surprising List Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=WO00014




4.	Alcohol Alerts: Alcohol-An Important Women's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa62/aa62.htm




5.	Alcohol: A Women's Health Issue National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochurewomen/women.htm




6.	Body Image: Are You Imagining the Wrong Body? National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/editor/jan05/jan05.htm




7.	Celebrate the Beauty of Youth NIDDK Weight-Control Information Network http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/celebrate.htm




8.	Heart Truth for Women National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/




9.	WISEWOMAN: Frequently Asked Questions Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/wisewoman/faqs.htm

Research

1.	Women's Health Initiative National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/index.html




2.	Labor Takes Longer for Overweight and Obese Women National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2004/nichd-29.htm




3.	New Report Shows Link between Community Environmen National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/03facts/linkoutcome.htm




4.	Diseases and Disorders Related to Women's Hea National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/womenshealth/diseases.cfm

Seniors

1.	What's Important about Elderly Women's F American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3010084




2.	For Women Ages 65 and Older: Staying Healthy American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZJUIRMFGC&sub_...

Statistics

1.	Women of Color Health Data Book National Women's Health Information Center http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/wocEnglish2002.pdf




2.	What Really Claims Women’s Lives? Society for Women's Health Research http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/hs/whatclaims.htm




3.	What Do Women Suffer From? Society for Women's Health Research http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/hs/suffer.htm




4.	New Report Maps Women's Health in the United Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs040901.htm




5.	Leading Causes of Death, Females United States, 20 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Women's Health http://www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/lcod.htm




6.	Heart Disease and Stroke Maps National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/giscvh/(1yuitx45dju3yt45zdgxg555)/default.aspx




7.	Health of Minority Women National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/minority/index.htm




8.	FASTATS: Women's Health National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/womens_health.htm




9.	Childbirth and Depression Are Leading Reasons for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2002/chdeppr.htm




10.	American Women Are Waiting to Begin Families: Aver National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/02news/ameriwomen.htm




11.	Disparities by Gender American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/NPHW/facts/Gender-PHW04_Facts.pdf