Women's Health Issues Health information topics about 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 Womenâ??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   Recommended Resources: [CaRP] Can't open cache file. [CaRP] Unable to create/open RSS cache file. [CaRP] Failed to open file: /home/medidir/public_html/carp/autocache/f08f308c2a734eff75114115a30d9d37 [CaRP] Can't open remote newsfeed.