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Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1995
Although women live longer than men, new evidence indicates women bear a disproportionately heavy burden of disease. The effect of disease on economic productivity of women in developing countries has been largely ignored. Infections are often causes of disease in women, including those that affect reproductive health.
P, Curlin, A, Tinker
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Although women live longer than men, new evidence indicates women bear a disproportionately heavy burden of disease. The effect of disease on economic productivity of women in developing countries has been largely ignored. Infections are often causes of disease in women, including those that affect reproductive health.
P, Curlin, A, Tinker
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Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, 2014
Many of the unique health issues facing women are related to reproductive health and pregnancy. However, several conditions that affect both sexes have distinct manifestations in women including cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and anemia. The extent of the effect that the physiological differences between men and women have on the natural course ...
Ann M, Gronowski, Emily I, Schindler
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Many of the unique health issues facing women are related to reproductive health and pregnancy. However, several conditions that affect both sexes have distinct manifestations in women including cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and anemia. The extent of the effect that the physiological differences between men and women have on the natural course ...
Ann M, Gronowski, Emily I, Schindler
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Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2017
The aim of this two-day workshop is to bring together a nascent community of researchers to share research, ideas, methods and tools that can encourage, inspire and strengthen those of us working on digital women's health. Our workshop aims to take a pro-active stance, offering participants the opportunity to critique, design and hack existing and new ...
Madeline Balaam +7 more
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The aim of this two-day workshop is to bring together a nascent community of researchers to share research, ideas, methods and tools that can encourage, inspire and strengthen those of us working on digital women's health. Our workshop aims to take a pro-active stance, offering participants the opportunity to critique, design and hack existing and new ...
Madeline Balaam +7 more
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Women's occupational health and the women's health movement
Preventive Medicine, 1978Abstract This article reviews the major role of women in the American health field over the last 150 years, linking the work of individual women to the larger social and health movements of which they were a part. In particular it examines women's role in preventive medicine and occupational health efforts.
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The Women’s Health Initiative—A Victory for Women and Their Health
JAMA, 2013The history of medicine abounds with dogmas assumed and later overcome. Nowhere is that dynamic more evident than in women’s health. Several decades ago, menopausal hormone therapywaswidelyassumedtobebeneficial forwomen, not only to relieve vasomotor symptoms, but also to reduce a woman’s risk for chronicdiseasesof aging, includingheartdisease ...
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Women for women's health: Uganda
Nursing Outlook, 1996The primary health care model targets social, political, and economic environments as key determinants of health for populations, as well as for individuals. If nursing in Uganda is to make a difference in health care outcomes and in the health of all Ugandans, nurses must look broadly at situations and be educated to practice primary health care ...
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Health Care for Women International, 1993
Some factors that determine the development and diffusion of medical technologies are discussed. The use of technology in pregnancy and labor cannot be seen as a response to user needs or the result of societal planning alone. Often technologies are developed and diffused without any evaluation of their risks and benefits. The relations between medical
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Some factors that determine the development and diffusion of medical technologies are discussed. The use of technology in pregnancy and labor cannot be seen as a response to user needs or the result of societal planning alone. Often technologies are developed and diffused without any evaluation of their risks and benefits. The relations between medical
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Women, health and the environment
Social Science & Medicine, 1996This paper develops a conceptual framework for gender-sensitive research and policy analysis that centres on women's interaction with the biophysical environment, and the implications of that interaction for their environmental health. The paper reviews the lack of data on women's non-reproductive health, and argues that there is a need for increased ...
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Psychiatry, 2004
Abstract Women often have different outcomes and experiences with mental illness compared to men. However, there is still a ‘gender-blind’ approach to the understanding and development of new treatments for mental illness. The emphasis is on women and schizophrenia, depression in women and existing sex differences in anxiety disorders (including ...
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Abstract Women often have different outcomes and experiences with mental illness compared to men. However, there is still a ‘gender-blind’ approach to the understanding and development of new treatments for mental illness. The emphasis is on women and schizophrenia, depression in women and existing sex differences in anxiety disorders (including ...
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Medical Clinics of North America, 1998
Older persons are the fastest growing segment of the American population, and older women significantly outnumber men. The health status of older women is influenced by disease and psychosocial factors. Comprehensive geriatric assessment is a tool which takes into account the many aspects of health and provides a framework for developing individualized
E L, Cobbs, A N, Ralapati
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Older persons are the fastest growing segment of the American population, and older women significantly outnumber men. The health status of older women is influenced by disease and psychosocial factors. Comprehensive geriatric assessment is a tool which takes into account the many aspects of health and provides a framework for developing individualized
E L, Cobbs, A N, Ralapati
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