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... have failed—in physical education and sport, and in medicine—to clarify the importance of habitual physical activity, physical fitness, and maintenance of “normal” body weight to good health. One ... that of eight priorities for health promotion and disease prevention, increased physical activity and fitness leads the list. If we could increase physical activity and decreaseobesity, the reasoning ... their health risks, and that health and educational professionals must mount new efforts to developculturally appropriate and sensitive health programs and educational materials.But, first, how physically...

... sec-ond-hand smoke (97-103) and some pesti-cides, especially early life exposure to DDT (104,105).Hormone Disruptors and Men’s Health. This report focuses on the risks of hormone disruptors and women’s ... hormone disruptors on women’s health. •Most of the research to date has been focused on hormone disruptors and men, leaving more gaps in the research on women’s health. Improve health tracking ... Chal-lenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility. Hosted by the University of California, San Francisco and the Col-laborative on Health and the Environment. Fertility and Sterility 2008;89:e1-e20....

... 11/09/02] Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse Topic Paper: Domestic Violence and Women’s Physical Health 1 Domestic Violence and Women’s Physical Health * Kristen Fraser, ... and Women’s Physical Health 5…the experience of abuse significantly affected the general health and wellbeing of mid-aged women. Overall, the participants had poorer physical and mental health ... of Women’s Health & Gender-based Medicine, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1015-1023. Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse Topic Paper: Domestic Violence and Women’s Physical Health...

... Health Table l-l Women’s Health Legislation Introducedin the 102d CongressTitle l-Research Women’s Health Research ActClinical Trials Fairness Act Women’s Mental Health Research ActWomen and Alcohol ... U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, “Research and ResearchFindings on Women’s Health Issues,” report ... The Menopause, Hormone Therapy, and Women’s Health progress is fundamental to accurate diagnosis and effective treatment to reduce morbidity and mortal-ity and to maintain the independence...

... and communicationamong the medical, research, and policy-making communities and those parents,children, and community members whohave firsthand experience with environ-mental exposures and ... environmentally safe and healthy learning environmentwhich is clean and in good repair.Every child, parent, and school employee has a “right to know” about environmental health issues and hazards in ... occupational and environmental medicine to medicalstudents, residents, and physicians.20Several federally funded programs havebeen initiated to increase and expandoccupational teaching and experience,such...

... Geiger and Count Gibson, is part of the School of Public Health and Health Services at The George Washington University. It focuses on the history and contributions of health centers and the ... RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative Policy Research Brief No. 31 Deteriorating Access to Women’s Health Services in Texas: Potential Effects of the Women’s Health Program ... Gibson / RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative The Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy, established in 2003 and named after human rights and health center pioneers...

... West Virginia and Arizona.First Trimester Pregnancy and Women’s Health Do’s and Don’ts, Nutrition, Harmful Prescription Drugs, Birth Defects CONTENTSYou’re pregnant. Do’s and Don’ts 2What ... or extend your family and couldn’t be happier and more excited or more stressed and conflicted. Every woman will experience pregnancy differently. YOU’RE PREGNANT. DO’S AND DON’TSStop smoking ... do.•Stop using drugs, if you do.•Stop drinking beer, wine, and cocktails.•[Ultrasound at 9 weeks]FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH Copyright © 2004–2011 All rights reserved. Anapol...

... affectingpregnancy and women’s health in theUnited States. The NSFG supplements and complements the data from theNational Vital Statistics System onbirths, marriage and divorce, fetal death, and infant ... Child Health and HumanDevelopment, and the Office ofPopulation Affairs, with additionalsupport from the Administration forChildren and Families—all of the U.S.Department of Health and HumanServices. ... 111Uptofourracialgroupscouldbechosen.Respondentswhoidentifiedthemselveswithmorethanoneracialgroupwereaskedtoselectonegroupthat‘‘bestdescribes’’them,andtheRACErecodereflectedthisresponse.Becauseoflimitedsamplesize,Asian,PacificIslander,Alaskannative ,and AmericanIndianwomenwerecombinedandpresentedinthisreportas‘‘Non-Hispanicother’’races.+Comparisonwithbirthcertificatedata—Thedataintable6ofthisreportshowthatfortheyears1991–94,theNSFGestimatesofthenumberofbirthsareveryclosetothebirthcertificatetotals,bothoverall,forindividualyears ,and forbirthstowhitewomen.TheNSFGestimatesaresomewhatlowerforblackwomenandsomewhathigherforwomenof‘‘other’’racesthanthebirthcertificatedata.Thesedifferenceslargely(withinsamplingerror)canceleachotherout.Butthedataintable6suggestthatsomewomenwhoreportthattheyareof‘‘other’’races(AsianorPacificIslander,orAmericanIndianorAlaskannative)inasurveyliketheNSFGmaybeclassifiedaswhiteorblackbyathirdpartyfillingoutabirthcertificate.Inaddition,somewomenwhoidentifywithmorethanoneracialgroupmayidentifythemselvesprimarilywithaparticulargroup,butathirdpartymaynotchoosethatracialgroupifaskedtoclassifythembyrace.Theseissuesdonotappeartoaffectthecomparabilityofthetotalnumberofbirthsbyyearorothercharacteristics,whichshowverygoodagreementbetweentheNSFGandtheregisteredbirths.+InterpretationofdatabyraceandHispanicorigin—DataareshownbyraceandHispanicorigininthetablesbecauseNCHSisfrequentlyaskedtoprovidedataseparatelyforwhite,black,andHispanicwomen.Raceisassociatedwithanumberofindicatorsofsocialandeconomicstatus.Measuresofsocioeconomicstatus(forexample,educationandincome)arenotalwaysavailableforthepointintimewhentheeventbeingstudiedoccurred.Whilecharacteristicssuchaseducationandincomecanchangeovertime,raceandethnicitydonotchangesotheycanbeusedatallpointsintimeasproxiesforsocioeconomicstatus.Differencesamongwhite,black,andHispanicwomeninthephenomenapresentedinthetablesprimarilyreflectthelowerincomeandeducationallevelsofblackandHispanicwomen,theirmorelimitedaccesstohealthcareandhealthinsurance,thecommunitiesinwhichtheylive,andotherfactors(seereference14,tables49,53,81,173).Forsomerecentanalysesofdifferencesinbirthratesbyraceandorigin,seereferences1,15,40 ,and4 1.ReasonsforHIVtest—Allrespondentswhoreportedthattheyhadeverhadtheirbloodtestedforhumanimmunodeficiencyvirus(HIV),thevirusthatcausesAIDS,wereaskedthereasonsfortheirmostrecenttest.Theresponselistwasasfollows:+forahospitalizationorsurgicalprocedure+toapplyforhealthorlifeinsurance+becauseyouwerepregnantorbecauseitwaspartofprenatalcare+justtofindoutifyouwereinfected+becauseofareferralbyadoctor+otherreason(specify)Table86showsthepercentscitingspecificreasons,withthepercentsaddingtomorethan100becausesomewomengavemorethanonereasonfortheirHIVtest.Reasonsforsterilizingoperations—Table54showsreasonsreportedfortuballigations,hysterectomies ,and vasectomies.Foreachofhersterilizingoperations,therespondentwasasked:‘‘NowpleaselookatCardD-3whichlistssomereasonsthatwomensometimesgiveforhavingsterilizingoperations.Whichreasonorreasonsdoyoubelieveareclosesttoyourown?’’Womencouldchoosealloftheapplicableresponsesfromthefollowinglist:+Youhadallthechildrenyouwanted+Yourhusbandorpartneratthetimedidnotwantanymorechildren+Financialreasons,thatis,youcouldnotaffordanotherbaby+Medicalreasons+Reasonsrelatedtobirthcontrol+SomeotherreasonsforsterilizationThosementioning‘‘medicalreasons’’wereasked:‘‘PleaselookatCardD-4.Whichofthesemedicalreasonsdidyouhave?’’Theresponselist,againpermittingallapplicablereasonstobecoded,readasfollows:+Medicalproblemswithyourfemaleorgans+Pregnancywouldbedangeroustoyourhealth+Youwouldprobablyloseapregnancy+Youwouldprobablyhaveanunhealthychild+Someothermedicalreason(specify)Thosementioning‘‘reasonsrelatedtobirthcontrol’’intheoriginalquestionwereasked:‘‘Wasyourmethodofbirthcontroldangeroustoyourhealthordidyounotlikeyourmethodofbirthcontrolforotherreasons?’’Womenreportingmorethanonereasonfortheirsterilizingoperationwereaskedtoidentifytheirmainreason.Reasonsforvasectomies—Womenwereonlyaskedaboutreasonsforvasectomyifhercurrenthusbandorcohabitingpartnerhadhisvasectomyduringtheirrelationship.Thequestionsaskedaboutreasonsforvasectomyweregenerallysimilartothoseaskedforfemalesterilizationoperations.Theexceptionwasthatintheresponselistformedicalreasons,‘‘medicalproblemswithyourfemaleorgans’’wasreplacedwith‘‘HEhadahealthproblemthatrequiredtheoperation.’’Regionofresidence(atinterview)—TheREGIONrecodeclassifiesregionofresidenceattimeofinterviewintothefourmajorcensusregions:Northeast,Midwest,South,andWest.ThesePage112[Series23,No.19...

... of Women’s Health FDA created the Office of Women’s Health (OWH), beginning a new chapter in this agency’s commitment to women’s health. Serving as a champion for women’s health both inside and ... safeguards the health and well being of American women in a variety of ways by:• Providing scientic and policy input on many of today’s leading women’s health issues;• Funding research and education/outreach ... programs on pressing women’s conditions and diseases;• Encouraging industry to include women in their clinical trials; and • Communicating important public health messages to and from the public.For...

... 2010.“Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Network for Asia and the 8 Pacific. Investing in maternal, newborn and child health – the case for Asia and the Pacific.” World Health Organization and The Partnership ... Nigeria; Global Health and Development; Global Health Council; Global Healthcare Information Network; Global Health Visions; Gynuity Health Projects; Health Alliance International; Health Poverty ... develop, fund and implement a prioritized and coordinated global research agenda for women’s and children’s health, and strengthen research institutions and systems in low- and middle-income...