Improving the health of women in the United States : workshop summary /

The environment for women's health has changed over the last 25 years. Increased use of automobiles can lead to health risks from lack of physical activity. There has also been an increase in access to and consumption of unhealthy food. Other changes in the past 2 to 3 decades include the signi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Plewes, Thomas J. (rapporteur.)
Autor Corporativo: Raising the Bar--the Health of Women in America: a National Perspective on Women's Health (Workshop)
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2016]
Colección:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
Women > Health and hygiene > United States.
Women's health services > United States.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Women's health services.
Femmes > Santé et hygiène.
Femmes > Services de santé.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Women > Health and hygiene
Women's health services
Women's Health
Women's Health Services
United States
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Congress
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The relative health disadvantage of U.S. women
  • Institutional factors that influence differences in women's health outcomes
  • Socioeconomic and behavioral factors that influence differences in morbidity and mortality
  • Future research directions
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix A: Workshop agenda
  • Appendix B: Workshop participants
  • Appendix C: Biographical sketches of steering committee members and speakers.

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