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Ways Women Can Help Change America to Be Safer and Healthier
Health and
safety start with being aware of your needs, having sound information,
making choices, and taking action to live a better life. Women make
health-related decisions for themselves, and oftentimes for their family
and others. Find out how women can continue to make a difference in safety
and health.
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A Safer and Healthier YOU
A Safer and Healthier FAMILY
A Safer and Healthier COMMUNITY
A Safer and Healthier YOU
Take Care
of Yourself
You can take simple steps every day to live a safer and healthier life.
Eating better, getting more physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight,
getting routine exams and screenings, and managing stress are a few of the
ways you can help improve your health. Learn what it takes to be the best
you possible – in mind and body.
Tips for a Healthy Life
http://www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/tips.htm
How to Quit Smoking
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/how2quit.htm
Nutrition Topics
http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition
Physical Activity:
Energize Your Life
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/
Be an
Educated and Wise Consumer
There’s lots of information coming your way about health and other things.
How do you separate fact from fiction? Find and use dependable health
resources, including your health care provider, local health departments and
agencies, and others. Ask yourself questions, including:
- How will
this help me have a safer and healthier life?
- Is this
based on sound research or science?
- What are
the potential side effects?
- Does it
sound too good to be true?
Check with
reliable sources to help get answers to your questions. Don’t compromise
your health for what appears to be a quick fix or not in your best interest.
A to Z Index
http://www.cdc.gov/az.do
Assisted Reproductive
Technology Success Rates
http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/ART02/
Dietary
Guidelines for Americans and Finding Your Way to a Healthier You
http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines/ (Non-CDC site)
Take Time to Care: Get the
Facts
http://www.fda.gov/womens/getthefacts/ (Non-CDC site)
Understanding
Risk: What Do Those Headlines Really Mean?
http://www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/apr2004/risk.htm (Non-CDC site)
Have
Healthy and Safe Relationships
• Intimate
partner violence (IPV) occurs across all populations, irrespective of
social, economic, religious, or cultural group. Women with a history of IPV
report 60% higher rates of all health problems than do women with no history
of abuse. Adolescents involved with an abusive partner report increased
levels of depressed mood, substance use, antisocial behavior, and, in
females, suicidal behavior. A combination of factors contributes to the risk
of perpetrating IPV. To understand and prevent IPV, it is important to
understand and identify these risk factors, as well as factors that increase
vulnerability.
- The only
100% sure way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unintended
pregnancy is by not having sex. If you choose to have sex, using latex
condoms and having a monogamous, uninfected partner may help decrease your
risk.
Intimate Partner
Violence
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/ipvfacts.htm
Sexual Violence
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/SV/default.htm
HIV/AIDS among Women
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/PUBS/Facts/women.htm
A Safer and Healthier FAMILY
Know and
Share Family History
Everyone can recognize traits that run in their family, such as curly hair,
dimples, leanness, or athletic ability. Did you know that your family history
might be one of the strongest influences on your risk of developing heart
disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, and other diseases and conditions? Even
though you cannot change your genetic makeup, knowing your family history
can help you reduce your or your family’s risk of developing health
problems. You can’t change your genes, but you can change unhealthy
behaviors.
Genomics and
Disease Prevention: Family History
http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/public/famhix/fs_web.htm
Have a
Healthy Pregnancy
Give your child a good start by planning a healthy pregnancy. Get
prenatal care; avoid alcohol, drugs, and tobacco; eat healthy; and more.
Birth defects affect approximately 120,000 (one in 33) newborns in the
United States each year. They are the leading cause of infant death and
contribute substantially to illness and long-term disability. Many birth
defects are preventable. Find out what can be done to have a healthy
pregnancy and a healthy baby.
ABC’s…Pregnancy
Tips
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/bd/abc.htm
Diabetes & Me:
Prevent Diabetes
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/consumer/prevent.htm
What You Can Do to Keep Germs from Harming Your Baby
http://www.cdc.gov/groupbstrep/docs/What-you-can-do-English-2000.pdf
Raise
Healthy Kids
At a young age, children begin to develop their habits and behaviors that
will influence their overall health throughout their lives. Model and teach
your kids healthy habits, including washing hands, brushing teeth, looking
both ways before crossing the street, being smoke-free, wearing seat belts,
and how to make other healthy decisions.
ABCs of Raising Healthy Kids
http://www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/girls/abc.htm
Tips for Raising Safe and Healthy Kids
http://www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/girls/g-tips.htm
Children’s Health and the Built Environment
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/healthtopics/children.htm
Child Maltreatment
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/cmfacts.htm
Healthy Youth: Six
Critical Adolescent Health Behaviors
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/healthtopics/
A Safer and Healthier COMMUNITY
Be a Health
Advocate
In your community, at your work, and through the organizations and projects
you volunteer with, do what you can to make health a priority. There’s
plenty to do, including serving healthier snacks at meetings or events,
organizing a health walk or health fair, sending out "check your smoke
alarm" reminders, telling friends where to get free or low cost health
services, or working with others to create safe walking routes.
Tips for Planning Health Events
http://www.cdc.gov/women/planning/
Free
or Low Cost Mammogram and Pap Tests
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/cancercontacts/nbccedp/contacts.asp
Kids Walk-to-School
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/
Women’s Safety and Health
Issues at Work
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/women/
National Women’s Health Week
http://www.womenshealth.gov/whw/ (Non-CDC site)
Get
Appropriate Vaccinations
Disease prevention is the key to public health. It is always better to
prevent a disease than to treat it. Vaccines prevent disease in the people
who receive them and protect those who come into contact with unvaccinated
individuals. Vaccines help prevent infectious diseases and save lives.
Vaccines are responsible for the control of many infectious diseases. Make
sure you and your family are up-to-date on vaccinations to help prevent
infectious diseases.
Adult Immunization
Schedule
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/adult-schedule.htm
Childhood and
Adolescent Immunization Schedule
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/child-schedule.htm
Consider a
Public Health Career
CDC's greatest strength is its people... a laboratory worker, an
epidemiologist, a team of scientists, a statistician, a nurse, a health
educator, and more. CDC has employees- scientists, health
professionals, technicians, public administrators, and support staff- from
more than 170 fields. They bring energy, creativity, dedication, and hard
work to the public health challenges of the nation and the world. CDC works
to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease,
injury, and disability. If you want to make a difference in the lives of
people, public health may well be the right field and CDC may be the right
organization for you and your career.
CDC: Careers That Make a
Difference
http://www.cdc.gov/hrmo/rectitle.htm
CDC: Protecting Health for Life- The State of
the CDC, 2004
http://www.cdc.gov/cdc.pdf
Public Health: An Investment in
Your Future
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/page2.htm
Public Health Training Opportunities
http://www.cdc.gov/phtrain/
Women in Science Careers
Page
http://science.education.nih.gov/women/ (Non-CDC site)
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