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The National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
Second National Forum — May 13-14, 2003
Understanding Health Differences and Disparities in Women - Closing the Gap
Now Available
Second National CoE Forum Executive Summary
(November, 2003 — PDF file, 700 Kb)
The Forum showcased the thirteen National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health programs, highlighted the quantitative and qualitative evaluation outcomes, and presented lessons learned since the programs inception in 1996.
Forum Agenda
(PDF file, 340 Kb)
Breakout Sessions Descriptions
(PDF file, 947 Kb)
The first National Forum of the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health was jointly sponsored by the Office on Women's Health (OWH) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Association of Academic Health Centers (AHC), a national, non-profit organization that represents more than 100 academic health centers nationwide.
The Forum, held on November 1-2, 1999, brought together nearly 300 representatives from the Centers of Excellence (CoEs), other academic health centers, government, and for profit and non-profit organizations.
The National Forum reflected on the progress made in women's health in the past century and shared ideas on how to implement innovative strategies for a new vision of women's health based on an integrated, holistic approach.
Executive Summary from the November 1999 CoE National Forum (365K)
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