New Resource on Gender & Health Issues
Chloe E. Bird, PhD, Associate Editor of Women's Health Issues and Senior Sociologist at RAND, has co-authored with Patricia Rieker, PhD, a Medical Sociologist at Boston University,
Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices
and Social Policies
Drs. Bird and Rieker argue that to improve men's and women's health, individuals, researchers, and policymakers must understand the social and biological sources of the perplexing gender differences in illness and longevity. Although individuals are increasingly aware of what they should do to improve health, competing demands for time, money, and attention discourage or prevent healthy behavior. Drawing on research and cross-national examples of family, work, community, and government policies, the authors develop a model of constrained choice that addresses how decisions and actions at each of these levels shape men's and women's health-related opportunities. Understanding the cumulative impact of their choices can inform individuals at each of these levels how to better integrate health implications into their everyday decisions and actions. Their platform for prevention calls for a radical reorientation of health science and policy to help individuals pursue health and to lower the barriers that may discourage that pursuit.
A fact sheet about this work can be found at RAND's website at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9339/index1.html.
The publisher is Cambridge University Press. More information and ordering can be found at: http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521682800
The book was reviewed by Sana Loue, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.S.A. of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in the September 11, 2008 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. To read the review, please visit: http://beta.nejm.org/AmazonBR/display.aspx?DOI=10.1056/NEJMbkrev0804696
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National Vulvodynia Association Announces Availability of
Dr. Stanley C. Marinoff Vulvodynia Career Development Award
The award ($7,500) was established to encourage medical professionals to pursue their clinical and/or academic interest in vulvodynia. The award provides seed money for one of the following: (i) medical research (ii) establishment or enhancement of a vulvar pain clinic, or (iii) writing a publication on vulvodynia. The NVAs intent is to encourage the development of medical professionals in this field and enable them to pursue further clinical or academic opportunities.
Brief letter of intent by Friday, October 17, 2008.
For more information, visit www.nva.org or
download a copy of the announcement here.
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New Online Resources About Women's Health
Available from DHHS Office on Women's Health
The Women's Health and Mortality Chartbook is a statistical resource on women's health in each of the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The chartbook was developed to provide readers with an easy-to-use collection of current state data on critical issues of relevance to women. A total of 27 different health indicators are featured, which highlight some of the key issues related to women's health that are being measured regularly at the state level.
The Health Disparities Profiles examines key health indicators at the state level for different racial and ethnic populations in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Twenty one health indicators are presented, which highlight some of the key areas related to health disparities among different populations. It can be used as a reference for policymakers and program managers to identify areas where major health disparities exist in each state.
These tools are just a highlight of the many that are available from Quick Health Data Online. For more information or for free statistics, please visit http://www.womenshealth.gov/quickhealthdata
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Gibbs Prize Announcement
Best Manuscript of 2007
The Editorial Board of Women's Health Issues is pleased to announce that the Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for the best paper published in Women's Health Issues in 2007 (Volume 17) has been awarded to Richard C. Lindrooth, PhD of the Department of Health Administration and Policy, Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston, South Carolina.
His manuscript, "The Effect of Medicaid Family Planning Expansions on Unplanned Births," was co-authored with Jeffrey S. McCullough, PhD, and published in Women's Health Issues Volume 17, Issue 2 (March/April), pages 66-74.
The Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize is awarded annually to recognize excellence in research on women's health care or policy. Priority is given to manuscripts that report the results of original research and that improve understanding of an important women's health issue. Members of the Editorial Board of Women's Health Issues are not eligible. The prize includes a $1,000 award.
Click here for more information and to download Dr. Lindrooth's manuscript.
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Grand Rounds with
Geeta Rao Gupta, PhD
"Structural Approaches to HIV Prevention:
Lessons Learned from Addressing Gender Inequality"
March 25, 2008
The Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, in partnership with the GW School of Public Health and Health Services, was honored to host Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta as Grand Rounds speaker at the GW Hospital Auditorium. Dr. Gupta is President of the International Center for Research on Women and is an internationally renowned expert on women and HIV/AIDS, and frequently is consulted on issues related to AIDS prevention and women's vulnerability to HIV.
Dr. Gupta's presentation is available via webcast, thanks to kaisernetwork.org. To view the presentation, please visit:
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Sixth National Conference on
Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations
Partnerships for the future: Supporting practitioners and advancing the field through innovation, policy and research
September 21-24, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
Click for more information: http://www.jiwh.org/content.cfm?SectionID=164
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Jacobs Institute Co-Sponsors Panel Discussion on
Women and Medicaid
2007 American Public Health Association Conference
The Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, in partnership with the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, co-sponsored a panel discussion, "Women and Medicaid: Now and in the Future," on November 1, 2007 at the APHA 2007 annual conference.
Moderated by Jackie Judd, KFF Senior Advisor for Communications, the panel included:
Paula Johnson, M.D., M.P.H.
Executive Director
Connor's Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology,
Carolyn Clancy, M.D.,
Director
Sandra Shewry, M.P.H., M.S.W.
Director
Sara Rosenbaum, J.D.
Chair, Department of Health Policy
Sylvia Drew Ivie, J.D., Consultant
Alina Salganicoff, Ph.D. Vice President and Director
A webcast video of the discussion can be found at: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/player.cfm?id=3702#clip_1
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Special Women's Health Issues Preview
The May/June 2007 issue of Women's Health Issues features four articles and a commentary on the topic of:
Gender Disparities in the Quality of Cardiovascular Disease Care
This work was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and funding by the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women movement and its sponsor, Bayer.
Webcast of May 21, 2007 Congressional Briefing
On May 21, The National Committee for Quality Assurance hosted this Congressional briefing to review results from this study with the American Heart Association, the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. A webcast of the event, provided by www.kaisernetwork.org, is available for viewing at:
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2146
Media Coverage of the Study's Release
Dr. Emily Senay, Health Correspondent, discussed this study's findings on the May 17th broadcast of the CBS Early Show. To view the video, please go to http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2821176n
Chloe Bird, PhD, of RAND, one of the study's investigators, was interviewed on May 18 by Deborah Kotz of U.S. News and World Report about the study. A transcript of the interview is located at http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/070518/18health.gender.htm
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