Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tweet[IWS] WHO: New! WOMEN & HEALTH: TODAY'S EVIDENCE TOMORROW'S AGENDA [November 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO global report
Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda [November 2009]
http://www.who.int/gender/documents/9789241563857/en/index.html
or
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241563857_eng.pdf
[full-text, 108 pages]
Overview
This is a report on women and health both women's health needs and their contribution to the health of societies. Women's health has long been a concern for WHO but today it has become an urgent priority. This report explains why. Using current data, it takes stock of what we know now about the health of women throughout their lives and across the different regions of the world.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Understanding women's health in the world today 1
Women around the world 4
Increasing life expectancy 5
The health transition 6
Socioeconomic inequalities adversely affect health 8
Gender inequities affect women's health 9
Women amid conflicts and crisis 11
Women and the health-care system 11
Conclusion 13
Chapter 2 The girl child 17
Still too many deaths of infants and children 19
Sex differentials in health 21
Female genital mutilation 23
Abuse and maltreatment 23
Conclusion 23
Chapter 3 Adolescent girls 27
A time of good health but also risk 29
Puberty and sexual debut 30
Adolescent pregnancy 31
Sexually transmitted infections 31
Substance use 32
Poor diet and physical inactivity 32
Mental health in adolescence 33
Conclusion 33
Chapter 4 Adult women: the reproductive years 37
Women's health during the reproductive years 39
Maternal health 40
Women and HIV/AIDS 43
Sexually transmitted infections 45
Cervical cancer 45
Infertility 46
Conclusion 47
Chapter 5 Adult women 49
Mortality and burden of disease 51
Women, depression and suicide 53
Risk factors for chronic disease 54
Violence 55
Illness and use of health services 56
Conclusion 57
Chapter 6 Older women 59
Women and ageing 61
Socioeconomic influences on health in older women 62
What are the health problems that older women face? 62
Managing disabilities a matter of prevention and care 65
Caring for older women 66
Conclusion 67
Chapter 7 Policy implications 71
Leadership 73
Responsive health services 75
Universal coverage 77
Public policy 78
Tracking progress 81
Conclusion 85
Index 89
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO global report
Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda [November 2009]
http://www.who.int/gender/documents/9789241563857/en/index.html
or
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241563857_eng.pdf
[full-text, 108 pages]
Overview
This is a report on women and health both women's health needs and their contribution to the health of societies. Women's health has long been a concern for WHO but today it has become an urgent priority. This report explains why. Using current data, it takes stock of what we know now about the health of women throughout their lives and across the different regions of the world.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Understanding women's health in the world today 1
Women around the world 4
Increasing life expectancy 5
The health transition 6
Socioeconomic inequalities adversely affect health 8
Gender inequities affect women's health 9
Women amid conflicts and crisis 11
Women and the health-care system 11
Conclusion 13
Chapter 2 The girl child 17
Still too many deaths of infants and children 19
Sex differentials in health 21
Female genital mutilation 23
Abuse and maltreatment 23
Conclusion 23
Chapter 3 Adolescent girls 27
A time of good health but also risk 29
Puberty and sexual debut 30
Adolescent pregnancy 31
Sexually transmitted infections 31
Substance use 32
Poor diet and physical inactivity 32
Mental health in adolescence 33
Conclusion 33
Chapter 4 Adult women: the reproductive years 37
Women's health during the reproductive years 39
Maternal health 40
Women and HIV/AIDS 43
Sexually transmitted infections 45
Cervical cancer 45
Infertility 46
Conclusion 47
Chapter 5 Adult women 49
Mortality and burden of disease 51
Women, depression and suicide 53
Risk factors for chronic disease 54
Violence 55
Illness and use of health services 56
Conclusion 57
Chapter 6 Older women 59
Women and ageing 61
Socioeconomic influences on health in older women 62
What are the health problems that older women face? 62
Managing disabilities a matter of prevention and care 65
Caring for older women 66
Conclusion 67
Chapter 7 Policy implications 71
Leadership 73
Responsive health services 75
Universal coverage 77
Public policy 78
Tracking progress 81
Conclusion 85
Index 89
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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