Women's Studies 1050 Spring 2003
Weeks 7-8 Women's Health Issues
Readings: Chapter 6
5 readings on reserve: http://ereserve.weber.edu/
response topic #6 or #7 (Depending on whether or not you guided a section of The Body Project): Respond to #2 on page 266; due: 6 March.
Internet Resources
Resources on the History of Obstetrics and Gynecology: http://www.obgyn.net/english/history/history.htm
American Women's History: A Research Guide
Sexuality/Reproductive Rights:
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-sexuality.htmlThe National Women's Health Information Center: http://www.4woman.gov/
National Center for Health Statistics, Women's Health Facts: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/women.htm
Office on Women's Health, U.S. Dept of HHS: http://www.4woman.gov/owh/
The Women's Health Initiative will focus on the major causes of death, disability and frailty in postmenopausal women: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/
JAMA Women's Health Information: http://www.ama-assn.org/special/womh/womh.htm
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses: http://www.awhonn.org/
World Health Organization Fact Sheets on Women's Health: http://www.who.int/frh-whd/FactSheets/English/index.htm