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Logo for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) was a series of clinical studies initiated by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1991, to address major health issues causing morbidity and mortality in postmenopausal women. It consisted of three clinical trials (CT) and an observational study (OS).
The women's health movement has origins in multiple movements within the United States: the popular health movement of the 1830s and 1840s, the struggle for women/midwives to practice medicine or enter medical schools in the late 1800s and early 1900s, black women's clubs that worked to improve access to healthcare, and various social movements ...
African American women's health in the US is continuously shown to be far worse than that of any other group of women in any other racial or ethnic group. Currently, African American women have higher rates of morbidity regarding health issues like obesity , diabetes , and adverse birth outcomes. [ 2 ]
Last year, President and Dr. Biden announced $100 million for women’s health initiatives and called on Congress to invest $12 billion in research—a move that was widely and rightly applauded ...
The White House today announced the nation’s first initiative for women’s health research, which will be led by First Lady Jill Biden. “We have a clear goal to fundamentally change how we ...
The White House announced Monday it is establishing an initiative focused on women’s health research, which will be led by first lady Jill Biden. To launch the initiative, which will also be led ...
The Office on Women's Health (OWH) is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and functions to improve the health and well-being of U.S. women and girls. The main headquarters, from which the OWH operate, is located in Washington, DC with ten other regional women's health coordinators positioned across the country to ...
plans and implements trans-NIH initiatives supported by the NIH Common Fund and coordinates research related to AIDS, behavioral and social sciences, women's health, disease prevention, and research infrastructure. DPCPSI was formally established within the Office of the Director as part of implementing the requirements of the NIH Reform Act of ...