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  2. Women's health movement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. We Know So Little About Women's Health Compared to Men's. But ...

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    1990: The NIH establishes the Office of Research on Women’s Health, which leads a variety of programs aimed at advancing research into women’s health and increasing representation of women as ...

  4. Society for Women's Health Research - Wikipedia

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    The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) is a national non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. SWHR is the thought leader in research on biological differences in disease and is dedicated to transforming women's health through science, advocacy, and education. [citation needed]

  5. Women's Healthcare in the 20th Century United States

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    Historically, women of color in the U.S. had to face sexism as well as racial prejudice which added to the barriers they experienced. As the 20th century progressed, women’s health became an important and integral part of the healthcare system within the U.S. Women’s rights activists pushed for more women-oriented healthcare facilities that could provide primary care for women.

  6. Women's pain and discomfort has a history of being ... - AOL

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    “Historically, women’s health care has received less attention, research and funding, and that has impacted women’s health outcomes today — including how pain is measured, researched and ...

  7. Women's health - Wikipedia

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    Women's health differs from that of men's health in many unique ways. Women's health is an example of population health, where health is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". [1]

  8. Women's Health Initiative - Wikipedia

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    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).

  9. Women's Healthy Ageing Project - Wikipedia

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    The Women's Healthy Ageing Project (WHAP) is the longest ongoing medical research project examining the health of Australian women. [1] Its landmark studies concern women's heart and brain health, a long-neglected area of specialised research.