U.S. Women: Many Missing From the Picture of Health
June 4, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
The nation needs more insight into what is driving the broad trend of rising female mortality.
Barriers to care: cultural, gender and racial
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Cumulative Social Risk and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obesity During the Transition to Adulthood
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Black females transitioning to adulthood may experience higher levels of obesity risk due to multiple social risk factors according to this study.
Shape Our Future by Respecting Girls and Women!
January 18, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Two RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholars write about their national/international initiative, The Blue Bra Campaign: Leading Global Change in Women’s Health.
RWJF Fellow Wins Women's Health Leadership Award
August 3, 2012 | Story
University of New Mexico Health Policy Center Fellow honored for pioneering work in ‘sex and gender medicine.’
Grantee Triumphs Over Culture and Politics to Care for Women
May 3, 2012 | Story
One of the most sensitiveand misunderstoodissues of our time stood between a Clinical Scholar and her patients, so she reached out to their community to find a solution.
The Roles of Citizenship Status, Acculturation, and Health Insurance in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Immigrant Women
August 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The current study examined disparities in Papanicolaou (Pap) smear and mammography screening for immigrant and U.S.-born women. Participants were 18,342 women (of which 1,445 were noncitizens) from a nationally representative sample from the 2000 Na ...
Combining Photovoice and Focus Groups
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Engaging Latina teens in a photography project empowered them to address barriers to physical activity in their Connecticut community.
Women Underrepresented as Health Care CEOs
August 9, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
While they make up 73 percent of medical and health services managers, women account for only a small portion of CEOs at hospital and health care organizations, according to a report by RockHealth. The analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...
Gender and the Use of Veterans Health Administration Homeless Services Programs Among Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study shows no substantial difference of sex-specific risk of using a VHA homeless program: females were as likely as males to utilize programs.
VA May Need to Do More to Help Women Veterans Who Are Homeless or At Risk for Homelessness, Study by RWJF/VA Scholar Finds
March 9, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
HCB: Veterans are disproportionately represented among the homeless in the United States. What kind of aid does the VA offer in its homeless services programs? Blackstock: The VA is acutely aware of the overrepresentation of Veterans among the count ...