Women's Health in Context

Weighty Matters: Public Health Aspects of the Obesity Epidemic The final column in this multipart provides an overview of interventions, as well as public health approaches to combating obesity.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 10, 2008
Public Health Aspects of the Obesity Epidemic Part III The third column in this multipart series illuminates links between these industries and schools, healthcare organizations and facilities, and government.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 25, 2008
Weighty Matters: Public Health Aspects of the Obesity Epidemic: Part IV The fourth column in this multipart series illuminates links between industries and schools, healthcare organizations and facilities, and government.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 19, 2008
Weighty Matters: Public Health Aspects of the Obesity Epidemic: Part II The second column in this multicolumn series describes treatments and public health approaches to combating this serious problem.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 04, 2008
Public Health Aspects of the Obesity Epidemicity The column is the first in a 5-part series that delves into the origins and public health consequences of the obesity epidemic.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 11, 2007
Female Genital Cutting: Epidemiology, Consequences, and Female Empowerment Female genital cutting is still practiced in many parts of the world. Read the latest installment in a series of articles focused on historical and contemporary ideals of beauty and body modification.
November 06, 2006
Cosmetic Surgery Past, Present, and Future Did you know the number of parents giving breast implants as gifts to their graduating 18-year-old daughters has recently tripled? Read more about this and other trends in cosmetic surgery.
Journal Article, August 29, 2006
Beauty and Body Modification A brief history of some modifications undertaken to achieve particular ideals of beauty and some currently fashionable modifications -- cosmetics, tanning, body piercing, and botox and dermal fillers.
April 19, 2006
Incarceration Nation:The Prison System in the United States US prisons and jails now hold more than 180,000 women -- up 750% since 1980. The number of people under correctional supervision in the US is 6.5 million, or 1 in every 32 adults.
January 20, 2006
Violence Against Women in the Military More than 210,000 women are on active US military duty. These women, as well as the civilian partners of active and veteran US service members, are at high risk for partner abuse and sexual assault.
September 13, 2005
Obstacles to Abortion in the United States Preserving women's access to abortion services will require vigilance, legislative efforts at the federal and state levels, and court challenges to unjust laws.
July 05, 2005
Cigarettes: The Other Weapons of Mass Destruction By 2030, the World Health Organization predicts that smoking will become the leading cause of death globally, killing 10 million persons per year, most of them in developing countries.
April 05, 2005
Literature and Social Injustice: Stories of the Disenfranchised Reading about those who suffer the consequences of poverty, racism, stigmatization, violence, and impaired access to healthcare may help us to identify more closely with our patients.
January 10, 2005
War, Rape, and Genocide: Never Again? The medical community can play an important role in confronting the atrocity of sexual assault in war.
October 18, 2004
Homelessness in the United States This article discusses etiologies of homelessness, presents information on homeless persons and their health problems, and describes steps healthcare providers can take to care for homeless patients.
July 08, 2004
Effects of Migrant and Seasonal Farm Labor on Women's Health This article describes the health and social consequences of migrant and seasonal farm work, many of which affect both sexes, but some of which are borne solely or disproportionately by women.
March 05, 2004
Violence Against Women in the Developing World The first issue of a new column that addresses women's health issues from social, cultural, and political perspectives for a physician audience.
December 01, 2003