Women's Health
Women’s Health links
Healthy Women
is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women make informed decisions about their health by providing them health and wellness information on hundreds of topics.
National Council of Women’s Organizations: Women’s Health Task Force
http://www.womenshealthtaskforce.org/whtf-button
Union Plus Healthcare Programs:
http://www.unionplus.org/health-fitness
Members and retirees of participating labor unions can save on out-of-pocket health costs and take advantage of helpful consumer health advice.
Abuse/Violence Intervention
Domestic Violence: An AFSCME Guide for Union Action
Domestic Violence: A Union Issue (Family Violence Prevention Fund, training resource kit for union leaders)
http://fvpfstore.stores.yahoo.net/domviolunis.html
Futures Without Violence ((formerly the Family Violence Prevention Fund)
http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Conference of State Legislators Unemployment Insurance and Domestic Violence
http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/labor/unemployment-insurance-domestic-violence-victims.aspx
National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-7233
800-787-3224 (TDD/TTY)
NOW and Violence Against Women
http://www.now.org/issues/violence/index.html
Union Men Taking Action Against Domestic Violence
Violence Against Women Office (U.S. Department of Justice)
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/
Affordable Care Act (and Women)
Health Reform for American Women (The White House)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/health_reform_for_women.pdf
Women’s Preventive Services: Required Health Plan Coverage Guidelines (HRSA)
http://www.hrsa.gov/womensguidelines/
Aging
See Older Women
Alcohol/Drug Abuse
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
Treatment Solutions Network
www.treatmentsolutionsnetwork.com
Women for Sobriety, Inc.
http://womenforsobriety.org
Arthritis
Arthritis Foundation
http://www.arthritis.org
Asthma
American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/
Breastfeeding
Institute for Women’s Policy Research report, "Better Health for Mothers and Children: Breastfeeding Accommodations under the Affordable Care Act" by Robert Drago, Ph.D., Jeffrey Hayes, Ph.D., and Youngmin Yi
http://www.cluw.org/PDF/IWPR-breastfeeding.pdf
Cancer
American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org
National Cancer Institute
http://www.nci.nih.gov
Cancer, Breast
National Breast Cancer Coalition
http://www.breastcancerdeadline2020.org/
The Sister Study
(A Study of the Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors For Breast Cancer)
www.sisterstudy.org
Cancer, Cervical
National Cervical Cancer Coalition
http://www.nccc-online.org
Cervical Cancer Prevention Works
http://cluw.unionactive.com/?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=248598&page=CLUW20Programs
Cancer, Colon
Colon Cancer Alliance
http://www.ccalliance.org/
Cancer, Lung
American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/
Lung Cancer Alliance
http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/
Cancer, Ovarian
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Inc.
http://www.ovarian.org
Cancer, Uterine
Uterine Cancer (endometrial cancer)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/endometrial
Cardiovascular Disease
American Heart Association
http://americanheart.org
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov
Children's Health
Covering Kids and Families
(nationwide effort encouraging parents to enroll their eligible, uninsured children in Medicaid or SCHIP)
http://coveringkidsandfamilies.org/
Communicating with your Health Care Provider
Doctor, Can We Talk? (CancerCare)
Questions are the Answer (Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality)
http://www.ahrg.gov/questions/
Talking to Your Doctor (National Institute for Health)
http://www.nih.gov/clearcommunication/talktoyourdoctor.htm
Talking to Your Doctor (Dr. Oz: Good Housekeeping)
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/womens-health/doctors-appointment-advice
Depression
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
www.nami.org
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/
National Institutes of Health's National Diabetes Education Program
http://ndep.nih.gov/
Digestive Disorders
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/
Eating Disorders
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)
http://www.anad.org
Eye Health
The Glaucoma Foundation
www.glaucomafoundation.org/index.php
National Eye Institute
www.nei.nih.gov/
Heart Disease and Stroke
American Heart Association
Heart and Stroke Foundation: Women and Heart Disease and Stroke
Women to Women
http://www.womentowomen.com/heartdiseaseandstroke/symptoms.aspx
Headache
National Headache Foundation
http://headaches.org
Health Insurance-related Information
Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center (created in 1998 by The Actors' Fund of America as a health insurance resource for artists and people in the entertainment industry. Since then it has expanded to include resources for the self-employed, low-income workers, the under-insured, the uninsured who require medical care and many other groups, including union members.)
http://www.ahirc.org/
National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA)
http://www.ncqa.org
Medication Safety
National Council on Patient Information and Education
http://www.talkaboutrx.org
Menopause
The North American Menopause Society
http://www.menopause.org
Power Surge
http://www.power-surge.com/
Osteoporosis
Alliance for Aging Research
www.agingresearch.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation
www.nof.org
National Partnership for Women and Families
http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/DocServer/PatientHandout.pdf?docID=994
The NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases -- National Resource Center
www.osteo.org
Pain Management
American Pain Foundation
http://painfoundation.com
Reproductive Health (also see Reproductive Rights)
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
www.acog.com
Sexually Transmitted Disease
American Social Health Association
www.ashastd.org/
MedlinePlus on STDs
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sexuallytransmitteddiseases.html
Skin Health
American Academy of Dermatology
www.aad.org/
Stroke
National Stroke Association (free download on symptoms and stroke prevention in women)
http://www.stroke.org
Teen Health (sexual)
Adolescent Wellness and Reproductive Education Foundation (AWARE)
http://awarefoundation.org
I Wanna Know (American Social Health Association)
http://www.iwannaknow.org/teens/index.html
Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teensexualhealth.html
Planned Parenthood
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/info-for-teens/
Women's Health, General
American Medical Women’s Association
http://www.amwa-doc.org/
Black Women’s Health Imperative
http://www.blackwomenshealth.org/
Family Caregiver Alliance
http://caregiver.org
HealthyWomen
http://healthywomen.org
National Family Caregivers Association
www.nfcacares.org/
National Women’s Health Network (NWHN)
www.nwhn.org/
Navigating Your Health Benefits for Dummies (complimentary hard copy available)
www.planforyourhealth.com
Office on Women’s Health (National Women's Health Information Center, US Department of Health and Human Services)
http://womenshealth.gov
Women's Health, Research
Finding reliable health information online (About.com)
http://patients.about.com/od/researchandresources/a/internetcred.htm
Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas (Our Bodies, Ourselves – Spanish)
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/ncnv.htm
MedlinePlus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Society for Women’s Health Research
http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/
Other Interesting Sites Related to Women's Health
American Nurses Association
http://www.nursingworld.org/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://cms.hhs.gov/
Families USA
http://www.familiesusa.org/
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov/
Health Insight, Taking Charge of Health Information
(Advances in science and technology continue to increase the amount of health information available to the media and public. This guide seeks to help consumers evaluate health and scientific information and consider how the information can be used to improve their lives in the Age of Risk Management.)
http://www.health-insight.harvard.edu/
Mautner Project (The National Lesbian Health Organization)
http://www.mautnerproject.org/
Medicaid Consumer Information
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicaid.asp
My Health Test Reminder
http://www.myhealthtestreminder.com
National Women's Law Center -- Report Card on Women’s Health
http://hrc.nwlc.org/
North American Women’s Health Online
http://www.nawho.org/
Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/ncnv.htm
Our Bodies, Ourselves
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org
Women's Health Task Force (National Council of Women’s Organizations)
www.womenshealthtaskforce.org