Take action to improve your health
"The first important step is education… The second step on the road to good health is taking action… while the medical community can conduct research, and provide recommendations and guidelines on health-promoting behaviors, the ultimate responsibility for embarking on the road to a healthier and more hopeful life rests with you."
Excerpt from the American Medical Women’s Association: The Women's Complete Healthbook, written entirely by women physicians and other medical professionals.
Women's Health Task Force
A project of the National Council of Women's Organizations, The Women's Health Task force supports the work of NCWO member organizations to advance women's health and to promote NCWO's healthcare policy agenda. We also seek to provide a place where women can find accurate and easy-to-understand preventive health information.
NCWO Featured Programs
Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR)
There are a number of items of particular interest this month on this NCWO-affiliate site:
In case you missed SWHR‘s second annual What a Difference an X Makes: The State of Women’s Health Research conference in July, you can purchase a recording of the conference on DVD for $10. Click here to learn more about the conference and purchase a DVD .
Check out their feature: Dangerously Damaging: What Happens to Women Who Live by the Scale?
And make note of this monthly feature, Join a Clinical Trial, which it provides as a service to help women find clinical trials in which they might like to participate.
What's Inside
NCWO affiliates show how new health reform law impacts women
Check out our Advocacy section to see what a number of our affiliates are saying regarding the new health law. The section also gives details on contacting HHS Secy. Sebelius to ask her to make sure comprehensive contraceptive care is included in the list of preventive services for which there will be no co-pays or deductibles.
Check out the 'Health Resources' section of this site
The Health Resources section is intended to provide reliable, accurate information on health prevention and wellness generally. It includes information we have found to be particularly helpful on a variety of health issues. You can access it on the toolbar above or by clicking the hotlink that starts the sentence.
Special Thanks
The task force thanks Qiagen, Hologic, Sanofi Aventis and the Office on Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their generous support.
