Community Prevention Study: Contributions to Women's Health and Prevention Research.

Autor: Ainsworth, Barbara E., Anderson, Lynda A., Becker, Diane M., Blalock, Susan J., Brown, David R., Brownson, Ross C., Brownstein, Nell, Cornell, Carol E., Devellis, Brenda M., Finnegan, Loretta P., Folger, Suzanne, Fulton, Janet E., Groff, Janet Y., Herman, Carla, Jones, Deborah, Keyserling, Thomas C., Koffman, Dyann Matson, Lewis, Cora, Masse, Louise C., McKeown, Robert E.
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Zdroj: Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine; Dec2001, Vol. 10 Issue 10, p913, 8p
Abstrakt: This article presents information on women health and hygiene. The Women's Health Initiative was established in 1991 by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address the most common causes of death, disability, and impaired quality of life among postmenopausal women. The goal of the present paper is to summarize the contributions that studies conducted as part of the WHI Community Prevention Study, are making to prevention research in women's health. The studies addressed five major areas: diabetes management, osteoporosis prevention, hysterectomy and hormone replacement therapy, cardiovascular risk reduction, and physical activity. The study "Diabetes Management. "Improving Diabetes Care for Minority Women" tested a dietary and physical activity intervention with clinic-based and community-based components. The goal was to improve the management of type 2 diabetes in African American women Three studies examined physical activity among women from diverse racial and ethnic groups.
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