Women’s health in Serbia - past, present, and future

Autor: Parapid Biljana, Kanjuh Vladimir, Kostić Vladimir, Polovina Snežana, Dinić Milan, Lončar Zlatibor, Lalić Katarina, Gojnić-Dugalić Miroslava, Nedeljković Milan, Lazić Branka, Milošević Maja, Simić Dragan, Nešković Aleksandar, Harrington Robert A., Valentine Michael C., Santos Volgman Annabelle, Lewis Sandra J., Đukić-Dejanović Slavica, Mitchell Stephen Ray, Bond Rachel M., Waksman Ron, Alasnag Mirvat, Bairey-Merz Noel C., Gaita Dan, Mischie Alexandru, Karamarković Nemanja, Rakić Snežana, Mrkić Mirko, Tasovac Marija, Devrnja Vuk, Bubanja Dragana, Kass Wenger Nanette
Jazyk: English<br />Serbian
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, Vol 149, Iss 11-12, Pp 745-754 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0370-8179
2406-0895
DOI: 10.2298/SARH211208105P
Popis: Cardiovascular and reproductive health of women have been going hand in hand since the dawn of time, yet links have been poorly studied. Still, once basis of their connections started to be established, it depended on local regional abilities and level of progressive thinking to afford women comprehensive care beyond the “bikini medicine”. Further research identified different associations rendering more conditions sex-specific and launching therefore a slow, yet initial turn around in clinical trials’ concept as the majority of global cardiovascular guidelines rely on the results of research conducted on a very modest percentage of women and even less on the women of color. Currently, the concept of women’s heart centers varies depending on the local demographics’ guided needs, available logistics driven by budgeting and societal support of a broad-minded thinking environment, free of bias for everyone: from young adults questioning their gender identity, via women of reproductive age both struggling to conceive or keep working part time when healthy and line of work permits it during pregnancy, up to aging and the elderly. Using “Investigate-Educate-Advocate-Legislate” as the four pillars of advancing cardiovascular care of women, we aimed to summarize standing of women’s health in Serbia, present ongoing projects and propose actionable solutions for the future.
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