We Can Do Better than Last Place: Improving the Health of US Women:

Global Advances in Health and Medicine

Rebecca B.Perkins¹ 

关键词: Women;    smoking;    obesity;    mortality;    community;   

DOI  :  10.7453/gahmj.2013.055

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Life expectancy for US women lags behind that for women in other countries. Factors contributing to inequitable health for women are complex and include policy, community, healthcare access, and the interaction between the patient and her healthcare provider working within the healthcare system. We propose a societal pyramid of health accounting for the effects of these different factors and their impact on prevention, screening, diagnosis, and management of disease using the examples of smoking and obesity, two of the most important yet modifiable risk factors for chronic disease and death among US women.

【 授权许可】

CC BY