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Perkins RB, Sherman BJ, Silliman RA, et al. We can do better than last place: improving the health of us women. Glob Adv Health Med. 2013;2(5):86-93doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.055.
Perkins, R. B., Sherman, B. J., Silliman, R. A., & Battaglia, T. A. (2013). We can do better than last place: improving the health of us women. Global advances in health and medicine, 2(5), 86-93. https://doi.org/10.7453/gahmj.2013.055
Perkins, Rebecca B, et al. "We can do better than last place: improving the health of us women." Global advances in health and medicine vol. 2,5 (2013): 86-93. doi: https://doi.org/10.7453/gahmj.2013.055
Perkins RB, Sherman BJ, Silliman RA, Battaglia TA. We can do better than last place: improving the health of us women. Glob Adv Health Med. 2013 Sep;2(5):86-93. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.055. PMID: 24416700; PMCID: PMC3833572.
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Glob Adv Health Med. 2013 Sep;2(5):86-93. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.055.

We can do better than last place: improving the health of us women.

Global advances in health and medicine

Rebecca B Perkins, Bonnie J Sherman, Rebecca A Silliman, Tracy A Battaglia

Affiliations

  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, United States.
  2. Women's Health Unit/Department of General Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, United States.
  3. Department of Geriatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, United States.

PMID: 24416700 PMCID: PMC3833572 DOI: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.055

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Women; community; mortality; obesity; smoking

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