Women's Health (General guide)

To browse other articles on a range of HSL topics, see the wiki index.

Introduction

• See also Men's Health Pathfinders and Women's Health Pathfinders (also Canadian consumer health information (CHI) portal )

The purpose of this entry is to compile a list of general women’s health initiatives (and digital sources) from around the world. They are listed alphabetically by country. For more specific entries and health issues, see the pathfinders above.

• 4 stars denotes librarian-selected, high quality information. Starred sites are great places to begin your research.
• An online or print publication intended to present Canadian information for Canadians

General Health

See Women's Health - By Country

• Canadian Women's Health Network - http://www.cwhn.ca/indexeng.html
• Healthy Women .org - http://www.healthywomen.org/
• Ontario Women's Health Network - http://www.owhn.on.ca/index.html
• Our Bodies Ourselves - http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/
• Tom Flemming's Delicious Bookmarks - http://delicious.com/tomflem
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Women's Health - http://www.womenshealth.gov/
• Women's Health Matters - http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/
• MedlinePlus: Women's Health Checkup - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/womenshealthcheckup.html
• UpToDate index to Women's Health - http://www.uptodate.com/online/content/toc.do?tocKey=table_of_contents%2F12%2F1240

Dental health

• Dental Health MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
• Ontario Dental Association
• Simple Steps to Better Dental Health

Breast Cancer

see a separate pathfinder here: Breast cancer

Cervical cancer

Intercultural health is an important part of CHI

• American Cancer Society
• BC Cancer Agency
• Canadian Cancer Society
• CancerHelp UK
• eMedicineHealth
• European Cervical Cancer Association
• Health Canada
• HealthLink BC
• Jo's Trust Fighting Cervical Cancer (U.K.)
• Macmillan Cancer Support (U.K.)
• Mayo Clinic
• Cervical cancer MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
• National Cervical Cancer public education campaign (U.S.)
• National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
• Public Health Agency Canada
• OncoLink - Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
• WebMD
• Women's Health.gov
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Women's Cancer Network of the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (U.S.)
• Women's Health Matters

Infectious Diseases

• H1N1 (Human Swine Flu) in Canada - Information Sources

Mental Health

• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women’s Mental Health

Osteoporosis

• Osteoporosis Canada

Pregnancy & Childbirth

• ABC Health & Wellbeing
• About Kids Health
• BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
• Global Library of Women's Medicine
• WomensHealth.gov

Reproductive Health

• Reproductive Health MedlinePlus

Infertility

• Infertility Awareness Association of Canada
• Women's Health.gov

Menopause

• Canadian Women's Health Network
• CeMCOR – Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research
• Facts About Menopausal Hormone Therapy
• healthlinkbc.ca - Menopause and Perimenopause
• Medicinenet.com
• MenopauseCanada
• Menopause Matters
• National Institute on Aging
• North American Menopause Society
• Women's Health - Menopause

Atlases, tools, diagnosis

• Alberta Health Services - Human Atlas Videos
• Breast Self Exam (Canada)
• cHealth
• Grace Women's Health - E-Health Assessment Tools, Calculators & Games
• MedBroadcast
• WhenMyBaby

References

• Top 100 Canadian Health Websites
• Top Ten (10) Canadian Health Websites 2010
• CAPHIS | Top 100 Health Websites You Can Trust
• Consumer health information
• Patient education
• WikiPatient