Women's Health (General guide)

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Introduction

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.

See also Men's Health | Women's Health | Canadian consumer health information (CHI) portal )

• 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

See also

• Answering health and medical reference questions
• CAPHIS | Top 100 Health Websites You Can Trust
• Consumer health information
• Evaluating health information
• Finding health information for British Columbians
• Multilingual resources for patients
• Patient education
• Top 100 Canadian Health Websites
• Top Ten (10) Canadian Health Websites 2010
• Top Social Media Websites in Medicine - 2012
• WikiPatient