12.15.22 | Health Equity
SWHR Releases Women’s Health Dashboard
In an effort to highlight and address disparities in women’s health across the lifespan, SWHR launched the Women’s Health Dashboard, as a centralized platform explore the latest data on health conditions and diseases that have significant impacts on women’s health.
11.29.22 | Mental Health
The Public Health and Women’s Health Impact of Gun Violence
With the impacts of gun violence felt across families, communities, and the country, it is not only a public health crisis but a women’s health issue.
9.15.22 | Mental Health
Women with Severe Mental Illness Need Our Attention
Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq, Director of Research at the Treatment Advocacy Center, discusses the health care burden of severe mental illness in women.
8.25.22 | Women's Health Perspective
Salewa Akintilo’s Endometriosis and Self-Advocacy Journey
I’m a 29-year-old living with three “invisible illnesses:” Crohn’s disease, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and endometriosis.
8.14.21 | Endometriosis
Stigma and Endometriosis: A Brief Overview and Recommendations to Improve Psychosocial Well-Being and Diagnostic Delay
The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) published a commentary in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, presenting […]
4.13.21 | Coronavirus
COVID-19: More Research Needed on Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes
Pregnant individuals and newborns have immune systems that are more susceptible to viral infections than the general population.
6.1.20 | Mental Health
Pandemic Prompts Concerns About Worsening Mental Health for Pregnant Women and New Moms
In the midst of COVID-19, pregnant women and new moms are being forced to confront unexpected challenges and possible worst-case scenarios about delivery and the postpartum period.
