The Utah Women’s Health Review Special Issue | June 2024
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Understanding Menopause and Sexual Function from the Biological and Hormonal Perspective
Background Sexual health, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a “state of physical, emotional, mental and social wellbeing related to sexuality; not merely the absence of dysfunction or infirmity.”1 Sexuality, an expression of our sexual health, is an inherently human trait and a basic human right that applies to all individuals. Unfortunately, …
Pregnancy as a Window to Women’s Future Health: An Essay
It has long been recognized that optimal pregnancy outcomes, namely an uncomplicated full-term vaginal delivery for mother of a normal healthy child, are most likely to occur in the maternal age decade from late teens through late twenties. It is not by accident that this is also the decade at which humans are at their …
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Women, Disrupted: Environmental, Endocrine, Emotional, Equity, & Economic Impacts on Women’s Health | May 18, 2023
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Full Symposium Recording 2023
Full Agenda and Timestamps————————————– 0:00 – Welcome & Introduction– Presented by: Kathleen Digre, MD (Director, Center of Excellence in Women’s Health) & Karen Schliep, PhD, MSPH (Editor in Chief, Utah Women’s Health Review) 9:58 – The Inequitable Cost of Beauty– Introduction: Caren Frost, PhD, MPH– Presented by: Jasmine A. McDonald, PhD (Assistant Professor, Department of …
Poster Session 2023
Are Medical and Mental Health Professionals Aware of Protective Factors Which Reduce the Risk of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders? presented by Monica Ashton (Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah Graduate Program, Department of Social Work) The Association Between Pre-Pregnancy PCOS and PPD Among Hispanic Versus Non-Hispanic Women presented by Adriele Fugal, MSPH IUD …
Deactivating the Environmental Nuclear Bomb: What we know about risks to communities from Great Salt Lake playa dust
Presenter: Annie Putman, PhD and Molly Blakowski, MS, US Geological Survey, Utah Water Science Center, Department of Watershed Sciences Utah State UniversityDate: 5/18/23Brief Description: Discusses the Great Salt Lake playa dust, environmental effects, and the risks to communities living nearby. Includes the panel Q&A session.Keywords/Main Subjects: Environmental health, dust pollution, pollution exposure, vulnerable populationsCopyright: copyright Annie Putman and Molly Blakowski …
Women, Disrupted: The Inequitable Cost of Beauty
Presenter: Jasmine A. McDonald, PhD, Columbia University Irving Medical CenterDate: 5/18/23Brief Description: Discusses breast cancer trends in young women, life course epidemiology, and personal care products & population level risk.Keywords/Main Subjects: Breast cancer, breast cancer trends, life course epidemiology, personal care productsCopyright: copyright Jasmine A. McDonald ©2023
Periconceptional Exposure Assessment
Presenter: Christy Porucznik, PhD MSPH (Professor Division of Public Health Vice Dean for Faculty Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine)Date: 5/18/23Brief Description: Discusses peri-conceptional exposure assessment and measuring early environmental exposuresKeywords/Main Subjects: Perinatal health, peri-conceptional exposure, enivronmental exposureCopyright: copyright Christy Porucznik ©2023
A Social Theory of Needs from the Margins
Presenter: Annie Fukushima, PHD, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies in the School for Cultural & Social Transformation Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies Director, Office of Undergraduate ResearchDate: 5/18/23Brief Description: Discusses a social theory of needs and the importance of the work, including a wide range of case examples from the fieldKeywords/Main Subjects: Social theory, Social theory of needs, Gender-based violenceCopyright: copyright Annie …
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