The Status of Women in Utah Politics: Congress, Statewide Executive Offices, and the State Legislature

Acknowledgement: This manuscript has been adapted from its initial release by the Utah Women & Leadership Project on December 2, 2016, as Research Snapshot No. 4: Utah Women and STEM (see http://www.uvu.edu/uwlp/research/briefs.html). A host of national reports and media (e.g., Chu & Posner, 2013) in the past decade have ranked Utah last or near last …

The Status of Women in Utah Politics: Counties, Mayors, City Councils, and Boards of Education

Acknowledgement: This manuscript has been adapted from its initial release by the Utah Women & Leadership Project on January 4, 2017, as a Research & Policy Brief titled “The Status of Women in Utah Politics: A 2017 Update” (see http://www.uvu.edu/uwlp/research/briefs.html). This includes only a portion of the data presented in the brief. Several national reports …

Labor Force Participation Among Utah Women

Susan R. Madsen, Robbyn T. Scribner / Utah Valley University Acknowledgement: This manuscript has been adapted from its initial release by the Utah Women & Leadership Project on December 2, 2016, as Research Snapshot No. 5: Labor Force Participation Among Utah Women (see http://www.uvu.edu/uwlp/research/briefs.html). Over the past half-century or so, Utah women’s participation in the …

Consequences of Obesity on Women’s Health

Obesity among women of reproductive age is a major health threat in the United States and contributes to the overall morbidity, mortality and costs associated with overweight and obesity.

Headache and Sexual Abuse in Women in a Headache Clinic in Utah

Headache is a common disorder in women and chronic daily headache is also more common in women. Childhood sexual abuse has been found to be frequent among women who have disabling headache. We wished to determine the frequency of sexual abuse as well as other forms of abuse in a headache clinic in Utah …

Periodontal Disease and the Risk of Adverse Birth Outcomes (Part 2: The Results of a Pilot Study)

Preterm birth is the major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Recent studies have suggested that there may be an association between periodontal disease and delivery of preterm and or low birth weight infants. This paper summarizes the results of a pilot study conducted to evaluate the relationship between periodontal disease and preterm low birth weight …

Prescription Drug Use by Women and Men in Utah Medicaid

Substance use and abuse is a factor of great concern to health care stakeholders. The objective of this study was to characterize pharmaceutical prescription utilization among female compared to male Utah Medicaid patients …