Food Insecurity & 5 Fruits and Vegetables
In Utah, 11.9% of households are considered food insecure …
Secondary Data Analysis of Non-Communicable Diseases Among Adult Female Refugees Arriving in Utah Between 01/01/2012 and 12/31/2015
By the end of 2015, there were 21.3 million refugees worldwide (UNHCR, 2016), with around 50 percent women and girls …
Voting and Civic Engagement Among Utah Women
Acknowledgement: This manuscript has been adapted from its initial release by the Utah Women & Leadership Project on October 3, 2016, as Research Snapshot No. 1: Voting and Civic Engagement Among Utah Women (see http://www.uvu.edu/uwlp/research/briefs.html; accessed April 26, 2019). Utah has a strong history of women’s political and civic involvement. The state was an early …
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Utah Women and STEM
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). Employment opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) sectors in Utah are estimated to reach 101,000 by 2018 (Carnevale, Smith, & Melton, …
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 …
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The Utah Women’s Health Review | May 2019
2019 The Utah Women’s Health Review, Table of Contents
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 …