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Resources for Women’s Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2018 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Future Research Needs Treatment … Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery Disease: Future Research Needs Resources for Patients … for Low Back Pain Top of Page Pregnancy and Childbirth Throughout pregnancy and childbirth, a woman … Smoking in pregnancy can be harmful to both the woman and the fetus, sometimes resulting in stillbirths

For Women’s Health Week, Let’s Make Prevention Primary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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May 01, 2023 - and ensuring that women receive the best possible care—especially care aimed at disease prevention, … with dense breasts, as well as evidence on the benefits and harms of screening in older women. … While Black and White women are equally likely to receive a breast cancer diagnosis, Black women are … Adult preventive healthcare for women should include screenings for conditions such as heart disease, … Preventive healthcare can help women—and all of us—live longer and healthier lives.

Opioid-related Hospitalizations in 2016 Involving Women Who Were Pregnant or Giving Birth | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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January 01, 2019 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … Analytics Data Infographics Opioid-related Hospitalizations in 2016 Involving Women … Sources Available from AHRQ Opioid-related Hospitalizations in 2016 Involving Women … Who Were Pregnant or Giving Birth Opioid-related Hospitalizations in 2016 Involving Women … Giving Birth (PDF, 91.5 KB) Source: Statistical Brief #247, Opioid-Related Hospital Stays Among Women

EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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February 01, 2024 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … More than half of women over 20 years of age reported any urinary leakage. … What’s more, fewer than 50% of women seek care for UI symptoms. … Fewer than 30% of women (> age 40) with UI report receiving any care for UI symptoms, despite available … , tools, and methods to support primary care practices in managing urinary incontinence in women.

Applying Human Factors to Make it Easier for Clinicians to Do Their Jobs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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August 01, 2022 - Miller’s current AHRQ-funded project is tackling a confounding problem: why women have higher rates of … Compared with men, women are nearly twice as likely to receive the wrong diagnosis following a heart … The potential for a CVD diagnostic error can begin as soon as women describe their symptoms, according … Some updated materials may include symptoms more commonly described by women, such as pain in the neck … “No, those symptoms are not atypical, they are just how women present symptoms.”

Minority Women Have Smaller Babies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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January 01, 2019 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … Home Data & Analytics Data Infographics Minority Women … Health Information Knowledgebase Data Sources Available from AHRQ Minority Women … Have Smaller Babies Minority Women Have Smaller Babies (PDF, 209 KB) Source: Data Spotlight … reviewed January 2019 Page originally created November 2018 Internet Citation: Minority Women

NAC Member Biography: Sinsi Hernández-Cancio | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2023 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … Vice President for Health Justice National Partnership for Women & Families Sinsi Hernández-Cancio … , J.D. , is vice president for health justice, at the National Partnership for Women & Families. … spanning the government, labor, and non-profit arenas, dedicated to advancing equal opportunity for women … Contact Information: Vice President for Health Justice National Partnership for Women and Families

Defining a Quality Report's Audience for Promotional Purposes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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November 01, 2018 - For example, if you are rating primary care doctors, you might want to reach out to women who already … Women make most of the health care decisions in families. … Given how busy most modern women are, you might want to emphasize that your report is easy and quick … You could also appeal to the concern women have for the health of their family and close friends. … CHCF chose to make the campaign revolve around this audience in part because these women: Will have

AHRQ Views: For Women’s Health Week, Let’s Make Prevention Primary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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May 01, 2023 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … May 16, 2023 AHRQ Stats—Maternal Deaths by Age Among women who gave birth in 2019, those aged 25 … Women aged 35 to 55 years were more than three times as likely to die (9.5 deaths per 100,000 hospitalizations … Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., emphasized AHRQ’s commitment to addressing the unique healthcare needs of women … Preventive Services Task Force’s May 9 recommendation that all women be screened for breast cancer every

Prevention Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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October 01, 2018 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … AHRQ offers information to help enhance our understanding of women’s unique health needs and empower women … In addition to cancer and heart disease, health concerns unique to women, such as pregnancy and gynecologic

Webinar: Managing Urinary Incontinence in Primary Care: Sharing Progress and Resources from AHRQ's EvidenceNOW Initiative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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March 01, 2024 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … primary care practices implement effective nonsurgical treatments for urinary incontinence (UI) in women

Trends in the Rate of Opioid-Related Hospitalizations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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May 01, 2019 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … Hospitalizations National Demographics: Sex The rate of opioid-related hospitalizations for both women … and men have increased dramatically since 2005, but the rate of growth for women has outpaced the rate … In 2016, roughly 302 women were hospitalized for opioid-related reasons per 100,000 population, compared

Highlights From AHRQ's Patient Safety Network | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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April 01, 2024 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … "Black Women Should Not Die Giving Life": The lived experiences of Black women diagnosed with severe

Statistical Briefs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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February 01, 2024 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … HCUP Statistical Brief #247: Opioid-Related Hospital Stays Among Women in the United States, 2016 ( … PDF ) Statistics on opioid-related hospitalizations among women aged 15 years and older using the 2016 … Related infographic: Opioid-related Hospitalizations in 2016 Involving Women Who Were Pregnant or Giving … Related infographic: Women Have Higher Rates of Opioid-Related Hospitalizations In Most States HCUP

Addressing Today’s Steep Challenges of Providing High-Quality Behavioral Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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December 01, 2022 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … acute behavioral health crises, and an unprecedented surge in suicidality, particularly in adolescent girls

Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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September 01, 2022 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence in Women : This program uses practice facilitation to help … primary care practices manage urinary incontinence in women.

Data Innovations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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March 01, 2024 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … Innovations Statistical Briefs Statistical Brief 1: State Variation in Birth Rates and Payments Among Women … NEW— Statistical Brief 2: State Variation in Opioid Prescription Fills After Childbirth Among Women

AHRQ Views: The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency To Improve Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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May 01, 2023 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … and Peripartum Magnesium Sulfate Regimens for Preeclampsia With Severe Features Postpartum Care for Women … Black women are still three times as likely todie as non-Hispanic White women while pregnant and up to … Adjuvant endocrine therapy non-initiation and non-persistence in young women with early-stage breast

Optimizing Safety of Mother and Neonate in a Mixed Methods Learning Laboratory | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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June 01, 2020 - Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents Special Healthcare Needs Women … A labor and delivery room designed to provide comfort and privacy for women in labor while meeting the … needs of healthcare professionals caring for these women and their newborns, even during a crisis. … cushion designed to provide a comfortable, effective, reusable, inexpensive, and portable option for women

Diagnostic Safety Centers of Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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