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NEW: ABSTRACTS DEADLINE EXTENDED:

Submission Deadline December 15th

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women's Health & Sex Differences Research Scientific Poster Session

Submission Deadline: December 15, 2014 - (300 word limit)

Thank you for your interest in the Women's Health & Sex Differences Research Scientific Poster Session: in partnership with the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH). Authors must register for the Annual Meeting to present/discuss their abstracts. All abstract presenters will be given the early-bird discount rate. Conference registration will open in October. You are strongly encouraged to submit your abstract before then. Notifications regarding acceptance of submitted abstracts will be emailed in January.
Who Should Submit?

We invite researchers at all levels to submit abstracts on current and emerging issues in women's health and sex differences including basic, clinical, translational, behavioral, epidemiologic, disparities, and health services research. In addition, we welcome abstracts on innovations in education and career development for health researchers. Scientific abstracts report the results of original research and must contain data (either quantitative or qualitative) and report research results.

 

Poster Categories:

• Basic Research
• Clinical and Translational Research
• Community and Public Health Research
• Innovations in Health Professions Education and Career Development

 

For more information or to submit your abstract: click here

 

 

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HOT OFF THE PRESS!

 

 

Office of Research on Women’s Health

Women of Color Health Data Book

Fourth Edition

 

The Academy of Women’s Health and its Journal of Women’s Health has been working with partner, the Office of Women’s Health (ORWH) to help produce this important document that presents data on race/ethnicity and disease.

 

Through data, clues about how culture, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic background, and geographic location contribute to the health status of women of color can be identified. In order to explore sex differences, scientists need data about the similarities and differences between women and men in diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other conditions.

To view the complete data book click on the link below.

 

 

 

• Women of Color Health Data Book, 4th Edition 2014 (PDF - 3.2 MB)
  Provides U. S. Census data on different populations of U.S. women and health updates for women of color.

 

 

 

 

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WOMEN'S HEALTH CONGRESS 2015 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

View Women’s Health 2015 Congress Brochure HERE 

 

 

 

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 2015 Supporter & Exhibitor Opportunities

 

 

 

The Academy of Women’s Health invites you to support our effort to meet the healthcare needs of women by providing physicians, advanced practice nurses, and other health professionals with the most recent research and its application to patient care, and the most current information in diagnosis and therapeutics.
We offer a variety of Supporter & Exhibitor Opportunities for foundations, nonprofits, corporations, and public agencies, each having a range benefits for you. Please see the 2015 Supporter & Exhibitor Opportunities HERE.    

 

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SAVE THE DATE

Women's Health 2015: The 23rd Annual Congress

April 16-19, 2015

Grand Hyatt • Washington, DC

Members are eligible to receive discounted registration to the conference among many other benefits.

 

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We are pleased to share Mitzi’s newest blog series. MP Profiles will provide insight from today’s top thought leaders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robin Koval heads Legacy, the nation’s largest smoking prevention and cessation foundation.  She brings to the job a 25-year background in marketing, communications and cause-related advocacy. During her career, she has received numerous awards including: in 2011 Advertising Age listed her as one of its “Most Influential Women in Advertising”; and Self-Made Magazine named her one of its Top 50 “Women Entrepreneurs Who Inspire.”  The Academy of Women's Health is particularly grateful to Legacy for sponsoring Surgeon General Boris Lushniak’s talk on smoking, at the Academy’s 2014 Conference in Washington.

 

Editor:  Where are we on women and smoking?

 

Koval: Sadly, every year more than 201,000 women die of tobacco-related disease. There’s a misperception that more women die from breast cancer, but the number one cancer that kills women today is tobacco-caused lung cancer. From this year’s Surgeon General’s Report, we see that the list of known tobacco-caused diseases continues to grow. Many of these diseases specifically impact women such as infertility, miscarriage, low weight babies and ectopic pregnancies.

 

Editor: What is Legacy doing to decrease tobacco use?

 

Koval: We have effective tools such as public education, strong clean air laws and price increases for tobacco products.  Going forward, our organization will be making a major reinvestment in youth and young adult smoking prevention efforts. Since more than 86% of adult smokers tried their first cigarette before they turned 18, and since about one third of youth smokers will eventually die from a tobacco-related disease, prevention with this group is a high priority for us.  The end goal is a smoke-free generation.

 

Editor: How do you go about reaching young people?

 

Koval:  Our major effort is the truth® campaign, a national youth tobacco prevention counter-marketing effort.  In addition to television and radio, we have an advanced online and social media component, and we speak to youth in their own language, arming them with the facts about the health and social consequences of smoking. We also expose the marketing tactics of Big Tobacco.

 

Editor:  What kinds of success have you had with truth®?

 

Koval:  truth® started in 2000 and in that time, it has been proven to have protected 450,000 young people from smoking. That’s an impressive figure when you consider that the tobacco companies spend nearly $9 billion per year marketing its products.  The fact is, we spend in a year what they spend in a day, but our success comes in part because, in addition to the compelling facts that we provide, we’ve been able to create an emotional connection with young people.  We show how Big Tobacco is manipulating them and lying to them, and trying to get them hooked on something that will kill half of its users.  One of the hot button emotional issues for young people is control, and in the ads and social media, we show how Big Tobacco is working to control them.  We also have an on-the-ground truth® tour that goes to college campuses, theme parks and any place where you have gatherings of youth. We make it fun and interactive, with music and games.  It’s a kind of a one-to-one inoculation.

 

Editor: What about smoking cessation for adults?  Do you have advice for   health care providers who are trying to help their patients quit?

 

Koval: The number one advice is, don’t give up on your patients. Keep in mind that it may take an average of 11 attempts before a smoker is able to stay smoke free.  Also, although quitting cold turkey works for a few, the odds of success increase dramatically when accompanied with nicotine replacement therapy and counseling. In addition, if they’re afraid of weight gain, you might counsel them that gaining a few pounds, probably temporarily, is well worth it in return for the lifetime health benefits gained from being smoke free.

 

Editor:  What about on-line support for people who want to quit?

 

Koval:  Our website, BecomeAnEX.org offers smokers a free plan to quit and provides them valuable information that will help.  The website, which includes a robust online community of quitters, can also help them relearn life without smoking.

 

Editor:  A final thought?

 

Koval:  Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death. It’s a defective product, and 5.6 million children alive in this country today risk dying from tobacco-related disease. This is a tragedy I can’t accept.

 

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