title: Taking charge: a personal responsibility.
abstract: Women can adopt health practices that will help them to maintain good health throughout their various life stages. Women can take charge of their health by maintaining a nutritionally balanced diet, exercising, and using common sense. Women can also employ known preventive measures against osteoporosis, stroke, lung and breast cancer and accidents. Because women experience increased longevity and may require long-term care with age, the need for restructuring the nation's care system for the elderly becomes an important women's health concern. Adult day care centers, home health aides, and preventive education will be necessary, along with sufficient insurance to maintain quality care and self-esteem without depleting a person's resources.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005381:Financing, Organized; D005382:Financing, Personal; D006266:Health Education; D006291:Health Policy; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D011322:Primary Prevention; D014481:United States