Screening, health promotion, and prevention in women.
Many health promotion and disease prevention recommendations are specific to adult women. Given their strategic position within families, women often hold the responsibility for the health and well-being of all family members.
Bowman
M A
MA
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1034, USA.
Spangler
J G
JG
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D011322:Primary Prevention; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health