title: Transdisciplinary women's health: a call to action.
abstract: Various women's health concerns (e.g., hormonal changes, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, immune deficiencies, respiratory diseases, eating disorders, substance use/abuse, sexually transmitted infections, stress, poverty, poor nutrition, and early childhood caries) are associated with oral-systemic etiologies that can either cause or form as a result of poor oral health. Nonetheless, the intersections of biological, social-behavioral, and structural factors that impact women's oral-systemic health are rarely examined. We argue for the need for transdisciplinary research, grounded in team science, for incorporating and transcending multiple discipline-specific frameworks and models to examine the complexity of women's health issues holistically across the lifespan.
authors.affiliation: a Center for Transdisciplinary Women's Health, College of Public Health , University of South Florida , Tampa , Florida , USA.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DeBate
authors.forename: Ellen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Daley
authors.forename: Cheryl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Vamos
authors.forename: Nolan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kline
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009909:Oral Health; D014930:Women; D016387:Women's Health; D014932:Women's Health Services