International Women's Day Special Issue

In recognition of International Women’s Day (IWD), Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specializing in science and health, has launched a free access special issue of curated content focused on women and gender issues in health and sciences.

Consisting of journal articles and book chapters supporting the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this free resource is intended to further new research and to raise awareness around this year’s theme for International Women’s Day: #ChoosetoChallenge, as well as the UN’s focus for IWD this year: Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.

Sex differences in Cardiac Diseases, Chapter 29 - Women’s Heart Programs

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Sex Differences in Cardiac Diseases, Elsevier, 2021, Pages 671-687

This book chapter addresses SDG 3 and 5 by describing specialized cardiovascular care for women, delivered in “women’s heart programs” (WHPs) focus on the cardiovascular needs of women. This chapter reviews the historical background leading to their development, their structure and specialized areas of focus including referral criteria for unique cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in women, and CVD disorders resulting in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) with pathophysiologies seen exclusively, and/or more commonly in women.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Science; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice, Chapter 15 - Practice improvement through a sex and gender high-value healthcare model

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Oliver et al., Practice improvement through a sex and gender high-value healthcare model, In: Jenkins et al, How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice, Academic Press, 2021, Pages 309-323.

This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 5 by explaining that there is evidence that healthcare cost distress affects women disproportionately, and that one way clinicians can help combat the epidemic of financial toxicity is through the practice of high-value care, an approach that aims to improve patient health and well-being by reducing the costs of care and/or by improving patient outcomes.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality

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Health and wellbeing; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

The Psychology of Gender and Health - Chapter 12 - Mainstreaming Gender Equality to Improve Women’s Mental Health in England

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The Psychology of Gender and Health: Conceptual and Applied Global Concerns, 2017, Pages 343-361

This chapter advances SDG 5 on gender equality by considering the origins of mainstreaming as a national policy initiative in England, describing the initiatives promoted and reflecting on both the progress that was made and its limitations.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and wellbeing, Global

The Vaccine Book, Chapter 10 - Maternal Immunization: Protecting Vulnerable Populations

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The Vaccine Book, Second Edition, 2016, Pages 183-203

This book chapter advances SDG 3 and 5 by explaining how maternal immunization prevents infectious diseases in the mother and infant during a period of increased vulnerability.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality

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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Maternal Immunization, Chapter 3 - Immunobiological aspects of vaccines in pregnancy: Maternal perspective

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Maternal immunization, 2020, Pages 43-65

This book chapter advances SDG 3 and 5 by explaining a need to increase our understanding of the immunobiology of maternal immunization in order to better prevent infectious diseases in the pregnant women and the young infant.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality

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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Second Edition, Risk of Radiation Exposure to Children and Their Mothers

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Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Second Edition, 2011, Pages 550-558

This chapter content advances SDG 3 and 5 by explaining that there is a realistic concern about the impact of ionizing and nonionizing radiations on the health of children and their mothers. The magnitude and type of risks that are associated with radiation exposure to children and mothers must be determined to prevent the health consequences of such exposure.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality

Tags:

Data & Analytics; Health and wellbeing, Global

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Second Edition, Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Exposure in Mothers and Offspring

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Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Second Edition, 2019, Pages 108-110

This chapter content advances SDG 3 and 5 by explaining how diethylstilbestrol has been used in the past by obstetricians, gynecologists, and family physicians to treat pregnant women with the intent to prevent miscarriage, and the antimiscarriage use of this drug had side effects that became tragically clear soon after the commercialization showing the failure of adequate preclinical testing.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality

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Health and wellbeing; Data & Analytics, Global

Economic Effects of Natural Disasters, Chapter 6 - Women and Economic Dimensions of Climate Change

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Economic Effects of Natural Disasters, Theoretical Foundations, Methods, and Tools, 2021, Pages 77-95

This book chapter advances SDG 5 and 13 by unpacking the gendered nature of economic dimensions of climate change and identifing that climate change needs to be seen as a pervasive economic issue impacting men and women differently.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 13: Climate action

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Gender equality and women's empowerment; Climate change, Global

Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology - Chapter 4 - Sex Differences in Cerebral Ischemia

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Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Academic Press, 2019, Pages 41-59

The book chapter addresses SDG 5 by taking a comprehensive look into the often overlooked and underappreciated fundamental sex differences between men and women and how those differences affect the cardiovascular system.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality

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Science; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology - Chapter 12 - Sex Differences in Coronary Artery Disease

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Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Academic Press, 2019, Pages 185-201

This book chapter addresses SDG 3 and 5 by reviewing the differences in awareness, risk factors, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and management between men and women with coronary artery disease (CAD).
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Science; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

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