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Title Clinical Preventive Services for Women : Closing the Gaps / Committee on Preventive Services for Women, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 235 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Introduction -- Preventive services defined by the ACA -- Existing coverage practices of national, state, and private health plans -- Committee methodology -- Recommendations -- Process for regularly updating the recommendations -- Findings and recommendations for addressing identified gaps in preventive services for women -- Appendixes -- A. Clarifications -- B. Agendas of public meetings held by the Committee on Preventive Services for Women -- C. Committee biographies -- D. Dissent and response
Summary Women suffer disproportionate rates of chronic disease and disability from some conditions, and often have high out-of-pocket health care costs. The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) provides the United States with an opportunity to reduce existing health disparities by providing an unprecedented level of population health care coverage. The expansion of coverage to millions of uninsured Americans and the new standards for coverage of preventive services that are included in the ACA can potentially improve the health and well-being of individuals across the United States. Women in particular stand to benefit from these additional preventive health services. Clinical Preventive Services for Women reviews the preventive services that are important to women's health and well-being. It recommends that eight preventive health services for women be added to the services that health plans will cover at no cost. The recommendations are based on a review of existing guidelines and an assessment of the evidence on the effectiveness of different preventive services. The services include improved screening for cervical cancer, sexually transmitted infections, and gestational diabetes; a fuller range of contraceptive education, counseling, methods, and services; services for pregnant women; at least one well-woman preventive care visit annually; and screening and counseling for interpersonal and domestic violence, among others. Clinical Preventive Services for Women identifies critical gaps in preventive services for women as well as measures that will further ensure optimal health and well-being. It can serve as a comprehensive guide for federal government agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention; state and local government agencies; policy makers; health care professionals; caregivers, and researchers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Women's health services -- United States
Preventive health services -- Standards -- United States
Women's health services.
Preventive Health Services -- standards
Women's Health Services
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
Preventive health services -- Standards
Women's health services
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Preventive Services for Women.
ISBN 9780309215398
0309215390
128337630X
9781283376303