Virtual Take-One Table

As we shift to more eco-friendly approaches for Reproductive Health 2011, we invite you to check out the virtual take-one table to see what colleague organizations have to share.

Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

• Abortion, Reproductive Rights and Health: Highlights from the Charlotte Ellertson Social Science Postdoctoral Fellowship 2003-2010 – This open access May/June 2011 Supplement of Women’s Health Issues was generously supported by Ibis Reproductive Health. This supplement highlights 7 years of research from Fellows who were part of the Charlotte Ellertson Social Science Postdoctoral Fellowship in Abortion and Reproductive Health. Offered at Columbia University, the Guttmacher Institute, Ibis Reproductive Health, The Johns Hopkins University, and the University of California, San Francisco, the Fellowship encouraged postdoctoral scholars to study abortion and reproductive health and to undertake research that will inform policy and practice.  The supplement was guest edited by Wendy Chavkin, PhD, of Columbia University and Jane Williamson and features 13 original articles by Ellertson Fellows on a diverse array of U.S. and international abortion policy and practice issues. Available at http://www.whijournal.com/supplements.

•  Health and Health Care of Women Veterans and Women in the Military: Research Informing Evidence-based Practice and Policy – This open access July/August 2011 Supplement of Women’s Health Issues was generously supported by the VA Health Services Research & Development Service.  It was guest edited by VA researchers Elizabeth Yano, PhD and Susan Frayne, MD.  Following an open call for submissions, the supplement contains 21 scholarly health services and health policy analyses on a variety of topics related to the health care needs of active-duty and veteran women in the U.S. military.  Topics include mental health, PTSD, military sexual trauma, cardiovascular health, and primary care.  The Guest Editors also provide a commentary on the current progress in research related to military women’s health and note areas for future needs. Available at http://www.whijournal.com/supplements.

• Proceedings of the DHHS Office on Women’s Health/UNAIDS Gender Forum: Bringing Gender Home: Implementing a Gender Responsive National HIV/AIDS Strategy for U.S. Women and Girls – This open access supplement of Women’s Health Issues, available in early November 2011, was generously supported by the DHHS Office on Women’s Health.  Guest edited by Anna Forbes, it contains a series of invited papers from Gender Forum participants on opportunities and challenges for creating and implementing a U.S. national HIV/AIDS strategy that reflects gender-specific issues faced by women and girls. Topics include access to preventive and treatment services, stigma, interpersonal violence, racial/ethnic minority women, and the need for health and social systems that are responsive to these issues. Available at http://www.whijournal.com/supplements.