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1005) Womenshealth.gov
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The Office on Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was established in 1991 to improve the health of American women by advancing and coordinating a comprehensive women's health agenda throughout HHS to address health care prevention and service delivery, research, public and health care professional education, and career advancement for women in the health professions and in scientific careers. The site provides...
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Presents the activities, programs, and campaigns of the U.S. Office of Minority Health to advance the health of ethnic and racial minorities and to achieve health equity for all. Highlights include: coverage of the Affordable Care Act provisions that address health disparities; the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities; linguistic and cultural competencies in health care; and, minority population profiles that present demographic...
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When three-month-old Lia Lee arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover. Lia's parents, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refugees from the CIA-run "Quiet War" in Laos. The Hmong, traditionally a close-knit people, have been less amenable to assimilation than most immigrants, adhering...
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"Eva and her identical twin sister, Miriam, had a mostly happy childhood. Theirs was the only Jewish family in their small village in the Transylvanian mountains, but they didn't think much of it until anti-Semitism reared its ugly head in their school. Then, in 1944, ten-year-old Eva and her family were deported to Auschwitz. At its gates, Eva and Miriam were separated from their parents and other siblings, selected as subjects for Dr. Mengele's...
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This compelling new documentary focuses on the sexual dilemmas and difficult life choices young girls face as they come of age in contemporary American culture. Challenging long-held myths about girlhood, the film draws on the insights of girls themselves to explore and shed light on their actual lived experience as they navigate our increasingly hyper-sexualized society. The voices of a diverse range of girls are supplemented with accessible analysis...
1013) OSTI.gov
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"In September 1914, a month after the outbreak of the First World War, two British doctors, Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson, set out for Paris. There, they built a makeshift hospital in Claridge's, the luxury hotel, and treated hundreds of casualties carted in from France's battlefields. Until this war called men to the front, female doctors had been restricted to treating only women and children. But even skeptical army officials who visited...
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Broadcast-quality, public service announcements (PSAs) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that cover a broad range of public health and safety topics, including the prevention of diseases, accidents, and injuries, particularly after disasters. Some clips are targeted to audiences labelled "General (Mature)," "General (Urban)," "Kids," or "Community." Collection includes lengthier CDC presentations (audio and video) that are not public...
1017) Healthfinder.gov
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Healthfinder.gov is an official consumer health portal of the U.S. Government. Provides descriptions and directories for preventive and medical services for specific populations including women, including pregnant women, children, teenagers, and men. Includes an introduction to health care reform as mandated by the Affordable Care Act of 2010, and an A to Z directory of health topics.
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