Policy Topic Search And Selection
Policy Topic Search and Selection
Karen Furches
HCS/455
November 11th 2013
Charriet Womble
Policy Topic Search and Selection
Women are large consumers of health care services and products. Women have reproductive health needs; have longer life spans, and greater health care needs than men. Women use many reproductive services such as contraception, infertility, abortion, testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), pregnanlife spans, and greater health care needs than men. Women use many reproductive services such as contraception, infertility, abortion, testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), pregnancy and child birth. In the United States child birth is the leading cause of hospitalization. Federal and state programs are required to cover many of the reproductive services. This is important for women because women comprise the majority of participants in publicly funded health care programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. Women are important stakeholders in public policy debates about the proposed health care reform. Women are also normally put in a lower bracket of social statuses than men because women generally earn a lower income than men (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2009).
According to the American Journal of American Health 73.8% of women have received at least one reproductive health service annually, this shows how much influence women have on policy changes in this area. Women received theses services in several different settings, some women preferred a private clinic while other women chose a public ran clinic. Women might choose their clinic because of the services that the clinic offers or the quality of care they receive. Reproductive services are needed by every woman at least annually.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services came out with a report entitled “Women’s Health Issues: An Overview” back in May of
Karen Furches
HCS/455
November 11th 2013
Charriet Womble
Policy Topic Search and Selection
Women are large consumers of health care services and products. Women have reproductive health needs; have longer life spans, and greater health care needs than men. Women use many reproductive services such as contraception, infertility, abortion, testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), pregnanlife spans, and greater health care needs than men. Women use many reproductive services such as contraception, infertility, abortion, testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), pregnancy and child birth. In the United States child birth is the leading cause of hospitalization. Federal and state programs are required to cover many of the reproductive services. This is important for women because women comprise the majority of participants in publicly funded health care programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. Women are important stakeholders in public policy debates about the proposed health care reform. Women are also normally put in a lower bracket of social statuses than men because women generally earn a lower income than men (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2009).
According to the American Journal of American Health 73.8% of women have received at least one reproductive health service annually, this shows how much influence women have on policy changes in this area. Women received theses services in several different settings, some women preferred a private clinic while other women chose a public ran clinic. Women might choose their clinic because of the services that the clinic offers or the quality of care they receive. Reproductive services are needed by every woman at least annually.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services came out with a report entitled “Women’s Health Issues: An Overview” back in May of
References: Frost, J. (2008). Trends in US women’s use of sexual and reproductive health care services, 1995-2002. American Journal of Public Health, 98(10), 1814-1817. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2009, August). Health Policy explained. Retrieved from United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Women’s Health Issues: An Overview May, 2001.