New Directions For Women's Health: Expanding Understanding, Improving Research, Addressing Workforce Limitations

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2-1-2025

Journal

Health affairs (Project Hope)

Volume

44

Issue

2

DOI

10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01004

Abstract

In the United States, the field of women's health faces critical challenges. This article, part of the National Academy of Medicine's Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2025 initiative, emphasizes the need for a holistic, lifespan approach to women's health that considers biological sex, gender, and intersecting social factors. We identify three key challenges: broadening the understanding of women's health beyond reproductive issues, improving the research ecosystem, and addressing workforce limitations. With innovative policies and investments across all areas of health, attention to structural determinants, and emphasis on the upstream factors affecting women's lives, significant improvements in women's health outcomes and substantial societal benefits can be achieved in 2025 and beyond.

Department

Pediatrics

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