Mother’s Day comes in May and it gives us an opportunity to honor our mothers, other women and girls in our lives, as well as ourselves. Learning about women’s health care and the steps we can take to promote health for ourselves and the women in our lives, is a vital way to honor and celebrate women.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH – Women’s Health Program
The Women’s Health Program at the Florida Department of Health (DOH) celebrates Women’s Health during May with events like the Florida Conference for Women, National Women’s Health Week and National Women’s Checkup Day. The program promotes the health status of women and encourages healthy lifestyles.
For more information on women from pre-teen through senior age, pregnant women and women with disabilities, and to find information on events during May, visit the DOH Women’s Health Program Website http://www.doh.state.fl.us/family/wh/index.html.
LIFESTYLE CHOICES
The way we eat & exercise has direct impact on our health. Learn more at:
- The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports www.fitness.gov
- Healthier US www.HealthierUS.gov
- Action Steps for Staying Healthy www.cdc.gov/women/owh/preventworks/action.htm
HEALTH SCREENINGS & IMMUNIZATIONS
Take steps to help prevent illness or to manage a chronic health condition by getting regular health screenings and immunizations (shots to prevent disease). Learn more at:
- Women – http://WomensHealth.gov/ScreeningCharts/general/general.pdf
- Men - http://WomensHealth.gov/ScreeningCharts/men/
- Children and Adults - www.cdc.gov/vaccines/default.htm
- Children’s well care visits - http://KidsHealth.org/parent/system
GIRLS’ HEALTH
This interactive website for girls includes information about fitness, nutrition, their bodies, drugs/alcohol, relationships, personal safety, and much more. The site was created by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Visit www.GirlsHealth.gov..
EDUCATIONAL BROCHURES
Visit Brochures and Guides for information on health care facilities in Florida, the Florida Medicaid program, health care advance directives, patient safety, prescription drug costs, and state agencies that provide social services
COMPARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
To help you make good choices about where to receive health care, check out the following pages on FloridaHealthFinder.gov, to compare providers in your community:
- Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers – Find information and data on women’s health care, including volume, range of charges, length of stay, and readmission rates for hysterectomies, mastectomies, deliveries, and female reproductive cancer in Florida’s hospitals. Find information and data on outpatient surgeries such as breast procedures and hysteroscopy. Parents can also find pediatric specific information.
- Women's Health View information on mammograms, obstetrics, menopause, gynecological cancer and more. Some pages include links to health care data from Florida hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.
- On the FloridaHealthFinder.gov homepage find links to compare health plans, nursing homes, hospices, and prescription drug prices.
FIND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES OR AGENCIES
To find a hospital, nursing home, home health agency, or other type of health care provider, click Facility Locator. You’ll find facility/agency addresses, phone numbers, driving directions, inspection reports, and a glossary.
UNINSURED AND NEED CARE?
Click here to learn about programs in your community that provide low or no cost medical care.
OTHER HEALTH OBSERVANCES DURING MAY
Other observances during May that relate to women’s health:
- Lupus Awareness Month - www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lupus.html
- National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month - www.GirlsHealth.gov/bones and www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/osteoporosis.html
- National Stroke Awareness Month - www.cdc.gov/women/az/hrtstrk.htm
- National Women’s Check-Up Day (May 11th) - www.cdc.gov/family/checkup/index.htm
OTHER LINKS
For more information on women’s health care:
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