Moving Into the Future with New Dimensions and Strategies: A Vision for 2020 for Women's Health Research. Volume II. Regional Scientific Reports.

摘要

Ten years after the last womens health research agenda was updated, the ORWH launched a series of five regional scientific workshops and public hearings to ensure that research on womens health continues to be on the cutting edge of science, based upon the most advanced techniques and methodologies. The format of each of the regional scientific workshops was designed to promote an interactive discussion involving leading scientists from across the nation, womens health advocates, public policy experts, health care providers, and the general public. Individuals representing the full spectrum of academic institutions, professional associations, advocacy organizations, health care facilities interested in biomedical and behavioral research on womens health and sex/gender issues, or those wishing to present their personal opinions on these issues were encouraged to provide both written and public testimony at each of the regional meetings. In each of the meetings, the ORWH Director challenged conference attendees to think beyond traditional womens health issues in defining the womens health research agenda of the future. Participants were asked to give attention to new areas of scientific application, innovative technologies, and sex differences research in basic and laboratory investigations. Clinical questions for which documented answers are still not evident were to be considered in determining research priorities, recognizing the importance of new health care and research paradigms that will be facing the Nation in the years ahead.