Abstract
This study is an evaluation of the Women's Health Network (WHN) program initiative. The WHN is a grant funded project aimed at creating and maintaining health equity for women in the state of Kansas in the United States. This qualitative study explores the efficacy of a community-based initiative to build trust among community members. The WHN gathered a group of professionals and community members to serve as the board of directors.
Highlights
Disparities in women’s healthcare continue to be prominent within our society
The overwhelming responses were mental health, reproductive health, and health literacy and access to education. Since those concerns were identified, the Women’s Health Network (WHN) has made it a point to ask the Board and Network members in each survey to validate those concerns on an ongoing basis
When asked what the top 3 women’s health issues in the state of Kansas are, the semi-structured interview responses echoed those same concerns in addition to the following: reproductive health, cancer, mental health, access to health care for rural women, a lack of affordable care, necessary Medicaid expansion, women’s health in aging, violence against women, maternal mortality rates, infant mortality rates, and minority women’s health disparities
Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies health disparities among women being life expectancy, health coverage, and maternal/infant mortality which are based on socioeconomic, geographical and race/ethnicity factors [1]. There has been a constant struggle to communicate information to guide providers and organizations to improve women’s health care [2]. Access to care, existing socioeconomic status, and maintaining or obtaining health insurance are critical disparate issues [3]. Demographic characteristics such as race, age, and geographic location (rural versus urban) impact health care for women. Rural women have higher instances of preventable conditions compared to their urban counterparts [4]. Women are more likely to be depressed than men, with their symptoms of depression exhibited at a greater level [5]
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