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The Office on Women's Health achieves our mission through a wide spectrum of activities and programs. Learn more:

Actions by health topic

• Breast health
• Breastfeeding
• Fitness and nutrition
• Illnesses and diabilities
• Heart health and stroke
• HIV/AIDS
• Lupus
• Mental health
• Minority women's health
• Pregnancy
• Violence against women

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Featured actions

• Conference: Meeting the Reentry Needs of Women: Policies, Programs and Practices
  March 15 – 16, 2012
  Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
  2660 Woodley Road, NW
  Washington, DC 20008

The purpose of this conference is to discuss strategies and exchange ideas on how to increase the health, well-being, and safety of individuals, families and communities by improving reentry outcomes. This conference will include discussions on access to health care, employment, education, stable and safe housing, family connectedness and reduced recidivism, through the utilization of gender responsive strategies for women leaving jails and prisons. The conference report will be shared with the National Reentry Council to inform them of the needs of women reentering the community and society.

Complete online registration by Thursday, March 1, 2012.  Questions or requests for special accommodations should be directed to Brittany Irvine at birvine@seamoncorporation.com or 301-577-0244, ext. 7500, no later than March 1, 2012.

• Best Bones Forever! – A National Bone Health Campaign
  • For parents and caregivers
  • For educators
• BodyWorks – A toolkit for healthy girls and strong women
• Could I Have Lupus? – National Lupus Awareness Campaign
• The Heart Truth – Heart disease in women awareness campaign
  • Consumer education campaign
  • Professional education campaign
• Make The Call. Don't Miss A Beat. – Heart attack information for women
• National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10)
• National Women's Health Week (May 13–19, 2012)
• Quick Health Data Online – Health data and statistics from across the country
• Text4Baby – For pregnant women and new moms

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Past actions

• HIV and Violence Against Women: A National Conference (2009)
  • Learn more about the conference (PDF, 82 KB)
  • Registration form (PDF, 141 KB)
• 10-Year Anniversary and The Healthy Woman Celebration (2009)
• Minority Women's Health Summit (2007) (archive)
• Rural Women's Health Conference (2007) (archive)
• 2nd World Congress on Women's Mental Health (2004) (archive)
• Minority Women's Health Summit (2004)
• National Breastfeeding Campaign (2004)
• Women's Summit on Organ Donation (2004) (archive)

Content last updated June 6, 2011.

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