Improving health outcomes for women with HIV

Cardiovascular disease in women: implications for improving health outcomes.

OBJECTIVE To collate data on women and cardiovascular disease in Australia and globally to inform public health campaigns and health care interventions. DESIGN Literature review. RESULTS Women with acute coronary syndromes show consistently poorer outcomes than men, independent of comorbidity and management, despite less anatomical obstruction of coronary arteries and relatively preserved l...

Improving care for women living with HIV: initial outcomes of an integration experience

Background Women living with HIV are at higher risk of developing HPV-related diseases. Albeit they are systematically referred for cervical cancer screening, difficulties in obtaining timely appointments are the main barrier for an adequate gynecological care. In our unit, according to a previous survey, 67% of women reported this problem. Therefore, in January 2011 the integration of HIV and ...

Improving outcomes in older women?

A n extensive body of research has reported that women experience worse outcomes compared with men when the full spectrum of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are included (1–4). Compared with men, women are more likely to experience major bleeding (1,2) and vascular access complications (2) post-percutaneous coronary intervention, as well as a higher rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (1...

Improving Health Outcomes for Children (IHOC)

Improving Postpartum Healthcare and Health Outcomes of Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

3 Thesis Declaration 6 Acknowledgements 7 Chapter: Literature Review 8 Published Paper: Clinician views and knowledge regarding healthcare provision in the postpartum period for women with recent gestational diabetes: A systematic review of qualitative/survey studies 30 Chapter: Women’s views and knowledge regarding healthcare seeking for gestational diabetes in the postpartum period: a systema...