Search Resources (English): Screening

Provides a summary of research that examined gender-specific clinics as models for intervention.

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Focuses on preventing, identifying and managing common women's health concerns, acknowledging gender as a determinant of health. The booklet is written with the idea that women can do a great deal to protect their health by learning about positive lifestyle choices and about how to develop healthy living and working environments.

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Exposes the other side of the debate about bone mineral density testing and reviews evidence-based literature to uncover some facts about BMD testing and osteoporosis that have not received public attention. Suggests that testing may actually misdirect treatment efforts "away from the majority of women who will ultimately suffer fractures," by focussing attention on the minority with low bone mineral density.

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Demonstrates that there is good evidence for breast cancer screening women aged 50-69 years by clinical examination and mammography every 1-2 years. (See Details)

Evaluates the following interventions for potential benefits and harms: screening of all women in the primary care setting to detect initmate partner violence; interventions for women who are abused; and, treatment programs for men who abuse their partners. Provides recommendations. (See Details)

Evaluates a pilot universal domestic violence screening protocol in place at the 8th & 8th Health Centre.

Discusses opportunities, challenges, and experiences with implementing a computerized intimate partner violence screen. (See Details)

Provides an overview of feasibility studies, validation results, and ongoing research regarding the use of technology to facilitate screening for intimate partner violence. (See Details)

Argues that successful preventive care for women must take into account the social, political and economic context of women's lives. (See Details)

Discusses domestic violence screening by family physicians, and lists various ways of normalizing the issue and developing an atmosphere of trust. (See Details)