Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)

Documents the effects of different housing policies on Winnipeg women's health and well being, economic security, and skills.

Examines the quality of work life of primary home care practitioner groupsafter the implementation of planned restructuring strategies.

Examines the connections among women in conflict with the law who self-harm.

Examines post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurance and effects on immigrant and refugee women in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Discusses reproductive technologies and their implications for women's equality and recognition of disability rights. Explores the medicalization of disability and disability-based discrimination.

Summarizes findings of several studies on victims of child sexual abuse and their use of the health care system. Provides link to a resource for health care providers on how to deal with these victims in their clinical settings.

Presents some background and history of gender-based analysis. Provides checklists to assist health planners and decision-makers in considering women's and men's shared and differing needs.

Provides a response from the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence to the "Summary of input to the Action Plan for Saskatchewan women" prepared by the Saskatchewan Status of Women Office. Notes a general agreement with the action plan, and provides suggestions for issues that should be addressed.

Analyzes the process of a project that tried to facilitate working in partnership with provincial partners to implement gender analysis in health authorities and health districts in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Examines the successes and challenges of making midwifery care available to Manitoban women, particularly for those who live outside of Winnipeg.