Women's health plan

The Women’s Health Plan underpins actions to improve women’s health inequalities by raising awareness around women’s health, improving access to health care and reducing inequalities in health outcomes for girls and women, both for sex-specific conditions and in women’s general health.


Endnotes

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13. Ibid.

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41. Scottish Government, (2020) Scottish household survey 2019: annual report, p.19

42. Ibid.

43. Ibid.

44. Ibid.

45. Scotland's Health and Social Care Alliance (the ALLIANCE), (2020) Hearing the Voice of Women in Scotland: eport from our online survey October 2020, p.5

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47. Public Health Scotland (2020) Child Poverty in Scotland: priority groups - lone-parent families, p. 4

48. The Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG) (2019) Better for Women, p.38

49. Ibid, p.46

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55. Ibid.

56. Ibid.

57. Lewis, R., Blake, C., McMellon C., Riddell J., Graham C., Mitchell K. (2021). Understanding young people's use and non-use of condoms and contraception: A co-developed, mixed-methods study with 16-24 year olds in Scotland. Final report from CONUNDRUM (CONdom and CONtraception UNDerstandings: Researching Uptake and Motivations). MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit: University of Glasgow.

58. Ibid.

59. Scotland's Health and Social Care Alliance (the ALLIANCE), (2020) Hearing the Voice of Women in Scotland: Report from our online survey October 2020, p.5

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61. Ibid.

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66. NHS Inform (2020) Women's Health

67. APPG Report on Endometriosis Inquiry Report 2020, Endometriosis in the UK: Time for Change, p.10

68. Ibid.

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71. Ibid.

72. NHS Inform (2020) Menopause

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80. Ibid, p.4

81. Ibid, p.16

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Additional References

Lau ES, Hayes SN, Volgman AS, Lindley K, Pepine CJ, Wood MJ; American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Disease in Women Section. Does Patient-Physician Gender Concordance Influence Patient Perceptions or Outcomes? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Mar 2;77(8):1135-1138. PMID: 33632488, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.12.031

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