HealthyWomen is an American
non-profit organization which seeks to provide women with in-depth, medical-organization-sanctioned information on a wide range issues important to
women's health and to increase awareness of those issues via education and advocacy. It was founded as the National Women's Health Resource Center in 1988 by Dr. Violet Bowen-Hugh, and was originally associated with the
Columbia Hospital for Women in
Washington, D.C.[''Public information about osteoporosis : what's available, what's needed?'', p. 21.] It has since located to
Red Bank, New Jersey. Some of the center's funding comes from consumer product and pharmaceutical companies.
[Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Carol Ann Romano, Ruth Chasek, ''The nurse's guide to consumer health Web sites'', p. 167.] The organization has put out a newsletter, ''National Women's Health Report''.
It changed its name to HealthyWomen in 2009. HealthyWomen works closely with companies such as
Health Advocate
Health Advocate, Inc. is a US national health advocacy, patient advocacy and assistance company. The privately held company was founded in 2001 by former Aetna executives and is headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, currently run by ...
to plan and conduct health- and wellness-related webinars, brochures, and articles targeted to employers and individuals.
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1988 establishments in the United States
Medical and health organizations based in New Jersey
Non-profit organizations based in New Jersey
Red Bank, New Jersey
Women's health
Women's organizations based in the United States
American women's websites
Organizations established in 1988
American health websites
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