Benefits of a comprehensive, publicly funded prenatal care and obstetrics program.

Objective: To demonstrate the effectiveness of a comprehensive, multispecialty, interdisciplinary team approach to prenatal and obstetric care for previously medically underserved patients.

Study Design: A retrospective chart review analysis was performed on a total of 1,800 charts pertaining to 600 patients divided evenly between a publicly funded, comprehensive prenatal care program and that same institution's private faculty practice. For each of the 600 patients data were extracted from prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum records.

Women and tobacco dependence.

Millions of American girls and women have been drawn to smoking by an industry that has been clearly and systematically targeting women of all ages and life circumstances. Tobacco marketing strategies skillfully link cigarette use to typical female values. Biologically speaking, women are especially vulnerable to the legion of health problems of tobacco use.

The mammography screening employee inreach program.

Objective: To determine whether our health care employees were undergoing mammography screening according to American Cancer Society guidelines and to determine whether aggressive outreach, education and streamlining of mammography scheduling could improve compliance.

Study Design: All female employees at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) and several other health system facilities (SF) were sent mailings to their homes that included breast health education and mammography screening guidelines, a questionnaire regarding their own mammography screening history and the opportunity to have their mammography screening scheduled by the Mammography Screening Employee Inreach Program (MSEIP) coordinator.

Results: Of the approximately 2,700 female employees aged 40 and over at NSUH and SF, 2,235 (82.

Women and tobacco dependence.

Millions of American girls and women have been drawn to smoking by an industry that has been clearly and systematically targeting women of all ages and life circumstances. Tobacco marketing strategies skillfully link cigarette use to typical female values. Biologically speaking, women are especially vulnerable to the legion of health problems of tobacco use.

Breast cancer in pregnant and postpartum women.

Breast cancer is reported to occur in from 1 in 3000 to 1 in 10,000 pregnancies worldwide. In the United States, 10% to 20% of breast cancers occur in women of childbearing age. Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer during pregnancy present many additional challenges.