Open AccessWomen’s health in Serbia - past, present, and future
Author(s) -
Biljana Parapid,
Vladimir Kanjuh,
Vladimir Kostić,
Snežana Polovina,
Milan Dinić,
Zlatibor Lončar,
K. Lalić,
Miroslava Gojnić-Dugalić,
Milan Nedeljković,
B. Lazić,
Maja Milošević,
Dragan Simič,
Aleksandar N. Nešković,
Robert A. Harrington,
Marv Valentine,
V. Allen Santos,
Sandra Lewis,
Slavica Djukić-Dejanović,
Stephen Mitchell,
Rachel M. Bond,
Ron Waksman,
Mirvat Alasnag,
Noel Bairey-Merz,
Dan Gaiță,
Alexandru Mischie,
Nemanja Karamarkovic,
S. Rakić,
Mirko Mrkic,
Marija Tasovac,
Vuk Devrnja,
Dragana Bubanja,
Wenger Kass
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh211208105p
Subject(s) - medicine , demographics , gerontology , health care , women of color , reproductive health , gender studies , demography , economic growth , environmental health , population , sociology , economics , race (biology)
Cardiovascular and reproductive health of women have been going hand in hand since the dawn of time, yet links have been poorly studied. Still, once basis of their connections started to be established, it depended on local regional abilities and level of progressive thinking to afford women comprehensive care beyond the ?bikini medicine?. Further research identified different associations rendering more conditions sex-specific and launching therefore a slow, yet initial turn around in clinical trials? concept as the majority of global cardiovascular guidelines rely on the results of research conducted on a very modest percentage of women and even less on the women of color. Currently, the concept of women?s heart centers varies depending on the local demographics? guided needs, available logistics driven by budgeting and societal support of a broad-minded thinking environment, free of bias for everyone: from young adults questioning their gender identity, via women of reproductive age both struggling to conceive or keep working part time when healthy and line of work permits it during pregnancy, up to aging and the elderly. Using ?Investigate-Educate-Advocate-Legislate? as the four pillars of advancing cardiovascular care of women, we aimed to summarize standing of women?s health in Serbia, present ongoing projects and propose actionable solutions for the future.