Women's Health Publications
Each of the following NCODH publications is available free of charge to North Carolina residents. For out-of-state residents, single copies are free and multiple copies are available for a small fee. Many can be downloaded in html or pdf format. If you are interested in obtaining a hardcopy, use our online order form.
Orchid
This special issue health and wellness magazine for women with disabilities focuses on achieving wellness, not removing disability. Articles in Orchid include topics such as relationships, recreation and leisure, travel, and gardening. Orchid also offers an abundance of resource listings.
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Front Cover/Introduction (216KB)
Health (277KB)
Leisure (578KB)
Mind (169KB)
Nutrition (547KB)
Physical Activity (302KB)
Relationships (233KB)
Health Care (292KB)
Special Health Concerns (194KB)
Back Cover (210KB)
En Espanol
Front Cover (125KB)
Contents (264KB)
Back Cover (129KB)
Women Be Healthy, A Curriculum for Women with Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities (facilitators manual)
Original authors: Yona Lunsky, Amy Straiko, Sharon Armstrong; revisions by: Susan Havercamp, Cathy Kluttz-Hile, Pam Dickens. The curriculum was developed to enable women with intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities to become more active participants in their health care. Its primary emphasis is teaching women about reproductive health and breast/cervical cancer screenings (For detailed information about the curriculum click here Download PDF (1420KB) or read online.
Free training is available to prepare facilitators to teach the 8-week curriculum. A train thetrainer workshop can be scheduled with your agency. For more information please contact Pam Dickens, 919-966-0871, dickens@mail.fpg.unc.edu.
A Provider's Guide for the Care of Women with Physical Disabilities & Chronic Medical Conditions
This guide, originally written by Dr. Sandra Welner, has been updated by Suzanne C. Smeltzer, RN, EdD, FAAN and Nancy C. Sharts-Hopko, RN, PhD, FAAN. The guide is designed for clinicians to improve their knowledge and practice in providing care to women with physical disabilities and chronic health conditions. It includes information on access to general medical care, removing common barriers, comprehensive reproductive health care and health promotion and wellness.Download PDF (164KB) or read online.
Women with Disabilities in North Carolina:
This report is a composite of information gathered at three focus group meetings. The purpose of these focus groups was to identify important health and health care issues for women with disabilities in North Carolina in preparation for the 1998 North Carolina Women’s Health Summit. Available only in hardcopy.
