Our Bodies, Ourselves (207 page)

complaints voiced in,
685
–86

complementary and alternative therapies and,
674
–75

decision making for,
652
–53

determining when we need,
652

disparities in access to,
480
–81

enforcement of rights and,
685
–87

financial barriers to,
678
–80

homophobia, transphobia, and heterosexism and,
682
–84

imbalance of power in doctor-patient relationship and,
673
,
676

incarcerated women and,
684
–85

language and culture and,
681
–82

making the most of your visit and,
676
–77

patient advocates and,
677
–78,
680

recognizing and overcoming barriers to,
678
–85

research studies and,
665
–69

rights regarding medical records and,
677

rights to informed consent and refusal and,
669
–71

single-payer,
770
,
777
,
778

today's, maternity care in,
372
–74

transparency in,
686
–87

health care consumers, rights as,
36

health care providers,
37
–43,
93
,
311
,
652
,
676
,
778

abortion and,
317
–18,
320
,
336

aging issues and,
564
,
566
–68

barriers to health care and,
678
–85

birth control and,
37
,
41
,
203
,
206
,
219
,
221
,
224
,
225
,
230
,
233
,
237
,
239
,
240
,
255

breast cancer and,
503
–4,
599
,
600

after childbirth,
422

choosing,
362
,
400
,
409
,
671
,
672
–73

coming out to,
280
–81,
683

complaints to,
685
–86

constraints on,
557

contracts with former or current substance abusers and,
681

disability and chronic illness and,
42
,
190
,
682

disparities in women's health and,
761

economizing and,
679
,
680

ectopic pregnancy and,
467

female testosterone use and,
184
–85

finding,
366
–67,
533
–34,
671
–72

induced labor or C-section recommended by,
393

information from,
656
–59,
661
–62,
664
–69

kinds of,
34
,
362
–66

LGBT community and,
43

male vs. female,
673

medical history and,
37
,
38

online rating sites for,
367

perimenopause and,
510
,
512

postpartum visit to,
433
–34

pregnancy and,
362
–67,
375
,
393

pregnancy loss and,
461
,
462
,
472
,
473

in prisons,
684
,
685

sexual abuse and,
41
–42

sharing concerns with,
42

sterilization and,
242
,
243

STIs and,
280
–81,
285
–89,
297
,
298
,
300

talking with,
41
,
564

trans education for,
83

transsexuals and,
82
,
83

when to call,
401
,
402
,
406
,
432
,
611

when to see,
33
–34

women as,
673
,
759
,
768

health care proxies,
571

health care reform, U.S.:

future of,
777

recommended resources for,
771

see also
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Health Care without Harm,
757

HealthConnect One,
764

Health Department, New York State,
736
,
755

health information, sources of,
655
–56,
659
,
661
–62,
664
–69

health insurance,
95
,
306
,
431
,
678
–79,
680
,
764
,
767
–73

abortion and,
340
,
653
,
655

aging and,
567
,
580

breast cancer screening and,
591

finding,
654

health care reform and,
653
,
654
,
770
–73,
777

infertility treatment and,
486
,
489

IUD and,
239
,
242

lack of,
281
,
534
,
654
,
759

midwives and,
365

perimenopause and,
534

pregnancy and,
313
,
365
,
367
,
379
,
678

transsexuals and,
75
,
77
,
81

vaccines and,
277

see also
Medicare

health insurance exchanges,
771
,
772
,
773
,
775
,
776

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA; 1996),
677

HealthNewsReview.org,
665

Healthy Media for Youth Act,
69

Healthy People 2020 initiative,
575

Healthy Skepticism,
661

Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS),
536

Heart and Soul of Sex, The
(Ogden),
155

heart attacks,
521
,
523
,
545
,
556
,
596
,
631
,
649

birth control and,
210
,
225
,
226
,
227
,
235

heart disease,
87
,
195
,
227
,
521
,
522
,
543
,
563
,
596
,
761
,
780

HT and,
535
,
536

pregnancy and,
366

heart rate,
456
,
514

fetal,
410
,
417
,
418

heat:

condoms and,
214
,
266

labor and,
414

heating pads,
331
,
432
,
624

HELP groups,
297

hematologists,
614

hemorrhage,
631
,
782
,
788

hemorrhoids,
296
,
299
,
433

hepatitis,
81
,
762
,
789

hepatitis A,
262
,
276

postexposure prophylaxis and,
286

vaccination against,
288

hepatitis B,
212
,
262
,
265
,
276
,
300
–301

postexposure prophylaxis and,
286

testing for,
285

transmission of,
276

vaccination against,
276
,
277
,
288
,
300
,
617

hepatitis C,
265
,
276
,
684

HER-2/neu,
600

Herbenick, Debby,
167
,
186
–87

herbicides,
625

herbs, herbal remedies,
228
,
514
,
532
,
624
,
637
,
642

Chinese,
25
,
305
,
497
,
514
,
613

Vitex agnus-castus
(chasteberry),
24

Herman, Joanne,
76
,
79

Herold, Steph,
808
–9,
816
–17

herpes simplex virus (HSV),
258
,
294
–98

breastfeeding and,
437

condoms and,
216
,
266
,
295
,
296

pregnancy and childbirth and,
295
,
296
,
298

testing for,
285
,
297

transmission of,
276
,
280
,
294

treatment of,
297
–98

type
1
,
263
,
294
,
295
,
297

type
2
,
294
,
296
,
297
,
298
,
800

vulva problems and,
634
,
635
,
636

see also
genital herpes; oral herpes

herpes zoster,
304

heterosexism,
94
–96,
682
–84

heterosexuals,
see
straight/heterosexual

Heyzer, Noeleen,
726

high blood pressure (hypertension),
87
,
227
,
235
,
385
,
434
,
467
,
520
,
527
,
610
,
649
,
762
,
782

medications for,
515
,
521
,
563

old age and,
555
,
556

highways, calling for help on,
709

Hill, Jennifer,
644
–45,
644

HIPAA,
36

hip fractures,
531
,
532

Hispanic men (Latinos),
66
,
282
,
745
,
810

Hispanic women (Latinas),
58
,
85
,
116
,
272
,
740
,
761
,
769

access to health care of,
680

in aging studies,
542
,
545

birth rates for,
781

breastfeeding of,
446

cervical cancer in,
616

disparities in health of,
761
–62,
764
,
767

interracial marriage of,
125

in media,
144

old age and,
549
,
555

in perimenopause and menopause,
509

poverty of,
760

stillbirth in,
469

teen pregnancy of,
765

as uninsured,
768
–69

violence against,
698
,
699

Hite, Shere,
155

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus),
88
,
274
–76,
301
–7,
637

anal sex and,
174

birth control as protection against,
201
,
211
,
212
,
214
,
215
,
216
,
218
,
337

birth control which fails to protect against,
221
–22,
224
,
225
,
231
–34,
237
,
242
,
244
,
246
,
247
,
248

in blacks,
766
–67

breastfeeding and,
302
–3,
437

chlamydia and,
290

course of,
304

death from,
283

getting the best health care for,
307

global,
779
,
785
,
787
,
789
,
795
–801

needle drug use and,
284

needle sharing and,
81

new prevention methods being developed for,
303

old age and,
565

postexposure prophylaxis and,
286

in pre-ejaculatory fluid,
255

pregnancy and childbirth and,
302
–3,
304
,
796
,
798

prevention methods for,
799
–801

rape and,
707

reporting requirements and,
289

safer sex and,
259
,
262
–64,
266
,
271
,
273

symptoms of,
278
,
303
–4

syphilis and,
292

testing for,
261
,
285
,
304
–7,
380

transmission of,
276
,
280
,
302
–3,
796

treatment for,
304
–5,
307

trichomoniasis and,
294

window period and,
285

HIV Wisdom for Older Women,
565

Hollaback,
809

home:

action strategies in,
751
–53

avoiding pesticides in,
736

death at,
571
,
572

environmental toxins in,
739

recovery from hysterectomy at,
633