QUICK REFERENCE: Women's health information on the Internet

U of T Health Services
www.utoronto.ca/health

This website provides information about the health services available to students of U of T. Additionally, the website provides information about sexually transmitted diseases, nutrition, alcohol, drugs, general health and women’s health issues.

To find women’s health information:
• Simply click on the “health tips” link on the left side of the page
• Scroll down the page and find the heading “Women’s Health”
• Select the drop-down menu under “Women’s Health”
• Choose one of the six topics and start reading

If your health question is about sexual health:
• Simply click on the “health tips” link on the left side of the page
• Scroll down the page and find the heading “Sexual Health”
• Select the drop-down menu under “Sexual Health”
• Choose one of the five topics and start reading
For any of your health curiosities, click on health tips and then select the area of health that you are interested in and use the drop down menu.

Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Canada (SOGC)
www.sogc.org
This website provides information on gynaecological and obstetrical topics. These topics include: menopause, general health, pregnancy, contraception and infection.

To quickly find information on this site:
• On the left side of the page place your cursor over “Women’s Health Information”
• Slide your cursor to right over the topic that you have an interest
• Click on the topic of your choice and begin reading

There is also great information from the “Patient Pamphlet Library”
• Again, on the left side of the page place your cursor over “Women’s Health Information”
• Slide your cursor over “Patient Pamphlet Library” and select it
• A variety of topics will be on the page in form of a pdf.
• Click on pamphlet title that interests you and begin reading


Women’s Health Matters
www.womenshealthmatters.ca
This is a website has many avenues to find information. There is a news section that is a release of the newest research that has been released about women’s health. Additionally, there is a useful “A-Z Health Topics” which is the fastest way to find information about a specific area of women’s health one is interested in. There is a section named “Health Centres” which is a dictionary of health terms. Finally, there is a “Resource Database”. The database is useful to those that would like to further explore a women’s health topic.

To find out what is new in women’s health research:
• Click on “News” on the top left side of the homepage
• Scroll down and read the titles (the dates of the news range from April 2000 - July 2006)
• Select the title that interest you and start reading

To quickly find information on women’s health:
• Click on “A-Z Health Topics” on the top left side of the page
• Select the first letter of your health topic or scroll through the lists of topics
• Select the area that interest you and begin reading

If you are not sure of a health term:
• Click on “Health Centres”
• Under the “Health Centres” many topics will appear. Click on a topic in women’s health or click on “Glossary” (the last topic to appear)
• The glossary has over 160 terms in alphabetical order

If you would like a suggestion of articles, books or journals to further explore a topic:
• Click on “Resource Database”
• Click on basic search
• Enter in the topic you would like to further explore or select a box next to the list of topics provided
• Results will appear, for more information about the suggested resources click on each of titles that interests you
*if you have any difficulty navigating the site click on “How to use this site”


Canadian Women’s Health Network
www.cwhn.ca
This website provides information on a variety of issues in women’s health and issues surrounding women’s health, for example, economic and societal issues.
The Canadian Women’s Health Network has a publication, Network, that comes out biannually.

The fastest way to find quick information about a women’s health topic
• Click on “Health Topics” on the left side of the page
• Scroll down the page and find the topic you are interested in
• A list of articles on your topic will appear. The first entries will be found in the CWHN and then a list of other articles the CWHN did not produce, but suggests.
• Click on the title that best suits you and begin learning


The following websites have a similar interface as the sites listed above:

The Canadian Health Network supported by Public Health Agency Canada
http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/
(select women on the left side of the page)

Women and Health Protection
http://www.whp-apsf.ca/
(go to the site map at the top of the page and then scroll down to “Documents by Subject Listing”)

Ontario Women’s Health Network
www.owhn.on.ca
A great source to find a medical center or doctor in your area.
(click on “Women’s Health” and then at the top of the page click on “Regional Directory”)