Health Information for Women’s Health

 Today’s theme for Health Information Week is information for women’s health.

Patient Information to support Women’s Health

From the NHS, take a look at these websites:

• NHS: Endometriosis Overview
• NHS: Menopause
• NHS: Osteoporosis
• NHS overview of smear tests and cervical screening

You can learn more about health issues that may affect trans-gender patients:

• Terrence Higgins Trust: Sex and sexual health for trans women and trans feminine people 
• The British Student Doctor: What all doctors should about trans health – a conversation between a medic and a sociologist 

You can find good quality patient information and leaflets from our library resources.

BMJ Best Practice Patient Leaflets

BMJ Best Practice is available to all NHS staff. You need to log in with your NHS OpenAthens username. You can download a variety of leaflets for your patients.

Here are some examples of patient leaflets for conditions that can affect women:

• Endometriosis: what treatments work?
• Ovarian torsion
• Polycystic ovary syndrome: what is it?
• Pre-eclampsia: what treatments work?
• Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: what is it?

Clinical Key Patient Education

Clinical Key is available to staff working at UHNM. Log in with your NHS OpenAthens username. It hosts patient education leaflets on a wide range of topics. You can search or browse the list.

Here are some examples of the patient education leaflets for conditions that may affect women:

• Ovarian Tumors
• Skin Conditions During Pregnancy
• Fibroadenoma (Easy to read)

Clinical Key includes patient information in easy to read format and languages other than English.

Looking on the Internet for resources?

You can search the Internet for resources to support patients – charities, professional royal colleges and patient support groups are good sources to check. Remember to check the quality of the information sources you find. Complete our tutorial Evaluating information on the Internet. Use this checklist for a simple and quick evaluation of information.

Need more help?

Get in touch with the Health Library if you need any help accessing resources or finding the right information.

You will find more patient information sources on our Patient Information subject links web page.