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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY JOHNSON
1 3 A Resolution supporting a women's health care platform
1 4 that recognizes and calls for the elimination of
1 5 inequities in the health prevention and treatment of
1 6 women in Iowa.
1 7 WHEREAS, women are metabolically, hormonally, and
1 8 physiologically unique, and have different patterns of
1 9 health and disease than do men, and some diseases are
1 10 more common in women than in men; and
1 11 WHEREAS, women are more likely to suffer from
1 12 chronic diseases, develop rheumatoid arthritis, and
1 13 suffer from depression than are men; and
1 14 WHEREAS, women are less often referred for
1 15 diagnostic tests and less often treated for heart
1 16 disease as compared to men; and
1 17 WHEREAS, women outnumber men three to one in long-
1 18 term care facilities; and
1 19 WHEREAS, women are much more likely to provide
1 20 health care to family members and to make health care
1 21 decisions and spend two of every three health care
1 22 dollars; and
1 23 WHEREAS, there is evidence that women are medically
1 24 undertreated compared to men, and are underrepresented
1 25 in health studies; and
1 26 WHEREAS, while there has been some national
1 27 attention given to women's health care issues, and
1 28 some legislative activity by the United States
1 29 Congress on women's health care access issues, there
1 30 remains little change in vitally important preventive
2 1 health care and treatment issues related to women; and
2 2 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa needs to work toward
2 3 providing women with equal access to quality health
2 4 care, by providing women with state-of-the-art medical
2 5 advances and technology, and timely diagnosis and
2 6 treatment programs; by increasing the number of women
2 7 covered by comprehensive health care insurance; by
2 8 encouraging unimpeded access to women's specialty
2 9 health providers; and by providing improved
2 10 communications between health care providers and women
2 11 patients; and
2 12 WHEREAS, Iowa can support women's health issues by
2 13 continuing to expand state screening programs targeted
2 14 at lower-income women to include a full range of known
2 15 risk factors; increasing government private research
2 16 on women's health issues; expanding medical and
2 17 nursing school curricula in the areas of women's
2 18 health and educating care providers about gender
2 19 biology; supporting public education campaigns to
2 20 increase women's awareness about their unique health
2 21 risks and how to obtain the best care available; and
2 22 conducting public health campaigns via state and local
2 23 departments of public health with private-sector
2 24 partners to focus on key women's preventive health
2 25 issues; and
2 26 WHEREAS, in a recent survey of voters, almost 80
2 27 percent of women and 60 percent of men favored a
2 28 women's health care platform that supports relevant
2 29 health care, research, and education for women; and
2 30 WHEREAS, nine out of 10 men and women agree that
3 1 women have the right to quality health care treatment
3 2 and access to the latest technologies and appropriate
3 3 diagnostic tests; NOW THEREFORE,
3 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate urges
3 5 the state agencies, regents institutions, recipients
3 6 of state grants or funding, and the private sector to
3 7 take appropriate action to achieve improved and equal
3 8 access for women to quality health care.
3 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate commends
3 10 the organization, Women in Government, for its
3 11 leadership and enterprise in bringing to the forefront
3 12 the urgent need, and proposing meaningful steps that
3 13 can be taken, to attain access for women to quality
3 14 health care and medical technologies, and to educate
3 15 researchers about gender differences.
3 16 LSB 3711SS 79
3 17 vl/cls/14
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