ABSTRACT
Women's health issues have been the subject of increasing attention during the last several years. This book attests to the growth of behavioral science research in this area. In the past 2 years, several leading psychological and medical journals have published special issues on women's health (e.g., Health Psychology, 1991, Vol. 10(2); Journal of the American Medical Association, 1992, Vol. 268[B]), and new journals devoted to women's health have appeared (e.g., Journal of Women's Health, published by M. A. Liebert, and Women's Health Issues, published by the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health). In addition, groups of scholars and professionals have formed to advocate research and policy on women's health that reflect the importance of psychosocial and behavioral as well as biomedical factors (see, e.g., Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research, 1991; Howes, 1992). Several major conferences on women's health have been held (e.g., the National Institutes of Health 1980–1991 series on women and health and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 1991 Conference on Women, Behavior, and Cardiovascular Disease), and the American Psychological Association Committee on Women is planning a National Conference on Psychology and Women's Health for 1994.
