Beyond Women's Health: Incorporating Sex and Gender
Differences Into Graduate Public Health Curricula

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Office of Women’s Health, Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health’s Office of Research on Women’s Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Women’s Health, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Director, Womens Health and Gender Based Research, in collaboration with the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) are pleased to provide you with a copy of Beyond Women’s Health: Incorporating Sex and Gender Differences into Graduate Public Health Curricula.

This report is a comprehensive study that addresses women’s health education in the 34 accredited schools of public health in the United States. The aim of the study was to assess how women’s health is addressed in required and elective courses for the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. Through this project, ASPH and its Federal partners sought to increase available information regarding women’s health issues across the life span. To accomplish this, ASPH organized an approach to the project that involved several working groups and a set of structured data collection activities.

We would like to express appreciation to the many individuals that contributed to the preparation of this document. This report is instrumental in providing a new look at how the women’s health field has broadened to encompass sex and gender differences, and how this information and ongoing research can be integrated into the training curricula for the MPH degree.

We hope that this publication will be valuable as you work to enhance and expand the focus on women’s health and beyond in MPH programs.

Sincerely yours,