Partnership Information
The National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) partners with organizations, associations and corporations interested in women's health to increase awareness of health and wellness issues. The NWHRC also regularly sponsors national, multi-faceted public education campaigns to promote women's health and well-being. The NWHRC also works closely with health care professionals and the media to expand the reach and depth of its public education programs.
National Women's Heart Day
Partners for Understanding Pain
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Web Partnerships:
- iVillage.com
- DiscoveryHealth.com
- Coxnews.com
- WebMD
For more information on developing partnerships with the NWHRC, click here.
The National Women's Health Resource Center is a partner with Sister to Sister: Everyone Has A Heart Foundation, Inc.®, in sponsoring this effort to reach large numbers of women with information about the prevention of heart disease. In 2004, health fairs in six major cities will screen as many as 10,000 women on February 20, National Women's Heart Day.
Partners for Understanding Pain is a consortium of more than 65 professional and consumer organizations including the NWHRC that have an interest in chronic and acute pain. It is dedicated to raising awareness about chronic, acute, and cancer pain through community outreach and a national media campaign. Partners' goals also include building a more comprehensive network of knowledge and better utilizing existing resources about pain management among its members. The convener is the American Chronic Pain Association, www.theacpa.org.
In 2003, the NWHRC became a working partner with Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, a leading international publisher of professional health information for physicians, nurses, specialized clinicians and students. Its annual Guide to Women's Health reaches thousands of nursing professionals. The NWHRC endorses the publication of the guide, which bears the NWHRC logo. Providing this important publisher with educational inserts and news briefs places the NWHRC name and messages it chooses to highlight before more than 400,000 nursing professionals throughout the United States.
NWHRC's web partners enable us to reach millions of health information seekers.
NWHRC is the key women's health content partner to this leading web site for women. Each month, millions of women visit the site and have access to NWHRC content. In addition, NWHRC reaches nearly half a million readers each month through the iVillage newsletters.
In addition to supplying women's health content for DiscoveryHealth.com, the NWHRC is a sponsor of the National Body Challenge, a diet and fitness program that integrates cable television programming, retail store offers, and online activities. More than 325,000 people have registered for the 2004 program and 40,000 receive its email newsletter for which the NWHRC is a key contributor of lifestyle-related content. Other national partners are Bally Total Fitness, FoodFit and the American Dietetic Association.
A Heart Health Month interactive chat on women and heart disease with a leading researcher on cardiovascular disease in women is part of the program for 2004.
This online outlet for the chain of 17 daily Cox newspapers became a content partner with NWHRC in 2004. NWHRC supplies content on topics of major interest to women.
NWHRC works with WebMD to host cyber-conferences on key women's health concerns. In 2003, NWHRC hosted cyber conferences on heart disease and sleep-related issues.
Health Care Professionals
The NWHRC helps health care professionals educate their female patients about a wide array of women's health concerns. By offering patients copies of our award-winning publication, the National Women's Health Report, custom publications such as the Guide to Uterine Health, and directing women to our toll-free hotline and web site, health care professionals can effectively supplement the education and support services they provide to their patients. To discuss how the NWHRC can expand your patient education program, contact:
Linda Talarico
Marketing & Outreach Coordinator
1-877-986-9472
e-mail:
For Web-based Interests
Healthywomen.org presents numerous opportunities for corporate partnerships, including becoming a corporate sponsor of the entire web site, sponsoring health content areas, and working with NWHRC to develop enhanced programming at the site. Web-based educational efforts at www.healthywomen.org also can be incorporated into broader public education initiatives offered by the NWHRC.
Gwynn Cassidy
Online Director
1-877-986-9472
e-mail:
Members of the Private Sector and Nonprofit Organizations
The NWHRC welcomes partnerships with industry leaders, including pharmaceutical companies, consumer product companies, managed care companies, hospitals and health systems, corporations, and media establishments. Many opportunities exist for the development of national public education initiatives, expansion of our web site, development of educational products using multi-media, and expansion of corporate intranets. The NWHRC welcomes inquiries regarding corporate partnerships. To discuss a partnership in more detail, contact:
Elizabeth Battaglino Cahill
Executive Vice President
732-530-3425
email:
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