Drug Topics October 23, 2023
Sandra Fyfe

Evidence-based preventive care can improve overall health and decreases illness and death for women and adolescents, but gaps in care caused by barriers still exist.

While barriers in preventive care still exist for women and adolescents, organizations are working towards overcoming these gaps through standardized recommendations and web-based tools for providers, according to an article published in Medical Clinics in North America.1

Evidence-based preventive care can improve overall health and decreases illness and death for women and adolescents. However, gaps in care caused by barriers still exist, according to Catherine Takacs Witkop, MD, PhD, MPH, associate dean of medical education in the school of medicine’s preventive medicine and biostatistics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda,...

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