Login / Signup

Healthcare for servicewomen on military missions.

Jia-Yu GuoHui-Ru HouF Cao
Published in: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps (2019)
Increases in the number of women in critical positions on military missions place new demands for specialised healthcare services to promote performance. The main health problems servicewomen facing are musculoskeletal injuries, reproductive diseases, iron deficiency and mental health problems. Herein, we propose several suggestions based on the rich experiences of our hospital. First is to offer preventive measures for servicewomen health. Second is to equip servicewomen with portable medicine packet to treat common diseases. Third is to provide people-centred integrated care.
Keyphrases