Gender and Public Health : Getting Started

This research guide will help you find resources for researching public health issues related to Gender and Women's Studies.

If you are mainly interested in medical aspects, use the resources in the "Medical/Nursing/Governmental" tab and view more resources on the Ebling Library website.

Some public health topics include, but are not limited to:

• Intimate partner violence (IPV)/Domestic violence (DV)

• Reproductive freedom and health, contraception

• Pregnancy, maternal health, breastfeeding

• Mental health

• Sexual health

• Addiction

• Exercise

• Childhood

• Aging

• Gaps in health care

• Race and gender in public health

• Discrimination and microaggressions in health care

• Disease prevention

• Migration

• Rural living

• Marriage equality

• Adoption

• Homelessness

• Justice involvement

• Sex work

• Race and gender in public health leadership

• Inclusive practices in health care

• Evidence based public health

• Policy issues

From the UW-Madison campus libraries homepage, you can:

• do a quick search of the Library Catalog (for books, videos, and journals by name)
• do a quick search of articles
• find databases by subject
• find journals by name
• get to the ten most popular databases, including a UW-Madison authenticated entry into Google Scholar
• get to the homepages of individual campus libraries and services, including the Gender & Women's Studies Librarian's Office, Memorial Library, and College Library

Kelsey Foster, GWSL Administrative Assistant

September 2025