The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health was founded in 1980. Its mission is to ensure the provision of quality primary and specialty health care to women of all ages by women’s health nurse practitioners and other women’s health-focused advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). NPWH seeks to improve women’s access to primary and specialty health care, increase women’s wellness and health outcomes, decrease health disparities affecting women, enhance women’s access to and knowledge of health resources, and protect and promote women’s rights to make choices regarding their health within the context of their personal belief systems.
NPWH serves APRNs nationally and internationally by providing education and resources to increase clinical competencies, advocating healthcare policies that support women and APRNs, collaborating with interprofessional strategic partners, mentoring the next generation of women’s health NPs and other women’s health-focused APRN leaders, and fostering evidence-based practice in women’s health through research.
This collection houses:
- NPWH position statements, policy papers, and other NPWH-authored documents. The goal is to support the mission of NPWH by sharing women’s health resources for best practice and evidence-based care to improve women’s health.
- Select research and innovative clinical project abstracts with posters and oral presentation slides presented at Annual NPWH Premier Women’s Healthcare Conferences (2016 — 2022).
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Position Statements
NPWH position statement: Access to safe abortion, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH Position Statement: Brain Health is Women's Health, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Cervical cancer screening, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Cervical cancer screening [June 2021 Update], National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Climate change, women's health, and environmental justice, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Eliminating preventable maternal deaths, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Eliminating preventable maternal deaths [October 2023 Update], National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Expanding access to hormonal contraception, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Human Papillomavirus vaccination, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Human Papillomavirus vaccination [October 2021 Update], National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Human sex trafficking, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Human sex trafficking [June 2021 Update], National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Intimate partner violence, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Male sexual and reproductive health: The role of WHNPs, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Marijuana use during pregnancy and lactation, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Menstrual equity and menstrual health, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Men with breast conditions: The role of the WHNP specializing in breast care, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH Position Statement on HBOC Risk Assessment, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement on healthcare for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Prepregnancy genetic carrier screening, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Prevention and management of opioid misuse and opioid use disorder among women across the lifespan, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Prevention and management of opioid misuse and opioid use disorder among women across the lifespan [September 2020 Update], National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Prevention of alcohol-exposed pregnancies, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Prevention of alcohol exposed pregnancies [April 2021 Update], National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
