Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Health Care Women Int. Language English | Discipline Women's studies Edited by Eleanor Krassen Covan | |
Former names Issues in Health Care of Women Publisher Taylor & Francis (United States) | ||
Health Care for Women International is a monthly peer-reviewed healthcare journal covering health care and related topics that concern women around the globe.
Contents
It is the official journal for The International Council on Women's Health Issues and it is published by Taylor & Francis. Its editor-in-chief is Eleanor Krassen Covan (University of North Carolina at Wilmington).
History
The journal was originally titled Issues in Health Care of Women (1978–1983).
The editor-in-chief from 1983 to 2001 was Phyllis Stern (University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing).
Abstracting and indexing
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 0.950, ranking it 20th out of 40 journals in the category "Women's Studies" and 115th out of 153 journals in the category "Public, Environmental & Occupational Health".