Title of article :
A New Way to Understand and Address Women’s Health in the Context of Complex Systems: Self-organizing Criticality
Author/Authors :
Peggy Mancuso . College of Nursing - Texas Woman’s University - Denton - Texas, USA , Fuqin Liu . College of Nursing - Texas Woman’s University - Denton - Texas, USA , Elizabeth Restrepo . College of Nursing - Texas Woman’s University - Denton - Texas, USA , Patricia Hamilton . College of Nursing - Texas Woman’s University - Denton - Texas, USA , Paolo Grigolini . Department of Physics - University of North Texas - Denton - Texas, USA , Lin Zou . Department of Finance - Texas Woman’s University - Denton - Texas, USA
Abstract :
In 2009, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended beginning cervical cancer screening at age 21 (1). After this policy went into effect, there was a significant decrease in screening for chlamydia in females aged 15 to 21 years (2). This unintended decrease in chlamydia screening occurred despite recommendations promoting chlamydia screening. Why should a policy that was intended to promote screening for one disease initiate decreased compliance with screening for another? Women’s health professionals could better understand riddles such as this one by applying concepts from nonlinear science developed and employed by physicists, economists, and meteorologists
Keywords :
Understand and Address Women’s Health , Context of Complex Systems , Self-organizing Criticality
Journal title :
International Journal of Women s Health and Reproduction Sciences
