{"id":9998,"date":"2025-03-01T14:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/owh\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T01:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:13:08","slug":"owh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/mh\/owh\/","title":{"rendered":"mh\/owh ~  Office of Women&#8217;s Health  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\r\n  <br>\r\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\r\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\r\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\r\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/mh\/owh.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\r\n      <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\r\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\r\n      <h1>\r\n        <!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Office of Women&#8217;s Health<!--[END]-->\r\n      <\/h1>\r\n    <\/header>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <br>\r\n  <div class=\"container\">\r\n    <div class=\"row\">\r\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\r\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\r\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\r\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\r\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\r\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\r\n                <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\r\n                  <li>\r\n                    <a href=\"\/dph\/\">\r\n                      <h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\r\n                  <li class=\"toplevel\">\r\n                    <a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\">\r\n                      <h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n                    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\r\n                      <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\r\n                      <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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The OWH serves as a resource for information regarding women\u2019s health data, strategies, services, and programs to include concerns relating to adolescent, reproductive, menopausal, and postmenopausal phases of a woman\u2019s life.<\/p>\r\n        <p>Housed within the Office of Women\u2019s Health is the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program. The focus of this program is the primary prevention of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking and sex trafficking. The OWH partners with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contactlifeline.org\/sand\/\">Sexual Assault Network of Delaware<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcadv.org\/\">Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfsdelaware.org\/\">Jewish Family Services of Delaware<\/a> to conduct outreach and education to at-risk populations in Delaware such as college campuses, high school age youth, LGBT communities and various racial minorities throughout the state.<\/p>\r\n        <p>The RPE Leadership Team recently held a conference at Delaware State University to highlight April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Please read the <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/ProclamationSexualAssaultAwarenessMonth2022.pdf\"><strong>proclamation<\/strong><\/a> signed by Governor John Carney and Lt Governor Bethany Hall-Long.<\/p>\r\n        <p>The OWH\u2019s focus spans the lifetime of a woman, from adolescents through postmenopausal stages. The office has made significant strides in improving the health of Delaware women by partnering with other public health sections, such as <a href=\"\/dph\/chca\/dphfpservices1a.html\">Family Planning<\/a>, <a href=\"\/dph\/dpc\/sfl.html\">Screening for Life<\/a>, <a href=\"\/dph\/dpc\/hivaidsprogram.html\">DPH HIV\/AIDS Program<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/dph\/chca\/dphwichominf01.html\">WIC Program<\/a>. Additional community partners are the <a href=\"http:\/\/delawarebreastfeeding.org\/\">Breastfeeding Coalition of Delaware<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.debreastcancer.org\/\">Delaware\u2019s Breast Cancer Coalition<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/laredhealthcenter.org\/\">La Red Health Center<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcadv.org\/\">Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfsdelaware.org\/\">Jewish Family Services of Delaware<\/a>. Some of the outreach programs are comprised of promoting healthy living through health fairs, literature, conferences, trainings and screenings. Accomplishments include increasing the awareness about cancer and other diseases, raising the numbers of breastfeeding mothers, and increasing the health and life expectancy of newborns in Delaware.<\/p>\r\n        <p>The National Office of Women\u2019s Health web page has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealth.gov\/\">Quick Health Data Online<\/a>. This data platform allows you to identify health conditions prevalent to your state, and specifically your county. Follow the link above to start viewing health data relevant to you.<\/p>\r\n        <p>Visit our other pages for more information and useful links:<\/p>\r\n        <ul>\r\n          <li><a href=\"owhgbvp.html\">Gender-Based Violence Prevention<\/a><\/li>\r\n          <li><a href=\"owhhwell.html\">Health &#038; Wellness<\/a><\/li>\r\n          <li><a href=\"owhnewsletters.html\">OWH Newsletters<\/a><\/li>\r\n          <li><a href=\"owhrespar.html\">Resources &#038; Partnerships<\/a><\/li>\r\n        <\/ul>\r\n        <p>Please <a class=\"anchors_link\" href=\"\/dph\/contact.html#owh\">contact the Delaware Office of Women\u2019s Health<\/a> for questions or comments.<\/p>\r\n        <p><a href=\"healthequity.html\">Return to the Bureau of Health Equity home page<\/a><\/p>\r\n        <p class=\"text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/healthypeoplelogo.png\" style=\"width: 170px; height: 150px;\"><\/p>\r\n        <!--[END]-->\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <!-- \/container -->\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Office of Women&#8217;s Health Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; Programs Office Locations Contact Info Calendar Services A-Z Services Air &#038; Water Quality Birth, Death, &#038; Marriage Records Clinics Health Data &#038; Statistics Emergency Preparedness Health &#038; Wellness Healthy Homes Healthy Workplaces Laboratory Restaurant Inspections Screening and Testing WIC Additional Services [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":9981,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9998","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12143,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9998\/revisions\/12143"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}