This course will cover a variety of women's health topics including substance abuse, violence against women, nutrition, chronic diseases, reproductive and sexual health, and menopause. The course content will also emphasize the social, economic, environmental, behavioral, and political factors associated with women's health. We will address these content areas using a lifecourse perspective. The epidemiology, measurement and interpretation of these factors, and how these factors can be translated into interventions, programs, and policy, will be of major interest. Our focus will be primarily within the United States though we will touch on some aspects of global health.