Health Across the Lifespan
The Health Across the Lifespan spoke seeks to address health concerns of women and girls in all aspects from birth to death in the forum of four different lifespan areas: pediatrics, reproductive years, mid-life, and gerontology. Within each of these lifespan areas, mental health, physical health, social/emotional health, and environmental health will be explored. The connection between lifespan area and the four types of health will provide the framework for efforts in this spoke. For example, the social and emotional needs, challenges, opportunities, and concerns vary widely for a child, a young woman in the reproductive phase of her life, a woman in mid-life, and a woman in the last years of her life. Specific working groups will be formed around target areas around where improvements need to be made.
Spoke Leaders
Audrey Jiricko
Associate Medical Director, IH
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Dr. Audrey Jiricko is an OB/GYN and Associate Medical Director of Women’s Health at Intermountain Health. She joined Intermountain Health in 2004 and is thrilled to work for an organization committed to comprehensive women’s healthcare and value-based care.
Erika Lindley
Admin. Director, U of U Health
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Erika Lindley is the Administrative Director at University of Utah Healthcare, Women's and Children's, OBGYN School of Medicine. She has her MBA from Westminster College.
Bold Vision & Goals
To make Utah a place where more girls and women can thrive, the Health Across the Lifespan spoke leaders, affiliates, and partners are currently working to craft bold goals for 2026 and 2030, linked to measurable outcomes and connected to visual dashboards. Through finding, collecting, and visualizing data for this spoke, changes over time can be tracked and utilized to create momentum for additional changes. To begin, the Health Across the Lifespan spoke has identified the following bold vision and goals:
- Vision: Improve the health and wellbeing of all Utah girls and women across the lifespan by taking a comprehensive approach.
- Goals:
- Access to healthcare for all Utah girls and women that improves health and well-being (physical, psychological, social, and environmental).
- Identify the most pressing problem in each of 7 areas and commit to making measurable change.
Partners
- Center of Excellence in Women’s Health (COE)
- Intermountain Health
- Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah
- University of Utah Health
- Utah Department of Health & Human Services
Menopause/Perimenopause Working Group
- Co-Lead: Camille Moreno, OD, NCMP (University of Utah Health)
- Co-Lead: Lisa Taylor-Swanson, PhD (University of Utah, College of Nursing)
Eating Disorders/Disordered Eating Working Group
- Lead: Liz A. Joy, MD (Intermountain Health)