Health Across the Lifespan – Resource Kit
The Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) team, together with the Health Across the Lifespan Spoke advisors within A Bolder Way Forward, have curated a collection of recommended resources. This includes UWLP research and materials as well as valuable contributions from statewide and national community partners and organizations. For other health-related resources, see the Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Child Sexual Abuse resource kits. To get involved in positive change, take action by exploring what you can do as individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Key Resources
- Conversation Guide: Utah Women & Health
- Conversation Guide: Utah Women & Perimenopause/ Menopause
- Data Visualizations: Goal Metrics Dashboard and Utahns' Perceptions Dashboard
- Health Across the Lifespan: What Utahns Need to Know
- Podcast: A Bolder Way Forward Conversations: Health Across the Lifespan
- Spoke Newsletter Sign-Up
- Video: A Bolder Way Forward: Health Across the Lifespan
Research Reports
- Access to Healthcare: Impact Recommendation Report - 2017
- Cosmetic Surgery and Body Image Among Utah Women - 2025
- Eating Disorders Among Utah Women - 2023
- Gender Development Indicators for Utah: Based on 2015-2020 Human Development Index - 2023
- Health Across the Lifespan Research Summary - 2024
- Home, Health, Community, & Allyship 2025: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2026
- Home, Health, Community, & Allyship: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2025
- Mammography Among Utah Women 2017
- Mammography Among Utah Women: A 2023 Update
- Maternal Mental Health Among Utah Women - 2023
- Safety First: The Health Implications of Social Belonging Among Utah Women - 2023
- Substance Use Disorders Among Utah Women: A 2025 Update
- Suicide Among Utah Girls and Women - 2022
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Utah Women and Work: Health Impact - 2021
- Utah Girls, Young Women, and Physical Activity - 2021
- Utah Women & Mental Health: A 2025 Update
- Utah Women and Fertility: Trends and Changes from 1970–2021 - 2023
- Utah Women and Fertility: Trends and Changes from 1970–2023 - 2025
- What Therapists Can Do to Strengthen the Impact of Utah Girls and Women - 2020
- What Women in Medicine Can Do to Strengthen the Impact of Utah Girls and Women - 2019
- Women and Aging: What Utahns Need to Know - 2024
- Women’s Equality in Utah: Why Utah Is Ranked as the Worst State, and What Can Be Done - 2021
Podcasts
- Challenges Facing Utah Women
- Eating Disorders Among Utah Women
- Mammography Among Utah Women
- Mammography Among Utah Women: A 2023 Update
- Maternal Mental Health Among Utah Women
- New Research: Health Across the Lifespan
- Safety First: The Health Implications of Social Belonging Among Utah Women
- Suicide Among Utah Girls and Women
- The Current Status of Utah Women and Girls: A Research Synopsis
- Understanding Health Across the Lifespan in Utah
- Utah Girls, Young Women, and Physical Activity
- Utah Women and Fertility: Trends and Changes from 1970–2021
- Utah Women and Fertility: Trends and Changes from 1970–2023
- Utah Women and Mental Health
- Utah Women and Mental Health: A 2025 Update
- Women & Aging: What Utahns Need to Know
- Women’s Equality in Utah: Why Utah Is Ranked as the Worst State, and What Can Be Done
Videos
- Building Emotional Resilience in Girls and Young Women
- Emotional Wellbeing for Young Women: Understanding Your Brain, Body, and Behavior
- Feeling Like a Fraud: Navigating Perfectionism & Impostor Syndrome as Women
- Getting It Together: Body, Mind, and Spirit Self-Care in Tough Times
- Health & Well-Being for Young Women
- Panel: A Conversation on the Impact of COVID-19 on Utah Women and Work
- Real Tools for Women's Mental Health
- Silent Souls Weeping: Emerging from Depression with Strength and Hope
- Strengthening Your Emotional Health as Women
- Teen Girls Experiencing Increased Sadness and Violence: A Discussion with Utah Experts
- The Impact of Women’s Health on Work and Life
- Women's Health & Well-Being: Strengthen Your Capacity to Influence and Flourish
Infographics
- Cosmetic Surgery and Body Image Among Utah Women [Spanish]
- Eating Disorders Among Utah Women
- Mammography Among Utah Women: A 2023 Update [Spanish]
- Maternal Mental Health Among Utah Women [Spanish]
- Substance Use Disorders Among Utah Women [Spanish]
- Suicide Among Utah Girls and Women [Spanish]
- Utah Girls, Young Women, and Physical Activity [Spanish]
- Utah Women and Fertility: Trends and Changes from 1970–2021 [Spanish]
- Utah Women and Mental Health [Spanish]
LinkedIn Articles
- Best & Worst States for Women’s Health – Where Does Utah Rank?
- COVID-19 And the Effects on Mental Health, Violence, and Education for Women
- Girls, Young Women and Physical Activity
- Mammography Among Utah Women
- Maternal Mental Health Among Utah Women
- New Findings – Difficulty Accessing Health Care and Mental Health Services
- Suicide Among Utah Girls and Women
- The Health Implication of Social Belonging Among Utah Women
- Utah Is Among the Three Lowest States for Breast Cancer Screening
- Utah Women and Fertility: A 2025 Update
- Utah Women and Mental Health
Editorials
- Breast Cancer—The Utah Killer That Shouldn’t Be (Deseret News, 2019)
- Let’s Talk About Mental Health for Women (Moab Times Independent, 2022)
- Mental Health Awareness Month: 1 In 5 Utah Women Regularly Suffer from Poor Mental Health ( George News, 2022)
- Silence Around Mental Health Is Never Productive (Salt Lake Tribune, 2019)
- The Best States For Women’s Health – How Does Utah Fare? (The City Journals: Draper’s Own Community Newspaper, 2025)
- When Worry Becomes a Web of Anxiety and Depression (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2020)
- Women’s Healthcare Needs to Be a Statewide Priority (The Davis Journal, 2024)
Community Resources by Topic
- Coverage and Costs: What’s Driving Medicaid Spending in Utah? [search word: "women"] (Utah Foundation, 2018)
- COVID-19 Impacts by Gender (Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2021)
- El Estado de los Latinos en Utah: A Look at Utah’s Hispanic/Latino Population [search word: "women"] (Utah Foundation, 2021)
- Fertility in Utah: Recent Changes (Kem Gardner Policy Institute, 2021)
- Getting to Tomorrow: Addressing Suicide in Utah and the Mountain States [search words: "female" and "gender"] (Utah Foundation, 2018)
- Increase in Prescription Opioid Use During Pregnancy Among Medicail-Enrolled Women (National Library of Medicine, 2014)
- Insight: Concerns About Affordability Continue to Frame Utah’s Changing Health Care Coverage Landscape (Kem C. Gardner Institute, 2023)
- Maternal Health in Utah: Risk Factors, Workforce Gaps, and Access to Care (Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2025)
- Utah Kids Count Databook 2024 (Voices for Utah Children, 2025)
- Working Families Benchmarking Project 2021: Utah vs Arizona(Voices for Utah Children, 2021)
- Complete Health Indicator: Report of Breast Cancer Screening
- Complete Health Indicator Report of Prenatal Care
- Maternal Mortality Review
- Office of Research and Evaluation: Survey and Assessment Programs
- Sex, Gender, and Women's Health Across the Lifespan Virtual Symposium
- Sharp Contrast: University of Utah Magazine
- Status of Women in the States: Utah
- Utah Foundation: Quality of Life Archive
- Utah Foundation: Priorities Project
- Utah Women's Health Review
- ASCENT Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health
- Association for Utah Community Health
- Alzheimers Disease and Dementia Research Center - USU
- The Children's Center Utah
- DHHS Aging and Adult Services
- Holy Cross Ministries
- Huntsman Cancer Institute
- Intermountain Health
- Midlife Women's Health & Menopause Program | University of Utah Health
- One Utah Health Collaborative
- Planned Parenthood Association of Utah
- Susan G. Komen Utah
- University of Utah Health
- Utah | American Heart Association
- Utah Cancer Action Network
- Utah Commission on Aging
- Utah Domestic Violence Coalition
- Utah Department of Health & Human Services
- Utah Health Policy Project
- Adolescent Health Resources for Providers
- Disordered Eating Person to Person for Parents
- Disordered Eating Person to Person for Coaches
- International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IADEP)
- National Eating Disorders Association
- The Kids Mental Health Foundation
- Utah Department of Health & Human Services
- Utah State Board of Education: Core Health Standards
- About Mental Health | Mental Health | CDC
- Community Crisis Intervention & Support Services, Salt Lake City Area | University of Utah Health
- Crisis and Treatment - Utah Suicide Prevention Committee and Coalition
- Get Help - 988 Lifeline
- Intermountain Behavioral Health
- Mental Health Crisis Care Center | University of Utah Health
- Mental Health Support & Resources | Utah 211
- NAMI Utah - Mental Health Resources in Utah
- Substance Use and Mental Health | Utah Department of Health and Human Services
- It's More than Hot Flashes
- Living Room Conversation Guide: Utah Women & Perimenopause/Menopause
- Midlife Women's Health & Menopause Program | University of Utah Health
- Menopause Resources Intermountain Health
- Menopause, Women’s Health, and Work | Women’s Health | CDC
- Menopause | Office on Women's Health
- What Is Menopause? | National Institute on Aging
- Health Screenings - Department of Health and Human Services
- Health Prevention and Promotion - DHHS
- Heart Disease Screening for Women | Utah County Health Department
- KFF Utah Women's Healthcare Access and Utilization Data
- PCRH | Primary Care and Rural Health Website
- Utah | American Heart Association
- Utah Community Health Program Guide
- Utah – Healthcare Value Hub
- What to Know About Preventive Care | University of Utah Health
- Women’s Preventive Health | Select Health
If you have any changes or additions, please email UWLP@usu.edu.