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Article: Women's health clinic: Here's how it was done.
- Article from:
- Rehab Continuum Report
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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Womens health clinic: Heres how it was done
First step: Ask women what they want
After the decision was made to provide preventive care for women with spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, and other disabilities, the real work began. Heres what went into establishing SSM Rehab of St. Louis womens health center:
A survey was an essential first step.
Through a survey that went out to more than 1,000 wheelchair-bound women, SSM Rehab learned what women needed and where they needed it to be located.
We asked women what they wanted to see in this clinic, and we found that transportation and parking were issues, says Angela ...