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The creation of the Office of Research on Women's Health is a positive step, and the office can play an important role as a coordinator, advocate and honest broker. It will also play a role in creating a research agenda and in monitoring the responsiveness of NIH to women's health needs. However, the major strength of NIH is in its individual institutes and increased support for OB/GYN can only come from increased awareness and support from the individual institutes.

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FRONT MATTER (R1-R10)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1-34)

1 INTRODUCTION (35-50)

2 IS THERE A PROBLEM? (51-86)

3 CAREER CHOICES (87-108)

4 NIH POLICIES AND STRUCTURE (109-124)

5 DEPARTMENTAL AND LEADERSHIP ISSUES (125-140)

6 A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR DEPARTMENTS OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY (141-228)

APPENDIX A - PREPARING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IN THE REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES (229-268)

APPENDIX B - NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH SUPPORT OF RESEARCH IN DEPARTMENTS OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY (269-306)

APPENDIX C - BACKGROUND PAPERS FOR THE RESEARCH AGENDA (307-310)