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HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION’S POPULATIONS
AND PROGRAMS
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
serves women of all ages, racial and ethnic backgrounds,
and various
socioeconomic groups including, uninsured and underserved
women; rural, migrant, and immigrant women; homeless women;
women living with HIV/AIDS; and pregnant women.
In 2001,
59.3 percent of the 10 million clients served by HRSA-supported
health centers were female. During this
year,
4,480,591 women were served through Title V-supported
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant programs. Among HRSA
clients,
48.4 percent of pregnant women reported their primary
source of insurance coverage as Medicaid. Among women who
were
not pregnant, 35.2 percent had no source of health insurance
coverage.
Among the women served by these community and migrant
health centers, 84.8 percent received a Pap smear within
the past
3 years; a higher rate than the national average. Women
aged 50 and older served in HRSA-supported health centers
also
had higher rates of receiving a mammogram than women in
the general population.
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