Publisher: Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia, Oct 2016
Status – CURRENT
This report highlights a number of compelling issues surrounding cardiovascular disease, one of the most critical health issues for Australian women. The report provides a number of recommendations for consideration.
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2016
Status – CURRENT
Osteoarthritis affects an estimated 1.8 million Australians. No cure is available and developing preventive programs is therefore important. Women who are active in their mid to late fifties receive optimal benefit from the protective effect of physical activity. This may have important implications for designing effective prevention strategies.
Publisher: Australian Women Sport and Recreation Association, Clearing House for Sport, 2016
Status – CURRENT
This page recognises that 1. Gender is a defining factor of sporting opportunities, funding and recognition. and 2. Gender equity in sport is part of an inclusive policy framework. It provides information, analysis and statistics on women’s involvement in sport, including CALD women, women with disability, and women from Indigenous cultures, and links to a variety of resources covering these topics.
Publisher: Communities, Sport and Recreation, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Tasmanian Government, 2016
Status – CURRENT
This page provides fact-sheets with up-to-date statistical snapshots of women and girls in Tasmania. The data comes from a wide range of recently available sources and can be used by government, non-government and private sectors to inform policy development and service delivery. The Fact Sheets will help measure change during the coming years and assess our progress in achieving equality for women and girls in Tasmania.
Publisher: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, 2016
Status – CURRENT
The report by the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, which was funded by MSD in Australia, states that inadequate Medicare rebates are one of the key reasons women are not offered more effective and less user-dependent methods of contraception. The report identifies unplanned pregnancy as “a key health issue for women in Australia”. It calls for increased Medicare funding for contraception services, including the extension of Medicare items to include nurses working in GP clinics who insert and remove different types of long-acting reversible contraceptive devices.