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PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY Australian alcohol guidelines – who is a risky drinker?

10/02/2012/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2012

Status – CURRENT

This study investigates women’s drinking behaviour over the lifespan. It presents findings based on almost 40,000 women in three age groups (18-23 years, 45-50 years and 70-75 years) who were surveyed approximately every three years between 1996 and 2012. The women answered questions about how often and how much alcohol they usually drank per week, and how often they binge drank. Four drinking behaviours were defined: i) no risk, ii) binge less than once a month, iii) binge once a month or more, iv) long-term risk (more than two drinks a day on average). The four groups were then compared.

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ACE Prevention

09/15/2010/in Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: University of Queensland, Brisbane and Deakin University, Melbourne, 2010

Status – CURRENT

The overall aim of this project was to provide a comprehensive analysis of the comparative cost-effectiveness of preventive intervention options addressing the non-communicable disease burden in Australia, with a specific focus on Indigenous Australians. ACE Prevention is the most comprehensive evaluation of health prevention measures ever conducted world-wide, involving input from 130 top health experts. The research team assessed 123 illness prevention measures to identify those which will prevent the most illness and premature deaths and those that are best value for money.

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Women, health and ageing: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

06/15/2010/in Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, 2010

Status – CURRENT

This report focuses on the health of older women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women‘s Health. It was found that as women are living longer they increasingly make up the majority of those experiencing dementia, sensory impairment, and falls and fractures. It includes findings on: Changes in physical health and relationship to socio-economic status; Living with chronic conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, sleep problems and incontinence; Effects of falls, smoking, and alcohol intake; Effects of obesity, and contributing factors. Current preventive activities in Australia to reduce overweight and obesity, reduce the prevalence of tobacco smoking, and increase levels of physical activity are all strongly supported by the data presented in this report. The data also identify growing needs for the primary care sector to help older women with chronic conditions.

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Rural Women and Health Service Use

10/09/2005/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2005

Status – CURRENT

The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) regularly collects information about how women in three age cohorts rate their access to health care services, including questions about how often they visit the doctor, their access to bulk billing, female GPs, the number of GPs from which to choose, their satisfaction with the GP consultation, their preference for a female GP, and so on.

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Alcohol Consumption and Women’s Health

10/09/2005/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health, 2005

Status – CURRENT

The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) regularly collects information about women’s health and health behaviors, including their consumption of alcohol. Drinking alcohol at risky levels increases the likelihood of illness, hospitalisation and death. But while heavy drinking has negative health, social and economic implications, there may be some benefits from low alcohol consumption.

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Young Women: Tobacco, Alcohol and other drugs

10/09/2005/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health, 2005

Status – CURRENT

There is public concern about young women’s use of tobacco, alcohol and other recreational drugs. In particular, there is a perception that it is increasing, and there is apprehension about potential long term consequences. The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) supports concerns that tobacco continues to pose a major challenge to women’s health. Evidence from the Study suggests that inappropriate use of alcohol and other drugs is relatively uncommon and is often limited to a brief period in young women’s lives. Nevertheless it has the potential for serious long-term consequences

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The First Decade

10/09/2005/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2005

Status – CURRENT

In 1996 over 40,000 Australian women were invited take part in a long term project which would survey the health of women across the nation, over time. The participants were selected in three age cohorts: younger women aged 18-23, mid-age women aged 45-50, and older women aged 70-75. These groups were deliberately chosen in order to recruit women before they passed through major turning points in women’s lives. With eight years of change now tracked in the surveys, the study is providing insights into major trends in the lives of Australian women.

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Healthy activity, healthy weight, healthy women

10/16/2003/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2003

Status – Current

The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) offers the first opportunity in Australia to explore the relationships between physical activity and weight and the development and progression of chronic disease in three cohorts of Australian women. The study also provides the opportunity to track changes in physical activity and weight through natural life-stages, and to document the individual and social factors which are associated with changes in these variables across the adult life-span.

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Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health: Annual Report- First Five years

10/09/1999/in Australia-wide, Evidence / Statistics /by admin

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 1999

Status – Current

The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (now known as the Women’s Health Australia Project (WHA)) commenced in June 1995 as a result of initiatives arising from the National Women’s Health Policy. The project has two components: large scale surveys of three ‘main’ cohorts of women selected by age and smaller studies of indigenous and migrant women. The studies of the main cohorts are conducted by the University of Newcastle and the special cohort studies are conducted by the University of Queensland. This report covers the initial funding period from 1995 to 1999. In future there will be Annual Reports in this series.

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