Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health, 2005 Status – Current The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) regularly collects information about how women use their time, including the amount of time spent in paid and unpaid work and leisure, and relates this to health and well-being. As research has repeatedly shown, Australian women of […]
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 […]
Publisher: Department of Health and Community Services, Darwin, 2005. Status – CURRENT This report attempts to provide policy makers, researchers, health professionals and others, from a broad range of backgrounds, with a basis from which to better understand the issues confronting women’s health and wellbeing in the NT. It covers the population characteristics of NT women, the […]
Publisher: THE AUSTRALASIAN DIABETES IN PREGNANCY SOCIETY, 2005 Status – CURRENT Recommendations and guidelines for the management of gestational diabetes.
Published: Health Department, Government of South Australia, 2005 Status – CURRENT This is a policy is about the whole health system and the South Australian community. It is about how changing health for women, changes health for everyone – but it starts with women. This policy commits to improving the health of women and girls of […]
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2004 Status – CURRENT Violence against women is associated with serious reproductive outcomes. These include unwanted and unplanned pregnancies, high rates of abortion, low birth-weight, sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection, and the murder of both mother and child. Violence against women also impacts on their general physical and […]
Publisher: The Corner House and Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights, 2004 Status – CURRENT This briefing first summarises the actions of several women’s groups to influence the outcome of the 1994 UN International Conference on Population and Development and evaluates with hindsight some of the successes and failures of the Programme of Action. It […]
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 […]
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2003 Status – CURRENT Younger rural women’s aspirations and life experiences are very different from those of their city cousins (see Figures 1 and 2). Rural women marry younger and have more children, at an earlier age, than urban women. They are also less likely to have completed high […]
Publisher: Australian Women’s Health Network, 2002 Status – CURRENT The Australian Women’s Health Network recognises that access to safe termination of pregnancy services is an important women’s health issue but that there is a wide range of ethical and religious beliefs regarding abortion in the Australian community. Despite the diversity of views, the vast majority of […]