Chronic diseases in Australia: Targets, indicators and accountability – Policy forum report

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Publisher: Australian Health Policy Collaboration, 2015

Status – CURRENT

At a forum on 25 November 2015, representatives from seven working groups and the broader public health sector came together to discuss chronic disease targets and indicators. The working groups covered the topics of mortality, morbidity and high risk populations; alcohol; salt; physical inactivity; tobacco; diabetes and obesity; and mental health.  Attendees supported development of a prevention scorecard.

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National Rural Women’s Coalition – Weather the Storm Kit

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Publisher: National Rural Women’s Coalition,2015

Status – CURRENT

The Weather the Storm kit has been prepared to support women to prepare for disasters and emergencies.  The kit consists of three manuals which can be downloaded.   Part 1 – Manual.  The kit is set out and designed so it can be delivered for community groups.  It can be used by anyone, however some skills or awareness of group facilitation would be useful.  The kit gives a step-by-step guide to planning and delivering the program and can be adapted to fit different communities and varying natural disaster types e.g. cyclones, floods,  bushfires etc.  It follows a ‘ think and discover, plan, design, deliver and evaluate’ format.  The content of the program is set out in a manner that is easy to follow e.g. how to set up, what to do as women arrive, how to work through the session  and how to end the sessions etc.   Part 2 – Tools and Templates.    This section has all the specific information, worksheets and tools needed to design a program.  It includes sample invitation letters, worksheets, participation certificates, post program surveys etc.  Part 3 – Resources.  This section has the resources which you can print off and provide as handouts  to participants or resources to set up e.g. an emergency bushfire kit contents; how to use BOM information services.

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Promoting community-led responses to violence against immigrant and refugee women in metropolitan and regional Australia: The ASPIRE Project: State of knowledge paper

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Publisher: Anrows, 2015

Status – CURRENT

This state of knowledge paper examines a broad range of national and international research to present the current knowledge about family violence against immigrant and refugee women.  While the paper identifies critical evidence on the topic, it acknowledges that much of the available literature has methodological issues, including incomplete and inconclusive prevalence data; small sample sizes; and conceptualising family violence in ways that are not recognised by immigrant and refugee communities.

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PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY Women need more time to grieve miscarriage

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Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2015

Status – CURRENT

This research highlights the importance of distinguishing between grief reactions and anxiety or depression following miscarriage, and the need for families and health professionals to support women and give them time to grieve.

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Violence against women in Australia: Additional analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Personal Safety Survey, 2012

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Publisher: Anrows, 2015

Status – CURRENT

This ANROWS research project provides substantial additional analysis of data collected in the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) 2012 Personal Safety Survey (PSS).  The PSS is the most comprehensive quantitative study of interpersonal violence in Australia. The survey is administered by the ABS and funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. More than 17,000 women and men completed the 2012 survey.   The analysis completed in this project provides several hundred new statistical items related to violence against women.

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Seeking help for domestic violence: Exploring rural women’s coping experiences: State of knowledge paper

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Publisher: Anrows, 2015

Status – CURRENT

This state of knowledge paper examines research and literature on the effects of social and geographical isolation and remoteness on the ability of women to disclose, report, seek help, and receive appropriate interventions following domestic and family violence and/or sexual assault.   The paper outlines:   research findings on regional, rural and remote women’s experiences of domestic and family violence and sexual assault; and the main approaches of service delivery for domestic and family violence and sexual assault, drawing on literature that describes service provision in regional, rural and remote Australia.

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Women Want to Know

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Publisher: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), 2015

Status – CURRENT

Women Want to Know has been developed in collaboration with Australia’s leading health professional organisations and is the first national project to promote the Alcohol Guidelines among health professionals since they were updated in 2009.     Women Want to Know provides free print resources for health professionals and consumers, demonstration videos of health professionals talking to pregnant women about alcohol. There are also FREE online training modules, with continuing professional development accreditation points available with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Australian College of Midwives (ACM), Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACCRM).

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Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health 1946 – 1951 Cohort

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Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2015

Status – CURRENT

The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) is a longitudinal population-based  survey  of  over 60,000  Australian  women  in  four  cohorts.  This  report  is  a  summary  of  data  for  13,715  women  in  the  cohort  born 1946-51 who completed the baseline survey in 1996 (aged 45-50 years), and surviving women for each survey point up to Survey 7 in 2013 (aged 62-67).

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Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health 1973 – 1978 Cohort

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

Status – CURRENT

The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) is a longitudinal population-based survey examining the health of over 50,000 Australian women.  The study follows women in four age cohorts, and a summary of the cohort born 1973-78 (now aged 36-41) who were first surveyed aged 18-23 in 1996 is presented here.

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Australasian Journal on Ageing – LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care Special Issue

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Publisher: Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2015

Status –CURRENT

This Australasian Journal on Ageing Special Issue aims to create more awareness of the experiences and needs of LGBTI older people. Historically older LGBTI people have been invisible, particularly in research on ageing as well as in policy and practice. Older LGBTI people are diverse, with different lived experiences across multiple communities, although what unites LGBTI people is a shared lived experience of discrimination.

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