Publisher: The University of Queensland, August 2014
Status – Current
The survey from YWCA and report from the Institute of Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland reveal that negative gender-based stereotypes damage young women’s working lives, their sense of self, their safety in relationships, and their leadership capacity.
Publisher: Mission Australia, 2014
Status – CURRENT
In 2013, 14,461 young people aged 15-19 were surveyed in relation to alcohol, body image, bullying/emotional abuse, coping with stress, depression, discrimination, drugs, family conflict, gambling, personal safety, school or study problems and suicide. Considerable gender differences were found, with females almost twice as likely to be classified as having a probable serious mental illness as males (26.2% compared to 13.8%).
Publisher: Prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health, 2014
Status – CURRENT
This report describes the new recruitment methods used for the 1989-95 cohort of young women of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, and the resultant representativeness of the cohort with respect to women of the same age in the Australian population. Women in the cohort were aged 18 to 23 in 2013 and the report provides a snapshot of their health, health behaviours and health service use. Where possible a comparison is drawn with women of the same age range in 1996, by using baseline data from the 1973-78 cohort.
Publisher: Greater Metro South Brisbane Medicare Local, 2014
Status – Current
This report focuses on the primary healthcare needs of the Greater Metro South Brisbane region and demonstrates a commitment to building a strong evidence base for action. It identifies key priorities and makes recommendations on strategies for specific interventions to address the burden of disease, conditions and determinants of health.
Publisher: Women with Disabilities Australia, 2013
Status – CURRENT
Part of the Stop the Violence Project, this is a background paper to the The National Symposium on Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities. It highlights 6 key issues: recognizing violence; responding to violence; inclusion and participation; sector development, cross-sector collaboration and data capture and use.
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2013
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 12,432women in the cohort born 1921-26 who completed the baseline survey in 1996 (aged 70-75 years), and surviving women for each survey point up to May 2013 (aged 87-92). To reduce bias due to non-death attrition, data have been imputed for surviving women who did not return surveys using data for women who did return surveys. The data therefore represent changes in the population for women who survive to different ages.
Publisher: ACT Government Community Services, 2013
Status – CURRENT
This report is the first of two reports on ACT Government performance against the ACT Women’s Plan 2010–2015 (the Women’s Plan). The Women’s Plan sets out the ACT Government’s commitment to make the Australian Capital Territory a place where women and girls equally and fully participate in the economy, their community and their city. Access, equity, participation and safety are key principles. The vision of the plan is that the ACT is a place where women and girls realise their potential, are recognised for their contribution and share in the benefits of our community.
Publisher: Prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health, 2013
Status – CURRENT
This report uses data from the cohorts born 1973-78, 1946-51 and 1921-26 to explore patterns of mental health among Australian women as well as their use of mental health services. It includes analyses of factors associated with poor mental health as well as specific areas such as perinatal mental health, interpersonal relationships and mental health, and comorbidity of physical and mental health.
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.