The Association between Emergency Department Resources and Diagnosis of Intimate Partner Violence

Publisher: Eur J Emerg Med. 2012 Apr; 19(2): 83–88.

Status – CURRENT

Identifying intimate partner violence in Emergency Departments and hospitals

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Good progress but more to do: teenage pregnancy and young parents

Publisher: LGA Westminster May 30 2018

Status – CURRENT

Evidence shows that high quality relationships and sex education (RSE), welcoming health services (in the right place, open at the right time) and friendly non-judgmental staff, help young people to delay sex until they are ready and to use contraception effectively.

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Gender/sex as a social determinant

Publisher: Adrienne O’Neil, PhD February 2018

Status – CURRENT

The American Heart Association’s Social Determinants of Risk and Outcomes of Cardiovascular Disease Scientific Statement advocates looking beyond breakthroughs in biological science toward a social determinants approach that focuses on socioeconomic position, race and ethnicity, social support, culture and access to medical care, and residential environments to curb the burden of CVD going forward. 

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Future health service use and cost: Insights from ALSWH 2016

Publisher: Prepared for the Australia Government Department of Health  June 2016

Status – CURRENT

This report uses ALSWH data to identify expected trends in health status, health risks, and
behaviours over the next two decades, and to compare trends across cohorts. Analysis of
linked data on key health service use for women with different health and social needs provides an indication of potential service burden.

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Use, access to and impact of Medicare services for Australian women

Publisher: ALSWH prepared for Government of Australia Department of Health June 2017

Status – CURRENT

This major report, the latest in a series for the Department of Health examines and compares the use of access to and the impact of Medicare services for women in Australia across the life course. The life course approach adopted focuses on how life factors can change across the life stages and is captured across 20 years of surveys and 4 age cohorts.

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ALSWH Annual Report 2015

Publisher: Australian Government Department of Health 2015

Status – CURRENT

The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, assesses women’s physical and mental health, as well as socio-demographic and lifestyle factors, and their use of health services. The Study is a national research resource, and since its inception has provided an evidence base to the government and other decision-making bodies within Australia for the development and evaluation of policy and practice in many areas of service delivery that affect women.

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ALSWH Annual Report 2016

Publisher: Australian Government Department of Health 2016

Status – CURRENT

Funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, ALSWH assesses women’s physical and mental health, as well as socio-demographic and lifestyle factors, and their use of health services. The Study is a national research resource, and since its inception has provided an evidence base to the government and other decision-making bodies within Australia for the development and evaluation of policy and practice in many areas of service delivery that affect women.

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Negotiating Discourses of Shame, Secrecy and Silence

Publisher: Australian Research Council and Western Sydney University, Community Migrant Resource Centre, FP NSW, and Centre for the study of gender, social in equities and mental health.   January 2017

Status – CURRENT

Identifying migrant and refugee women’s experiences and constructs of sexual embodiment are essential for understanding sexual subjectivity and provision of culturally safe sexual health information

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Sexual and Reproductive Health of Migrant and Refugee Women

Publisher: Australian Research Council and Western Sydney University, Community Migrant Resource Centre, FP NSW, and Centre for the study of gender, social in equities and mental health.

Status – April 2017

The research examines how sexual and reproductive health is experienced and understood by recent migrant and refugee women, living in Sydney and Vancouver Canada.

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Gender mainstreaming for health managers: a practical approach- facilitators guide and participant notes

Publisher: 2011 World Health Organisation

Status – CURRENT

Gender mainstreaming health guide that includes sex specific approaches

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