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Teenage Mothers in Australia 2015

Publisher: AIHW 2015

Status – CURRENT

Teenage mothers in Australia: This report presents key statistics and trends for teenage mothers and their babies in Australia. Teenage mothers and their babies are more likely to experience broader disadvantage, have antenatal risk factors and have poorer maternal and baby outcomes during and after birth, than older mothers and their babies.

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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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ALSWH Plain Language Summary: Birth interventions differ for urban and rural women

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2016

Status – CURRENT

The study found that women who lived in rural areas had fewer birth interventions than those in the city.

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ALSW PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: Moderating menopausal symptoms

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2016

Status – CURRENT

This summary looks at the relationship between diet and the severity of menopausal symptoms.

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A health system that supports contraceptive choice

Publisher: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, 2016

Status – CURRENT

The report by the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, which was funded by MSD  in Australia, states that inadequate Medicare rebates are one of the key reasons women are not offered more effective and less user-dependent methods of contraception.  The  report identifies unplanned pregnancy as “a key health issue for women in Australia”. It calls for increased Medicare  funding for contraception services, including the extension of Medicare items to include nurses working in GP clinics who insert and remove different types of long-acting reversible  contraceptive devices.

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State of Australian Mothers

Publisher:  Save the Children Australia, 2016

Status – CURRENT

An Australian report building on findings from the International  State of Mother’s.provides a state by state breakdown of the best and worst areas to be a mother based on and including financial security and access to services. Identifies regional and remote areas as significantly disadvantaged.

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ALSW PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: Smoking linked to painful periods.

Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2016

Status – CURRENT

Women who smoke are at higher risk of experiencing painful periods. Women who started smoking by age 13 are 60% more likely to have ongoing period pain than women who have never smoked. Women who stopped smoking sometimes experienced reduced period pain; however, they still suffered period pain at a higher rate than those who had never smoked. Dysmenorrhoea (period pain) is a common gynaecological problem, affecting up to 91% of women of reproductive age. Smoking has been identified as a possible risk factor for period pain in the past. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between smoking status and period pain in young women over a 12 year time period.

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PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY Miscarriage, preterm delivery and stillbirth: What is normal anyway?

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

Status – CURRENT

Different groups of women experience vastly different rates of miscarriage, preterm delivery and stillbirth. By grouping Australian women based on their physical and lifestyle characteristics, this research describes which groups experience particularly high or low rates of these pregnancy outcomes. It also provides a national context for reproductive risks.

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PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY Women need more time to grieve miscarriage

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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