Links to Women's Health Websites

www.health.nsw.gov.au

Useful information about NSW Health Department – the health priorities, the NSW Health Council, Health Services Directory, maps of the Area Health Services, links to other state health services, recent publications and statistics. This is a valuable site for accessing quick, up-to-date information about the health system.

www.women.nsw.gov.au

This site provides a valuable information re Department of Women & Premier’s Council for women. It has the Grants Program, previously funded projects, publication lists and an on-site order form. It is also an important link to other commonwealth and state government women’s services.

www.u2.newcastle.edu.au/wha/index.html

A major research project designed to explore women’s health over a number of years to address serious gaps in knowledge about women’s health and to find out which health services could be improved. The project is a longitudinal study of 42,0000 Australian women designed to run for 20 years. Conference papers, abstracts, and published papers.

www.womhealth.org.au/

This site provides on-line specialist information on hard-to-answer questions, access to research publications, fact sheets & latest public events re women's health like seminars, conferences etc, access to research databases and free lending library service

www.nbcc.org.au

One stop information about breast cancer in Australia that includes risk factors, early detection, treatment, statistics, resources, research, details of support groups in Australia and online electronic mailing lists.

www.obgyn.net/women/women.htm

An American site both for clinicians and health workers. It covers every aspect of women’s reproductive and sexual health, monthly forums, chat rooms and interactive tools like " Questions to ask your doctor".

www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/

Detailed information about health issues and health services in community languages to people of Non English Speaking Background.

www.cowan.edu.au/chs/nh/clearinghouse

The Clearinghouse is an excellent source of information, statistics and current research findings on the status of Aboriginal health. The information is provided by a rage of individuals and organisations and also derived from government reports, journal articles, media releases and conference papers. A very useful site to get a snapshot of the state of indigenous health in Australia.

www.fpwa-health.org.au/index.html

Excellent source of relevant web sites, categorised under state, national and world wide. It has a comprehensive coverage of sexual health issues.

www.who.org/frh-whd/

An excellent site on women’s health, women’s rights and development issues. There is a comprehensive section on FGM (female genital mutilation) and violence against women. There are also sections on women’s rights and health, collaboration, publications and links to other sites. The WHD, the Women’s Health & Development program at the World Health Organisation in Geneva prepares this site.

www.s-t.com/projects/DomVio/content.HTML

An American site with a series of articles, written following a six month investigation into the domestic violence issue. Personal stories, the causes of DV, its survivors and some solutions.

www.isis.aust.com/lwrc/index.htm

A local fun site with information on children and the law, quizzes and feminist funnies.

http://home.mira.net/~lions/women.htm

A massive list of links on women’s issues sorted by topic and alphabet. Be prepared to go on a journey from one link to another, as this site covers all aspects of women’s lives.