Women's Health Information Clearinghouse

A clearinghouse is similar to a library in that it receives, organises and disseminates information. However, a clearinghouse collects information in a specific field and makes that information available to people and groups. Most importantly, it prevents the duplication of effort by its users, by identifying, describing and evaluating information relevant to their knowledge area. 

The Women’s Health Victoria’s Clearinghouse collects English language resources relating to women’s health.  It sorts, analyses and reviews the women’s health information collected to ensure its currency, usefulness and relevance and is made easily accessible to health professionals and policy makers.

How can our Clearinghouse inform your work?

	Resource collection
	Information resources
	Information service

Resource Collection

Our Clearinghouse holds a specialised collection of print and online resources that reflect a social model of health with a focus on gendered information for health professionals.  The types of information held by the Clearinghouse consist of research, statistics, government policy, prevailing social conditions that affect women’s health status, and clinical and therapeutic management of health matters.

Online access to the resource collection database includes the ability to search the entire database. If you require assistance with searching online our clearinghouse staff can provide you with practical responses and tips for information searches.

You can contact the Women's Health Victoria Clearinghouse on:

Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Telephone: (03) 9662 3755
Facsimile: (03) 9663 7955
Email: clearinghouse@whv.org.au

Information Resources

The information resources developed through our Clearinghouse highlight aspects of gender in health issues. These resources include:

• Clearinghouse Connector: contains resources specially selected to provide the most up-to-date, relevant and useful information on topical issues

• Women's health banners on selected topics.

• Women's health information packages on selected topics.

• The Victorian Gendered Data Directory: a collated list of sources that provide data on women in Victoria across a wide variety of health indicators.

• Gender impact assessment papers which demonstrate the need for connection between gendered evidence and health policy and practice.

• Issues papers on specific topics e.g. Abortion issues paper

• Online media sources of articles of interest to the women's health sector. Links to the articles are compiled in a short document that is updated weekly. Access to 'In the media' is available here.

• Resource kits drawing together major resources, research and studies on particular topics as a gender awareness raising issue, such as the Violence against women resource kit.

• Publications on specific health issues from forums, workshops and projects undertaken by Women's Health Victoria. For a list of available resources browse our publications list.

• Online access to a range of health issues, health policy and topical issues information including all Women's Health Victoria 's information resources via the WHV website.

Information Service

Our Clearinghouse is staffed by experienced health and information professionals who can provide practical responses to information requests.

Health profoessionals seeking information on a broad range of issues affecting the health of women, can contact the Women's Health Victoria Clearinghouse on:

Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Telephone: (03) 9662 3755
Facsimile: (03) 9663 7955
Email: clearinghouse@whv.org.au

Postal address: GPO Box 1160, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001.

Individual women seeking women's health information should contact the Women's Health Information Centre on 1800 4200 007 or email whic@rwh.org.au.

• Electronic copies of our documents are provided in Adobe PDF format.
• They are clearly marked PDF and include the file size.
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