Publications

Publications listed here are available in electronic format.

If you require hard copies of any publication contact administration at WHV by phone 03 9662 3755 or email.

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Background / Conference / Issues Papers

• Abortion: issues paper (PDF 51KB)
• Termination of pregnancy post 20 weeks: background paper (PDF 76KB)
• Victorian burden of disease : gender and health (PDF 254KB)
• Why women's health? (PDF 43KB)
• Women's Health Association of Victoria : position paper on gender and practice (PDF 35KB)

Forum Proceedings

• Gender in health think tank (PDF 661 KB)
• Hysterectomy - not clear cut! (PDF 139 KB)
• Women and tobacco (PDF 804 KB)
• Victorian women's health program - what is it? Past, present, future (PDF 97 KB)
• Women's health / men's health: working together? (PDF 179 KB)
• Women's health matters: from policy to practice - statewide summit (PDF 1.4MB)

Gender in Policy and Planning

Gender impact assessment papers

• Alcohol (PDF 50KB)
• Body image (PDF 107KB)
• Burden of disease (PDF 42KB)
• Cancer (PDF 115KB)
• Cardiovascular (PDF 110KB)
• Corrections (PDF 58KB)
• Depression (PDF 78KB)
• Drugs and dependence (PDF 116KB)
• Financial security (PDF 128KB)
• Informal caregiving (PDF 77KB )
• Mental health and social connectedness (PDF 84KB)

Victorian gendered data directory (PDF 925 KB): directory of women's health and well-being data source for Victorian policy and planning

Violence against women resource kit (PDF 127KB): kit of major resources, research and studies on violence against women and sexual assault in Australia.

Health Issues

Health information packages:

• Abortion (PDF 39 KB)
• Anxiety (PDF 109 KB)
• Body image (PDF 37 KB)
• Breast screening (PDF 33 KB)
• Cervical screening (PDF 36 KB)
• Complementary therapies (PDF 38 KB)
• Contraception (PDF 42 KB)
• Endometriosis (PDF 35 KB)
• Hysterectomy (PDF 33 KB)
• Menopause (PDF 37 KB)
• Polycystic ovary syndrome (PDF 33 KB)
• Intimate partner violence (PDF 48 KB)

Other resources:

• Everything's fine: women's experience of cervical dysplasia (PDF 51 KB)
• Natural therapies for the treatment of endometriosis (PDF 146 KB)
• Strengthen your inside : the importance of pelvic floor exercises for young women - pamphlet
  (PDF 113KB) , project report, (PDF 549 KB)

Market Research

Access to women's health information : market research findings

• A literature review of women as information seekers (PDF 208 KB)
• A survey of Victorian women as information seekers (PDF 117 KB)
• A literature review of health professionals as information providers (PDF 204 KB)
• Issues for opinion leaders and service providers (PDF 74 KB)
• Research summary (PDF 49 KB )

Quality Standards

• Quality standards for providing telephone health information to women (PDF 45 KB)

Women with Disabilities

• Strategic consumer advocacy for women with disabilities: project report (PDF 571 KB)
• Women with disabilities leadership project - phase 1: literature review and case studies (PDF 1.11MB)
• Women with disabilities leadership project - phase 2: pilot workshops (PDF 188KB)