This Victorian Women’s Health Atlas website (“The Atlas”) is owned and operated by Women’s Health Victoria Inc.
The following sets out the terms and conditions of your use of the Victorian Women’s Health Atlas website. Your continued use of The Atlas signifies that you agree to be legally bound by these Terms. Please read them carefully. These terms of use are governed by laws of the State of Victoria and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Victoria. If any of these terms of use are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, such terms of use will be severed from the remaining terms of use, which will continue in full force and effect. These terms of use do not negate or amend any terms or conditions that apply to your use of any other website owned or operated by Women’s Health Victoria Inc.
Women’s Health Victoria reserves the right to amend, revise or replace these terms of use from time to time and at any time. Please check our website for the latest terms of use.
Lawful purposes
You agree to use The Atlas only for lawful purposes, and only in a manner that does not infringe the rights of or restrict or inhibit the use or enjoyment of The Atlas by anyone else. This includes conduct which is or may be unlawful or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any individual, the transmission of obscene or offensive content or the disruption of The Atlas.
You agree that you will not post or transmit via The Atlas any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would breach any law.
Security
Women’s Health Victoria takes reasonable steps to protect information which you may submit to Women’s Health Victoria via The Atlas. However, Women’s Health Victoria cannot guarantee that your use of The Atlas will not result in any virus or other malicious or harmful code affecting your computer system. Women’s Health Victoria recommends that you use appropriate and up-to-date security software (including antivirus, anti-malware and firewall security software) to protect your computer systems.
Privacy
Please see our privacy policy applicable to The Atlas for more information on how we protect your privacy and the personal information you submit to Women’s Health Victoria using The Atlas.
Copyright and intellectual property
Unless otherwise specified, Women’s Health Victoria and Spatial Vision jointly own the intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyright) in The Atlas and Women’s Health Victoria owns the intellectual property rights in all information and materials on The Atlas.
Subject to the following, Women’s Health Victoria gives permission for text and data on The Atlas to be quoted or reproduced for non-commercial use, provided that the information is not changed or added without the consent of Women’s Health Victoria, and that Women’s Health Victoria is acknowledged as the copyright holder. Suggested attribution is provided below.
Some datasets may be subject to usage restrictions imposed by third party data suppliers. Users are required to comply with any usage restrictions specified in the source information provided for each indicator.
Adaptation of content (data, graphics, or framework)
If you want to adapt (change) the content of The Atlas in any way, please contact us to seek permission before proceeding.
Linking from other sites
No permission is required to share links to The Atlas on websites or social media.
The preferred link is: http://victorianwomenshealthatlas.net.au
You may link to this website provided that you do not:
- assert or imply that Women’s Health Victoria endorses your website, your product or your service;
- use The Atlas for any commercial purpose;
- change, revise or replace the content of the material technically, including presenting the material in a frame so that users are unable to determine the location of the original material).
We may request that you remove the link to The Atlas from your website or from your social media channel if these conditions are not satisfied.
Attribution
The Atlas (as a whole):
Women’s Health Victoria (2025) Victorian Women’s Health Atlas [Website] Women’s Health Victoria, Melbourne. Available from: http://victorianwomenshealthatlas.net.au/#!/
Specific Indicator (example):
Women’s Health Victoria (2025) Sexual and Reproductive Health : Endometriosis : Number of hospital separations. 2022. In: Victorian Women’s Health Atlas [Website] Women’s Health Victoria, Melbourne. Available from: https://victorianwomenshealthatlas.net.au/#!/atlas/Sexual%20and%20Reproductive%20Health/SRH/Endometriosis/SRH_16/2022%20Number%20of%20hospital%20separations/571/F/state/all/false
Materials that include Atlas content or data (eg: custom tables, graphs or charts)
Based on material from the Victorian Women’s Health Atlas, © Women’s Health Victoria. Accessed on: dd/mm/yyyy.
Contact us
We welcome feedback on:
- How and why you are using The Atlas – to assist us to monitor impact and inform ongoing development
- Details of any identified anomalies in the data
- Suggestions for improving the content and/or interface
To provide feedback about using the Atlas, please complete the online User survey
For Atlas queries, please contact us
For more information about Women’s Health Victoria, visit www.whv.org.au