Women's Health Victoria

Website: http://www.whv.org.au/

Resources

Health rights

http://www.whv.org.au/health_issues/health_rights.htm

Women's Health Victoria promotes access to independent, quality women's health information. These pages explain your rights to information about procedures or medications, and provide information on rights in mental health services.

Women Centred: Yes

Anxiety - women's health information package

http://www.whv.org.au/packages/anxiety.htm

This Women's Health Victoria (WHV) health information package is a source of links, books and other resources on anxiety and how it affects women's lives.

Women Centred: Yes

Cervical screening: Women's health information package

http://www.whv.org.au/packages/cervical_screening.htm

This information package provides details of resources on Pap tests (procedure and results), guidelines and research.

Women Centred: Yes

Gender Impact Assessment: Corrections Victoria

http://www.whv.org.au/gender-papers/corrections-gia.pdf

This paper examines how women's health issues can be addressed more effectively in the prison system. It is specifically aimed at service providers and policymakers.

Resource Type: PDF (57.0 KB)

Why women's health?

http://www.whv.org.au/Articles/Why_womens_health.pdf

This article, entitled Why women's health?, gives an overview of why the field of women's health is important, especially in the social context of women's lives.

Resource Type: PDF (42.4 KB)
Women Centred: Yes

Hysterectomy: women's health information package

http://www.whv.org.au/packages/hysterectomy.htm

This information package defines hysterectomy and provides descriptions of and links to further information resources.

Women Centred: Yes

Menopause: women's health information package

http://www.whv.org.au/packages/menopause.htm

The Women's Health Victoria (WHV) menopause information package includes a list of printed and online resources covering a range of issues around menopause.

Women Centred: Yes

Body Image Information Package

http://www.whv.org.au/health_issues/body_image.htm

This comprehensive information package from Women's Health Victoria defines and explains many issues surrounding body image. The package suggests books you can read and websites you can visit, as well as suggesting journal articles and health information which will be helpful to researchers and health professionals.

Resource Type: Web Page
Women Centred: Yes
Languages:English