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Women's Health West

Equity and justice for women in the west
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Health information

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Knowledge is power. By delivering appropriate health information using a range of strategies, Women's Health West aims to empower women and girls to improve their own health and wellbeing.

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FIND OUT MORE

Click on the links below to find out more about our health information and promotion services and activities, contact us during business hours on 9689 9588 or email us.

WOMEN'S HEALTH WEST FACT SHEETS

Women's Health West produces occasional fact sheets on a range of topics. Current fact sheets include women's groups and wellbeing, self-massage, finding good health information online, and safe internet use.

POWER ON FACT SHEETS

Women's Health West's health promotion program Power On aims to assist women who have experienced a mental illness develop new skills to improve their wellbeing. A series of fact sheets were developed to reinforce workshop discussions and to assist women who experience difficulties with memory due to their illness. The fact sheets provided a resource that women could take away and refer to after the workshops had finished.

Health Information

Women's Health West has a small collection of western metropolitan region service related brochures available at our shop front premises as well as information on family violence issues.

Free publications and resources

We produce free brochures, booklets and AV materials, some in community languages, about women's health and family violence, including WHW services.

Health Promotion Activities

We deliver targeted and appropriate health information to a range of marginalised groups of women and girls, through schools, community groups and various projects.

Useful links

Our links page is the gateway to a variety of websites from organisations in Victoria, Australia and around the world offering health and family violence information, research and services.

Health research

Our research on women's health and wellbeing includes the 'Beyond Symptoms' regional health needs analysis and the 'Measuring the Tides' research on family violence.

Community programs

We use community development strategies in our work with diverse communities in the Western Region to promote the health and wellbeing of women and girls.
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