National Women's Health Policy
Developing the key health areas identified in the consultations into priority health issues
Table of contents
- Foreword - From the Minister for Health and Ageing
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
Chapter One: History of the policy and policy principles- Achievements of the First National Women's Health Policy
- Development of the National Women's Health Policy 2010
- The principles
- Gender equity
- Health equity between women
- A life course approach to health
- Focus on prevention
- A strong and emerging evidence base
- Developing the goals
- Identifying key health issues
- Chronic diseases prevention
- Mental health
- Sexual and reproductive health
- Maternal health
- Violence against women
- Economic health and wellbeing
- Developing the key health areas identified in the consultations into priority health issues
- The social determinants of health
Chapter Two: Key health challenges for Australian women today and into the future- Chapter Three: Women's experience of health issues
- Current and future government action against the four priority health issues
- Social factors influencing women's health and wellbeing
- Goal areas
- Appendix A - List of all submissions received
- References - 1-100
- References - 101 - 200
- References - 201 - 300
- References - 301 - 400
- References - 401 - 457
The key health areas identified through the consultations were then examined in the context of data relating to disease prevalence, cause of death and burden of disease in Australian women. Four health priority issues were identified and these are discussed in Chapter Two and Chapter Three. Current measures and proposed action areas against these four health priority issues are discussed in Chapter Four.
The National Women’s Health Policy key priority areas are:
- Prevention of chronic disease and the control of risk factors;
- Mental health and wellbeing;
- Sexual and reproductive health; and
- Healthy ageing.