National Women's Health Policy
The principles
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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 National Women’s Health Policy discussion paper proposed five principles, drawn from the 1989 policy, that were used as the starting point for the consultation discussions and the written submissions. These principles were:
- gender equity;
- health equity between women;
- a life course approach to health;
- a focus on prevention; and
- a strong and emerging evidence base.
Across all discussions of the principles, the clear message was a desire to have a health policy that was based on the whole person and her social context. Providing holistic and integrated services for women was the most frequently supported service-delivery principle.
The following section outlines the feedback received through the consultation process that has informed the basis of the policy.