Videos

Trish Springsteen speaks about her experiences with breast cancer and the BreastScreen Australia program.

Dr Steve Hambleton, a former Australian Medical Association president, talks about and supports the Women Want to Know initiative. He encourages all health professionals to discuss the risks of alcohol with pregnant women.

Alex, a new mother, shares her views about health professionals speaking to women about alcohol and pregnancy. This video is a part of the Women Want To Know initiative.

Olivia, who is expecting her second child, shares her views about health professionals speaking to women about alcohol and pregnancy. This video is a part of the Women Want To Know initiative.

Verity, who is expecting her first child, shares her views about health professionals speaking to women about alcohol and pregnancy. This video is a part of the Women Want To Know initiative.

This best practice example shows a midwife using the 5As approach (ask, assess, advise, assist and arrange) to talk about pregnancy and alcohol with a pregnant woman. This video is a part of the Women Want To Know initiative.

General practitioner (GP) Barri Phatarfod shares her views about health professionals speaking to women about alcohol and pregnancy. This video is a part of the Women Want To Know initiative.

Midwife Kelly Langford shares her views about health professionals speaking to women about alcohol and pregnancy. This video is a part of the Women Want To Know initiative.

This 30 second video outlines the Government’s reform to private health insurance.

Well done! You’ve taken an important step on the road to becoming smoke-free. Quitting can be hard and most smokers try a number of times before they finally quit for good.

So take it one step at a time and don’t beat yourself up. The longer you stay smoke-free, the easier it gets. Learn the many benefits of quitting and ways to help you do this.

When you smoke, do you really know what it’s doing to you? Do you know how much damage smoking is doing to your whole body? Watch this motion graphic on the impacts of smoking for more information.

This presentation aims to help you understand what is health technology. It discusses the assessment process of different health technologies for them to become funded by the Australian Government, and how you can provide feedback for medicines, medical services and products.

Carlo shares his experience as a volunteer visitor and his friendship with Germana.

Rahman shares his experience as a volunteer visitor of 30 years and opens up with Hans about their 17 year friendship.

Sarah shares her experience as a volunteer visitor and her friendship with Betty.

Dr Glen Begley (CEO of BioCurate) talks about how the Medical Research Future Fund helps turn groundbreaking Australian research into successful commercial products.

Professor Alex Brown (Professor of Aboriginal Health, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute) talks about how the Medical Research Future Fund helps translate research findings into better health outcomes.

Joan talks about her experience with bowel cancer, and how doing the screening test saved her life.

Bruce is a Noongar man from Perth. In this video he encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to do the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program test as soon as it arrives in the mail.

Sharon, an Aboriginal health worker from Darwin, shares the story of how bowel cancer affected her family, after her father was diagnosed in 2014. Sharon encourages people to use the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kit.

This best practice example shows a general practitioner (GP) using the 5As approach (ask, assess, advise, assist and arrange) to talk about pregnancy and alcohol with a pregnant woman. This video is a part of the Women Want To Know initiative.