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National Women's Health Policy
Maternal health
Page last updated: 07 February 2011
Pregnancy, birthing and parenthood are important life experiences, with long-term impacts on the health of mothers, children and families. The health of mothers before conception, during pregnancy and in the postnatal period can have a profound and long term effect on their own health and that of their children.
- Table of contents
- Foreword - From the Minister for Health and Ageing
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Achievements of the First National Women's Health Policy
- 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
- 1. Highlight the significance of gender as a key determinant of women's health and wellbing
- 2. Acknowledge that women's health needs differ according to their life stage
- 3. Prioritise the needs of women with the highest risk of poor health
- 4. Ensure the health system is responsive to all women, with a clear focus on illness and disease prevention and health promotion
- 5. Support effective and collaborative research, data collection, monitoring, evaluation and knowledge transfer to advance the evidence base on women's health
- Appendix A - List of all submissions received
- References - 1-100
- References - 101 - 200
- References - 201 - 300
- References - 301 - 400
- References - 401 - 457