Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 02 May 2018 Babies of teenage mothers often experience poorer health outcomes than babies born to women just a few years older, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s (AIHW) first report on this subject. The report, Teenage mothers in Australia 2015, shows that about 8,200 teenage mothers gave birth to 8,300 babies (3% of all...
Clinical Practice Guidelines: Pregnancy Care (2018 Edition)
Australian Government Department of Health, February 2018 Modules 1 and 2 of the Antenatal Care Guidelines have now been combined and updated to form a single set of consolidated guidelines that were renamed Pregnancy Care Guidelines and publicly released in February 2018. The Pregnancy Care Guidelines are designed to support Australian maternity services to provide high-quality, evidence-based...
Working with a transgender man who is pregnant
The Nurse Path blog, February 10., 2017 Some men have vaginas. It probably wouldn’t happen very often but if you are a health professional who cares for people during pregnancy and birth (ie a Midwife or Doctor), you may come across a transgender man who is pregnant. This can be really challenging for people who may not have come across transgender people or issues. This is a guide to maybe help...
Responding to Female Genital Mutilation as a women’s health issue (forum)
SHine SA, January 2017 Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons (WHO). It is also sometimes referred to as female genital cutting or female circumcision. There are 83,000 women and girls who have been affected by FGM in Australia. FGM has no...
Greater support needed for pregnant transgender men
Medical News Today, 29 October 2015
Many transgender men who have the capacity to bear children are faced with barriers in the healthcare system as a result of a lack of training, argue Juno Obedin-Maliver and Harvey Makadon in a commentary published in SAGE journal Obstetric Medicine.
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Access original paper in Obstetric Medicine (free full text, PDF optional) here
Pregnancy Choices Training at SHine SA
SHine SA, 14 July, 2015 This two-day course, developed for professionals, defines and explains all the options available to women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. It is open to nurses, doctors, counsellors, community health workers, school counsellors, youth workers, indigenous health workers, and any professional who encounters clients with unplanned pregnancy. This course includes: •...