Links
Australian Websites
Men's Health Information and Resource Centre.
A useful, comprehensive and authoritative site hosted by the University of Western Sydney. http://menshealth.uws.edu.au/links.html
MANNET - Men's Awareness Network.
A popular and helpful site affiliated with CAMH - The Centre for the Advancement of Men's Health, and the Centre for Rural & Regional Health Education. All these sites and a really useful and well-researched section called "Good Medicine for Men" can be reached through http://www.mannet.com.au
Mens Health and Wellbeing Association. Events across Australia, advice and support. http://www.menshealthandwellbeing.org.au/
Mensline Australia. Offers a phone counselling service and has been Commonwealth funded since 1997. Click on has The Resource Room for good tip sheets and more links. Especially useful for relationships advice.http://www.menslineaus.org.au
Andrology Australia. The Australian Centre of Excellence in Male Reproductive Health. Set up with Commonwealth funding in 1999. A great site and well-researched, particularly on men's reproductive health.http://andrologyaustralia.org
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.
The peak body for prostate cancer in Australia with technical and consumer information.http://prostate.org.au
Health Insite.
Australian Government site with plenty of topic sheets and links to other reputable sites. Men's health can be found on http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/content/internal/page.cfm?ObjID=0006FB7E-0566-1D2D-81CF83032BFA006D
International Websites
NetDoctor - an independent UK-based site set up by doctors and health professionals. Excellent information on lots of topics and a special section on Men's Health, which is extremely informative and updated regularly.http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/menshealth/index.shtml
Informed Health Online from the Health Research and Education Foundation in collaboration with the Cochrane Foundation. An extremely well-accredited evidence-based consumer health information site. Lots of men's health related topics - use the browse function.http://www.informedhealthonline.org
Medline Plus - From the National Library of Medicine in the US. The consumer health arm of the professional medical database, Medline. Very authoritative and exhaustive. Great section on men's health issues at:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealthissues.html
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US Department of Health). Great site overall and really useful men's health information at this section of the site:http://www.cdc.gov/men/
MedicDirect. Another UK-based site set up by physicians. Some great fact sheets on dozens of topics related to men's health at http://www.medicdirect.co.uk/clinics/default.ihtml?step=2&id=76
Mens Health Forum. Independent body registered in the UK as a charity. News, information, events and discussion on men's health. Excellent site for the latest information.http://www.menshealthform.org.uk
Discussion Forums and Listservers
Mens Health Forum Australia
Hosted by the Australian Health Care Management Group in Wollongong. Open discussion forum for various aspects of men's health. Not as well-used as NetDoctorhttp://menshealth.ahmg.com.au/
NetDoctor discussion group on men's problems. UK based. Well-used, unmoderated and comes with a proviso to consult your doctor:http://www2.netdoctor.co.uk/discussion/frame.asp?forum_id=15
Manhood Forums - more of a socially-based Australian discussion group at http://talk.gelworks.com.au/manhood.nsf/ManhoodForums?OpenPage
This list of links has been compliled by the North Coast Area Health Service Libraries.
