Australian and International Websites about Women's Health
Australian
Australian Women’s Health Network.
A network of women's health organisations, consumers and health professionals. Good source for links and contacts.
http://www.awhn.org.au/index.htm
Women’s Health Australia.
A national research resource providing evidence based information on women's health issues to government and decision making bodies. Based at the University of Newcastle and also supported by the University of Queensland, a very authoritative profile of women’s health in Australia.
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/centre/wha/
Healthinsite.
An Australian Government initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. The section on Women’s Health provides fact sheets and links to many different health topics for women. An excellent first stop for any condition.
http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/Women_s_Health
NSW Health Multicultural Health Communication Service.
Provides fact sheets on many women’s health topics in a number of different languages.
http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/health-public-affairs/mhcs/publications/Womens_Health.html
Women’s Health Queensland Wide.
A non-profit health information and resource centre jointly funded by the Federal Government and Queensland Health. Dozens of topic fact sheets regularly updated and easy to use.
http://www.womhealth.org.au/
Women’s Health Victoria.
An independent statewide organisation of and for women. Information packages on various women’s health topics are available here.
http://www.whv.org.au/
Wellwomen’s Website.
From the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne, this is a well-constructed site with fact sheets, good links to lots of topics and general women’s health information nationally.
http://www.rwh.org.au/wellwomens/index.cfm?doc_id=2278
International
NetDoctor.
An independent UK-based site set up by doctors and health professionals. Excellent information on lots of topics and a special section on Women's Health, which is extremely informative and updated regularly.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/womenshealth/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 women'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 women's health issues at:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/womenshealthissues.html
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US Department of Health).
Great site overall and really useful women's health information at this section of the site:
http://www.cdc.gov/doc.do/id/0900f3ec802271b0
MedicDirect.
Another UK- based site set up by physicians.
Some great fact sheets on dozens of topics related to women's health.
http://www.medicdirect.co.uk/clinics/default.ihtml?step=2&id=75
National Women’s Health Information Center.
A good source of information, set up by the US Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.4woman.gov/
National Women’s Health Resource Center.
Another US source and as the national clearinghouse for women’s health information, there is a plethora of documents and links here.
http://www.healthywomen.org
Women’s Health.
A London-based independent voluntary organisation, this site has useful booklets on women’s health topics.
http://www.womenshealthlondon.org.uk/
Canadian Women’s Health Network.
Formed in 1993 by a group of volunteers including professional health workers this site brings together a good deal of useful information
http://www.cwhn.ca/about.html
Discussion Forums and Listservs
Email lists about women’s health.
Here is a site which lists many possible lists you can join on many different topics.
http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/f_hlth.html
NetDoctor discussion group on women'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=18
Vibe Australia – Women’s Health Forum.
Unmoderated but local discussion forum on lots of topics.
http://www.forum.vibe.com.au/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=28
This page has been compliled by NCAHS librarians.