News Archive 2005 - 2007
News
2007
Poverty a mental health risk factor for young mothers, Vol. 1, No. 18, 12 – 26 November 2007, The University of Melbourne Voice.
Professor Doreen Rosenthal and 'Your Sex Health' website team win Best Tertiary Education Resource at the Enhance TV Atom Awards for www.yoursexhealth.org
Dad's ain't too cool for school, 30 August 2007, Herald Sun
Confident Dads, happier families, 30 August 2007, Science Alert
Dr Maggie Kirkman and Prof Doreen Rosenthal, with Louise Johnson of the Infertility Treatment Authority, have written a book to guide parents in telling their adolescent children that they were conceived using donated sperm or eggs. The book was launched last week at the Infertility Treatment Authority, and is available on the ITA website as well as in hard copy. The world-first research on which the book is based was recently published in Human Reproduction. Funded by DHS, the research investigated secondary school students’ views on how parents could tell their adolescent children that they were donor-conceived.
Young homeless mums can use a little support, By Janine Sim-Jones, The University of Melbourne Voice Vol. 1, No. 11 6 - 20 August 2007
The VicLANES Report was launched by the Hon Bronwyn Pike MP Minister for Health on Wednesday 23 May in the Yasuko Hiraoko Myer Room at the Sidney Myer Asia Centre. Download report. Read 'Where do you live, fatty?' in The Age, Thu 24 May 2007
Hear interview about young mums and homelessness by Dr Deb Keys on ABC's Life Matters, 10 May 2007
Infertility: The emotional cost doesn’t stop when a baby is born, Australian Policy Online, 28 March 2007. A new study proposes strategies for health care professionals to ease the transition to motherhood for women who give birth after fertility treatment, writes Karin Hammarberg.
More support needed for more IVF mums, says University of Melbourne study, Mon 5 March 2007 Women who conceive using assisted reproductive technology, such as IVF, are more likely to feel anxious and lack confidence in caring for their babies than those who conceive without treatment, according to a University of Melbourne study.
Hear interview about our new website by Prof Rosenthal on ABC's Life Matters, Thurs 23 Feb 2007
Sex has moved far beyond 'should we or shouldn't we?', Doreen Rosenthal, The Age, 19 Feb 2007
Sexual decision-making by young people is being accelerated by electronic communications and pervasive sexual content in the media, warns international sexual and reproductive health expert, Professor Doreen Rosenthal AO, who is addressing the problem by launching a new sex education and reproductive health site called your Your Sex Health. "The website is unique not only because of the breadth of topics covered but also because it plays out scenarios based on many real-life dilemmas that young people face, such as becoming pregnant, being pressured into sex, and relationship problems." Go to Media release. Sexuality in Adolescence: Current Trends [Information flyer and order form [PDF]. New research on adolescent sexuality and sexual health, including the powerful social influences of parents, peers, the media, social institutions and youth culture are all explored in this new text by Key Centre Director Professor Doreen Rosenthal and Professor Susan Moore, inaugural research professor in the Psychology discipline at Swinburne University.
2006
Mental health of new mothers gets national research funding
Course changes provide more study options
VicLANES scoops research prize
The Key Centre for Women's Health in Society is one of 30 signatories supporting Women’s Health Matters: From Policy to Practice 10 Point Plan for Victorian Women’s Health 2006-2010 [pdf]. The Framework for Action recognises the impact of gender in health and health inequalities and argues that an investment in women's health is an investment in the health of the entire community.
Student on quest for cancer screening info wins Richard Lovell Travelling Scholarship
Profile of international research by A/Prof. Jane Fisher, The Age, Careers Section, 18 March 2006
New international breastfeeding journal invites contributions
Media releases
2007
2006
| August: | Teens hit by shortage of country abortion services |
| August: | No help from Dad gives Mum the blues, new study |
| April: | Healthy report card for international students |