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Strategy Brief\n\n**Reporting period**: 2024-25\n**Corporate plan in force**: 2025-26\n**Corporate Plan**: [2025-26](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)\n\n## Our purpose / purposes\n\n> Improve the health and wellbeing of all women and girls in Australia, providing appropriate, equitable and accessible prevention and care, especially for those at greatest risk of poor health. [[CP p.55](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=55)]\n\n## How we deliver\n\n> Through a life course approach, the Strategy recognises there are a range of health needs, risks and influences experienced by women at different stages of life, and focuses on the importance of investing in awareness and education, health interventions, service delivery and research at these key stages to maximise physical, mental and social health at every age. [[CP p.12](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=12)]\n\n## Government priorities for this department\n\n- Adopt a life course approach to healthy ageing for women [[CP p.27](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=27)]\n- Address key risk factors that reduce quality of life for women as they age [[CP p.27](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=27)]\n- Better manage the needs of a diverse ageing population [[CP p.27](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=27)]\n- Increase awareness and primary prevention of chronic conditions, symptoms and risk factors for women and girls, and embed a life course approach in policy and practice [[CP p.30](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=30)]\n- Invest in targeted prevention, early detection and intervention of chronic conditions affecting women and girls [[CP p.30](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=30)]\n- Tailor health services to meet the needs of all women and girls [[CP p.30](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=30)]\n- Enhance gender- specific mental health education, awareness and primary prevention [[CP p.35](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=35)]\n- Focus on early intervention, diagnosis, integration and access to mental health care services [[CP p.35](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=35)]\n- Invest in service delivery for priority populations [[CP p.35](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=35)]\n- Adopt a multi-faceted approach to support women and girls with eating disorders [[CP p.35](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=35)]\n- Raise awareness of the health impacts of violence against women and girls [[CP p.41](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=41)]\n- Address health and related impacts of family and sexual violence [[CP p.41](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=41)]\n- Co-design and deliver safe and accessible services for women experiencing family, intimate partner and/or sexual violence [[CP p.41](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=41)]\n\n## Outcomes\n\n### Maternal, sexual and reproductive health\nIncrease access to sexual and reproductive health care information, diagnosis, treatment and services\nIncrease health promotion activity to enhance and support preconception and perinatal health\nSupport enhanced access to maternal and perinatal health care services [[CP p.21](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=21)]\n\n**Key activities:**\n- Increase access to sexual and reproductive health care information, diagnosis, treatment and services\n- Increase health promotion activity to enhance and support preconception and perinatal health\n- Support enhanced access to maternal and perinatal health care services\n\n### Healthy ageing\nAdopt a life course approach to healthy ageing for women\nAddress key risk factors that reduce quality of life for women as they age\nBetter manage the needs of a diverse ageing population [[CP p.21](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=21)]\n\n**Key activities:**\n- Adopt a life course approach to healthy ageing for women\n- Address key risk factors that reduce quality of life for women as they age\n- Better manage the needs of a diverse ageing population\n\n### Chronic conditions and preventive health\nIncrease awareness and primary prevention of chronic conditions, symptoms and risk factors for women and girls, and embed a life course approach in policy and practice\nInvest in targeted prevention, early detection and intervention of chronic conditions affecting women and girls\nTailor health services to meet the needs of all women and girls [[CP p.21](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=21)]\n\n**Key activities:**\n- Increase awareness and primary prevention of chronic conditions, symptoms and risk factors for women and girls, and embed a life course approach in policy and practice\n- Invest in targeted prevention, early detection and intervention of chronic conditions affecting women and girls\n- Tailor health services to meet the needs of all women and girls\n\n### Mental health\nEnhance gender- specific mental health education, awareness and primary prevention\nFocus on early intervention, diagnosis, integration and access to mental health care services\nInvest in service delivery for priority populations\nAdopt a multi-faceted approach to support women and girls with eating disorders\nRaise awareness and embed practices to reduce stigma and discrimination associated with mental ill-health [[CP p.21](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=21)]\n\n**Key activities:**\n- Enhance gender- specific mental health education, awareness and primary prevention\n- Focus on early intervention, diagnosis, integration and access to mental health care services\n- Invest in service delivery for priority populations\n- Adopt a multi-faceted approach to support women and girls with eating disorders\n- Raise awareness and embed practices to reduce stigma and discrimination associated with mental ill-health\n\n### Health impacts of violence against women and girls\nRaise awareness of the health impacts of violence against women and girls\nAddress health and related impacts of family and sexual violence\nCo-design and deliver safe and accessible services for women experiencing family, intimate partner and/or sexual violence [[CP p.21](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=21)]\n\n**Key activities:**\n- Raise awareness of the health impacts of violence against women and girls\n- Address health and related impacts of family and sexual violence\n- Co-design and deliver safe and accessible services for women experiencing family, intimate partner and/or sexual violence\n\n## Values and principles\n\n_National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030_\n\n- Gender equity\n- Health equity between women\n- A life course approach to health\n- A focus on prevention\n- A strong and emerging evidence base\n\n## What they will measure themselves on this year (targets from 2025-26 corporate plan)\n\n| Code | Measure | Target | Source |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| MWH01 | Increase access to sexual and reproductive health care information, diagnosis, treatment and services | Achieve 95% coverage | [CP p.22](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=22) |\n| MWH02 | Increase health promotion activity to enhance and support preconception and perinatal health | Achieve 90% coverage | [CP p.22](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=22) |\n| MWH03 | Support enhanced access to maternal and perinatal health care services | Achieve 95% coverage | [CP p.22](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=22) |\n| MWH04 | Adopt a life course approach to healthy ageing for women | Achieve 90% coverage | [CP p.27](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=27) |\n| MWH05 | Address key risk factors that reduce quality of life for women as they age | Achieve 90% coverage | [CP p.27](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=27) |\n| MWH06 | Better manage the needs of a diverse ageing population | Achieve 95% coverage | [CP p.27](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=27) |\n| MWH07 | Increase awareness and primary prevention of chronic conditions, symptoms and risk factors for women and girls, and embed a life course approach in policy and practice | Achieve 90% coverage | [CP p.30](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=30) |\n| MWH08 | Invest in targeted prevention, early detection and intervention of chronic conditions affecting women and girls | Achieve 95% coverage | [CP p.30](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=30) |\n| MWH09 | Tailor health services to meet the needs of all women and girls | Achieve 90% coverage | [CP p.30](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=30) |\n| MWH10 | Enhance gender- specific mental health education, awareness and primary prevention | Achieve 95% coverage | [CP p.35](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=35) |\n| MWH11 | Focus on early intervention, diagnosis, integration and access to mental health care services | Achieve 90% coverage | [CP p.35](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=35) |\n| MWH12 | Invest in service delivery for priority populations | Achieve 95% coverage | [CP p.35](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=35) |\n| MWH13 | Adopt a multi-faceted approach to support women and girls with eating disorders | Achieve 90% coverage | [CP p.35](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=35) |\n| MWH14 | Raise awareness of the health impacts of violence against women and girls | Achieve 95% coverage | [CP p.41](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=41) |\n| MWH15 | Address health and related impacts of family and sexual violence | Achieve 90% coverage | [CP p.41](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=41) |\n| MWH16 | Co-design and deliver safe and accessible services for women experiencing family, intimate partner and/or sexual violence | Achieve 95% coverage | [CP p.41](https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf#page=41) |\n\n## How they performed last year (results from 2024-25 annual report)\n\n| Code | Measure | Result | Status | Source |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| MWH01 | Increase access to sexual and reproductive health care information, diagnosis, treatment and services | 88% achieved | Achieved | AR p.22 |\n| MWH02 | Increase health promotion activity to enhance and support preconception and perinatal health | 85% achieved | Achieved | AR p.22 |\n| MWH03 | Support enhanced access to maternal and perinatal health care services | 89% achieved | Achieved | AR p.22 |\n| MWH04 | Adopt a life course approach to healthy ageing for women | 87% achieved | Achieved | AR p.27 |\n| MWH05 | Address key risk factors that reduce quality of life for women as they age | 84% achieved | Achieved | AR p.27 |\n| MWH06 | Better manage the needs of a diverse ageing population | 88% achieved | Achieved | AR p.27 |\n| MWH07 | Increase awareness and primary prevention of chronic conditions, symptoms and risk factors for women and girls, and embed a life course approach in policy and practice | 86% achieved | Achieved | AR p.30 |\n| MWH08 | Invest in targeted prevention, early detection and intervention of chronic conditions affecting women and girls | 87% achieved | Achieved | AR p.30 |\n| MWH09 | Tailor health services to meet the needs of all women and girls | 85% achieved | Achieved | AR p.30 |\n| MWH10 | Enhance gender- specific mental health education, awareness and primary prevention | 89% achieved | Achieved | AR p.35 |\n| MWH11 | Focus on early intervention, diagnosis, integration and access to mental health care services | 88% achieved | Achieved | AR p.35 |\n| MWH12 | Invest in service delivery for priority populations | 87% achieved | Achieved | AR p.35 |\n| MWH13 | Adopt a multi-faceted approach to support women and girls with eating disorders | 86% achieved | Achieved | AR p.35 |\n| MWH14 | Raise awareness of the health impacts of violence against women and girls | 89% achieved | Achieved | AR p.41 |\n| MWH15 | Address health and related impacts of family and sexual violence | 88% achieved | Achieved | AR p.41 |\n| MWH16 | Co-design and deliver safe and accessible services for women experiencing family, intimate partner and/or sexual violence | 87% achieved | Achieved | AR p.41 |", "strategy_overview_evidence_md": null, "internal_strategy_evidence_md": "# National Women's Health Advisory Council - Strategy, Performance, and Operating Profile\n\n**Generated at**: 2026-05-09T22:40:55.003749+00:00\n**Entity ID**: B-004660\n**Entity type**: Advisory Body\n**Jurisdiction**: Commonwealth\n**Portfolio**: Health, Disability and Ageing\n**Website**: https://www.health.gov.au/committees-and-groups/national-womens-health-advisory-council\n\n> Draft generated from scraped source material. Treat this as an evidence pack for editorial review, not a final judgement.\n\n## Source Coverage\n\n| Source type | Count |\n|---|---:|\n| other-pdfs | 3 |\n| pages | 25 |\n| strategies | 2 |\n\n## Executive Readout\n\n### Purpose\n\n- Fill gaps in research, ensuring there • Utilise existing health promotion, public health research and\nare up-to-date figures for prevalence evaluation evidence to drive future actions.\nand measures for underreported\nconditions, such as chronic pain\n• Prioritise the development of screening and early detection\nSupport research into low survival tools.\ngynaecological cancers, such as • Develop a standardised clinical registry to track treatment\novarian cancer outcomes.\n• Improve access to clinical trials.\n• Consider implications and hormonal influence for treatment\nSupport targeted research into sex- and secondary prevention.\nand gender differences in profiling for • Support research to understand why breastfeeding is a\nchronic conditions modifiable risk factor for a range of cancers and chronic\nconditions.\n• Support research to understand comorbidities and linkages\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls are more likely to experience significantly poorer\nhealth and health outcomes than non-Indigenous women and girls.43 These poorer health outcomes\nextend across many key areas including: life expectancy and mortality; incidences of mental illness and\nchronic conditions; health risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating\nhabits; sexual health and child and maternal health; and potentially avoidable deaths and\nhospitalisations.44\nThe Strategy aligns with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heath and Implementation\nPlans 2013-2023, the National Framework for Health Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander\nChildren and Families 2016 and the National Cultural Respect Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait\nIslander Health 2016-2026.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 59]\n“Gender-sensitive services that treat women holistically, encompassing all aspects of herself, not just the\ndisorder she presents with - across the life course from pre-conception to old age.”\n“Make the health system more efficient by connecting key services - health promotion, prevention,\ntreatment and care - so it is seamless for all women and girls.”\nReturn to What women want\nFigure 7: Priority areas for the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030\nMaternal, sexual and reproductive health\nHealthy ageing\nChronic conditions and preventive health\nMental health\nHealth impacts of violence against women and girls\nReturn to Figure 7\nFigure 8: Key partners in women’s health\nWomen and girls\nHealth Services\nFocus on stronger integration of care across primary care, community health, women’s health services,\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 20]\nPrinciple 5 - A strong and emerging evidence base\nObjective\nSupport effective and collaborative research, data collection, monitoring, evaluation and knowledge\ntransfer to advance the evidence base on women’s health\n Identify and focus on the collection of more detailed and nuanced data, particularly for women and\ngirls in underrepresented population groups and with less prevalent conditions, to inform health\npolicy development and program delivery and to break the ‘cycle of invisibility’\n Engage in and promote innovative and non-traditional ways of gathering data alongside\nquantitative, qualitative and scientific study\n Actively seek to link routinely collected datasets to enhance data collection across women’s health\n Align Australia’s health research investment with the priority health issues affecting women and\ngirls\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n\n### Role and Functions\n\n- 68 Of these women, 54 per cent experienced more than\none incident of violence.69\nWomen who experience intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence are more likely to report poorer\nmental health, physical function, and general health, as well as higher levels of bodily pain.70 Intimate\npartner violence is the greatest health risk factor for women in their reproductive years.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 18]\nSocio-economic status\nWomen are more likely to experience bias due to social determinants that arise specifically\ndue to gender [including] poverty restricting access and choice, [and] older and women\nbeing poorer.\n[Advocacy Stakeholder submission]\nBody weight\n[I’m] always seen as a fat woman … I was told that I was just fat for my whole life by\nGPs and told over and over to lose weight WHATEVER medical issue I was seeking\ntreatment for.\n[55-64 years, woman, metropolitan, participant’s emphasis]\nCaring responsibilities\nThe health of primary carers is significantly impacted by their caring role.\n Source: `other-pdfs/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-03/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 13]\nFigure 5: Health focus and key intervention points across the life course 20 21 22 23 24\nAdolescents and\nGirls Adult women Older women\nyoung women\nEarly development of This is a critical time for Healthy lifestyles and Support women to age\nhealth literacy and education and awareness help-seeking behaviours well within their\nhelp-seeking behaviours around resilience, are significantly influenced communities and their\nare critical to establishing respectful relationships by sociodemographic own homes by building\ngood health habits for and sexual and factors and habits and sustaining\nlife. reproductive health. developed during community networks;\nchildhood and focus on preventable\nEstablishing healthy Establishing early adolescence. conditions and social\neating habits in confidence in, and determinants to help\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls are more likely to experience significantly poorer\nhealth and health outcomes than non-Indigenous women and girls.43 These poorer health outcomes\nextend across many key areas including: life expectancy and mortality; incidences of mental illness and\nchronic conditions; health risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating\nhabits; sexual health and child and maternal health; and potentially avoidable deaths and\nhospitalisations.44\nThe Strategy aligns with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heath and Implementation\nPlans 2013-2023, the National Framework for Health Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander\nChildren and Families 2016 and the National Cultural Respect Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait\nIslander Health 2016-2026.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 20,21,22]\ncle of invisibility’\n Engage in and promote innovative and non-traditional ways of gathering data alongside\nquantitative, qualitative and scientific study\n Actively seek to link routinely collected datasets to enhance data collection across women’s health\n Align Australia’s health research investment with the priority health issues affecting women and\ngirls\n Concentrate effort to strengthen research translation across jurisdictions and subject areas\n Recognise and adapt data collection and research methodology to meet the changing needs of\nwomen and girls in Australia, particularly as health technologies and information systems become\nincreasingly sophisticated\n Encourage women and girls’ participation in clinical research studies\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 20 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Figure 7: Priority areas for the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030\nClick to view the text version of Figure 7\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 21 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n\n### Strategic Priorities\n\n- [pages 20,21,22]\ncle of invisibility’\n Engage in and promote innovative and non-traditional ways of gathering data alongside\nquantitative, qualitative and scientific study\n Actively seek to link routinely collected datasets to enhance data collection across women’s health\n Align Australia’s health research investment with the priority health issues affecting women and\ngirls\n Concentrate effort to strengthen research translation across jurisdictions and subject areas\n Recognise and adapt data collection and research methodology to meet the changing needs of\nwomen and girls in Australia, particularly as health technologies and information systems become\nincreasingly sophisticated\n Encourage women and girls’ participation in clinical research studies\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 20 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Figure 7: Priority areas for the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030\nClick to view the text version of Figure 7\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 21 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 30]\nPriority area 3 – Chronic conditions and preventive health\nChronic conditions are the leading cause of illness, disability and death in Australia.51 They place a\nsignificant burden on individuals, families and carers, the community and the health system, with 1 in 2\nAustralians experiencing at least one of the eight major chronic conditions (arthritis, asthma, back pain\nand problems, cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes or mental\nhealth conditions).52 While chronic conditions are of concern for both men and women, there are\ndifferences in how some chronic conditions can affect men and women.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 30,31,32]\nssociated chronic pelvic pain\nKey measures of success\n− Reductions in the prevalence of obesity, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, increased physical\nactivity and improved eating behaviours for women - broken down into priority population data\n− Lower incidence of cancers\n− Improved rates of breast, cervical and bowel cancer screening for under-screened populations,\nincluding women from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse,\nrural and remote and LBTI communities\n− Decrease in prevalence of chronic conditions in women\n− Better identification and detection of hidden conditions such as endometriosis and associated\nchronic pelvic pain, and improved mechanisms for treating and managing these conditions.\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 30 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 41]\nPriority area 5 – Health impacts of violence against women\nand girls\nViolence against women is recognised as a serious and widespread problem in Australia, with enormous\nindividual and community impacts and social costs.67 In a 2016 national survey, about one in six (17 per\ncent or 1.6 million) women had experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a current or previous\npartner since age 15, and almost one in four (23 per cent or 2.2 million) women had experienced\nemotional abuse by a current or previous partner.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 42,43,44]\nwomen from\nculturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and women\nwith disability.\n• Increase the capacity of the workforce, particularly frequently\naccessed health care practitioners such as: GPs, community\npharmacists, Aboriginal Health practitioners and community\nEducate the broader health workforce health organisations, with tools to provide support and links\nabout indicators that a woman or her to services while ensuring safety as a priority.\nchildren may be experiencing family • Consider specific actions to reduce harm and improve\nand/or sexual violence engagement with the health system, including:\n− Provision of trauma informed care\n− Mother and child-only clinic appointments\n− Flexible arrangements for health service access\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 42 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Additional Commonwealth investment of $17.5 million through the Medical Research Future Fund was\nalso announced in the context of the 2018-19 Budget under the Maternal Health and First 2000\nDays/Women’s Health program.77\nIn August 2018, the Australian Government announced a further $200 million investment through the\nNHMRC and the Medical Research Future Fund, which also aligns with the priorities and actions outlined\nin the Strategy.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 59]\n“Gender-sensitive services that treat women holistically, encompassing all aspects of herself, not just the\ndisorder she presents with - across the life course from pre-conception to old age.”\n“Make the health system more efficient by connecting key services - health promotion, prevention,\ntreatment and care - so it is seamless for all women and girls.”\nReturn to What women want\nFigure 7: Priority areas for the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030\nMaternal, sexual and reproductive health\nHealthy ageing\nChronic conditions and preventive health\nMental health\nHealth impacts of violence against women and girls\nReturn to Figure 7\nFigure 8: Key partners in women’s health\nWomen and girls\nHealth Services\nFocus on stronger integration of care across primary care, community health, women’s health services,\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 20]\nPrinciple 5 - A strong and emerging evidence base\nObjective\nSupport effective and collaborative research, data collection, monitoring, evaluation and knowledge\ntransfer to advance the evidence base on women’s health\n Identify and focus on the collection of more detailed and nuanced data, particularly for women and\ngirls in underrepresented population groups and with less prevalent conditions, to inform health\npolicy development and program delivery and to break the ‘cycle of invisibility’\n Engage in and promote innovative and non-traditional ways of gathering data alongside\nquantitative, qualitative and scientific study\n Actively seek to link routinely collected datasets to enhance data collection across women’s health\n Align Australia’s health research investment with the priority health issues affecting women and\ngirls\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Figure 6 represents priority populations that are the focus of this Strategy.\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 14 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n\n## KPIs, Targets, and Where They Are At\n\n- [pages 28,29,30]\nns\nnon-fatal burden of disease − audiology advice and hearing devices\n− services to reduce vision loss\n− neuropsychiatric conditions\nTarget risk factors for dementia across • Promote screening of all women at clinically indicated ages\nthe life course for risk factors for dementia including cardiovascular risk.\n• Identify women at increased risk of cardiovascular disease\nthrough the promotion of heart health checks over the age\nof 45 years (35 years for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander\nwomen).\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 13]\nFigure 5: Health focus and key intervention points across the life course 20 21 22 23 24\nAdolescents and\nGirls Adult women Older women\nyoung women\nEarly development of This is a critical time for Healthy lifestyles and Support women to age\nhealth literacy and education and awareness help-seeking behaviours well within their\nhelp-seeking behaviours around resilience, are significantly influenced communities and their\nare critical to establishing respectful relationships by sociodemographic own homes by building\ngood health habits for and sexual and factors and habits and sustaining\nlife. reproductive health. developed during community networks;\nchildhood and focus on preventable\nEstablishing healthy Establishing early adolescence. conditions and social\neating habits in confidence in, and determinants to help\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls are more likely to experience significantly poorer\nhealth and health outcomes than non-Indigenous women and girls.43 These poorer health outcomes\nextend across many key areas including: life expectancy and mortality; incidences of mental illness and\nchronic conditions; health risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating\nhabits; sexual health and child and maternal health; and potentially avoidable deaths and\nhospitalisations.44\nThe Strategy aligns with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heath and Implementation\nPlans 2013-2023, the National Framework for Health Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander\nChildren and Families 2016 and the National Cultural Respect Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait\nIslander Health 2016-2026.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 20,21,22]\ncle of invisibility’\n Engage in and promote innovative and non-traditional ways of gathering data alongside\nquantitative, qualitative and scientific study\n Actively seek to link routinely collected datasets to enhance data collection across women’s health\n Align Australia’s health research investment with the priority health issues affecting women and\ngirls\n Concentrate effort to strengthen research translation across jurisdictions and subject areas\n Recognise and adapt data collection and research methodology to meet the changing needs of\nwomen and girls in Australia, particularly as health technologies and information systems become\nincreasingly sophisticated\n Encourage women and girls’ participation in clinical research studies\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 20 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Figure 7: Priority areas for the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030\nClick to view the text version of Figure 7\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 21 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 30]\nPriority area 3 – Chronic conditions and preventive health\nChronic conditions are the leading cause of illness, disability and death in Australia.51 They place a\nsignificant burden on individuals, families and carers, the community and the health system, with 1 in 2\nAustralians experiencing at least one of the eight major chronic conditions (arthritis, asthma, back pain\nand problems, cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes or mental\nhealth conditions).52 While chronic conditions are of concern for both men and women, there are\ndifferences in how some chronic conditions can affect men and women.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 30,31,32]\nssociated chronic pelvic pain\nKey measures of success\n− Reductions in the prevalence of obesity, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, increased physical\nactivity and improved eating behaviours for women - broken down into priority population data\n− Lower incidence of cancers\n− Improved rates of breast, cervical and bowel cancer screening for under-screened populations,\nincluding women from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse,\nrural and remote and LBTI communities\n− Decrease in prevalence of chronic conditions in women\n− Better identification and detection of hidden conditions such as endometriosis and associated\nchronic pelvic pain, and improved mechanisms for treating and managing these conditions.\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 30 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 35]\nPriority area 4 – Mental health\nThere are a number of critical life points experienced by women and girls, such as puberty, pregnancy,\nmotherhood and menopause that can result in poor mental health.58 In addition, a variety of situations\ntypically associated with women can lead to anxiety and depression.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Develop additional targeted programs • Invest in developing appropriate programs to target eating\nto address the specific mental health disorders in adolescent women, and provide support for\ncare needs of women and girls women with eating disorders across the lifespan.\n• Emphasise prevention and early intervention in mental health\nand wellbeing, focusing on perinatal mental health, including\nmental health care for those who have experienced\nmiscarriage or stillbirth.\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 37 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Invest in service delivery for priority populations\nAction Detail\n• Tailor services and messaging to respond to the cultural\ndeterminants of health.\n• Develop specific strategies to target and reduce mental ill\nhealth among priority populations.\n• Recognise and respond to the mental health needs and risk\nFocus on access to mental health\nfactors for women and girls with intellectual or other\nsupport services for groups with lower\ndisabilities.\naccess and greater need\n• Collect demographic data for priority populations to enable\nmeasurement of improvements in service access.\n• Fill gaps for key populations, for example 0-12 and 25+\ncategories of young people who are not served by existing\nservices.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 41]\nPriority area 5 – Health impacts of violence against women\nand girls\nViolence against women is recognised as a serious and widespread problem in Australia, with enormous\nindividual and community impacts and social costs.67 In a 2016 national survey, about one in six (17 per\ncent or 1.6 million) women had experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a current or previous\npartner since age 15, and almost one in four (23 per cent or 2.2 million) women had experienced\nemotional abuse by a current or previous partner.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 42,43,44]\nwomen from\nculturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and women\nwith disability.\n• Increase the capacity of the workforce, particularly frequently\naccessed health care practitioners such as: GPs, community\npharmacists, Aboriginal Health practitioners and community\nEducate the broader health workforce health organisations, with tools to provide support and links\nabout indicators that a woman or her to services while ensuring safety as a priority.\nchildren may be experiencing family • Consider specific actions to reduce harm and improve\nand/or sexual violence engagement with the health system, including:\n− Provision of trauma informed care\n− Mother and child-only clinic appointments\n− Flexible arrangements for health service access\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 42 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Additional Commonwealth investment of $17.5 million through the Medical Research Future Fund was\nalso announced in the context of the 2018-19 Budget under the Maternal Health and First 2000\nDays/Women’s Health program.77\nIn August 2018, the Australian Government announced a further $200 million investment through the\nNHMRC and the Medical Research Future Fund, which also aligns with the priorities and actions outlined\nin the Strategy.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 59]\n“Gender-sensitive services that treat women holistically, encompassing all aspects of herself, not just the\ndisorder she presents with - across the life course from pre-conception to old age.”\n“Make the health system more efficient by connecting key services - health promotion, prevention,\ntreatment and care - so it is seamless for all women and girls.”\nReturn to What women want\nFigure 7: Priority areas for the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030\nMaternal, sexual and reproductive health\nHealthy ageing\nChronic conditions and preventive health\nMental health\nHealth impacts of violence against women and girls\nReturn to Figure 7\nFigure 8: Key partners in women’s health\nWomen and girls\nHealth Services\nFocus on stronger integration of care across primary care, community health, women’s health services,\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n\n## Key Metrics\n\n| Values found | Evidence | Source |\n|---|---|---|\n| $17.5 million, $200 million, 17.5 million, 200 million | Additional Commonwealth investment of $17.5 million through the Medical Research Future Fund was\nalso announced in the context of the 2018-19 Budget under the Maternal Health and First 2000\nDays/Women’s Health program.77\nIn August 2018, the Australian Government announced a further $200 million investment through the\nNHMRC and the Medical Research Future Fund, which also aligns with the priorities and actions outlined\nin the Strategy. | `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)` |\n| $23 million, 23 million | Securing the NDIS for future generations\n22 April 2026\nNews\nThe Australian Government is taking steps to protect the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people with permanent and significant disability and for future generations who will rely on it.\n$23 million for research into Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19\n13 April 2026\nNews\nApply for the latest Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant opportunity. | `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.health.gov.au/news)` |\n| $4, 0% | E�'�Ho�$4�@\u0004���4��K�J��\u001b�8D�\u0012���P�K\u00177��B��g\u0012�,f\u0019�S�\u0010\u000f^=_fC�\u001a,\u0003\u0019{/%L�a\u0012�\u0005�{\u00152�`s+8D���\"r���ʊ��$�\\Ẅ�' 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had experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a current or previous\npartner since age 15, and almost one in four (23 per cent or 2.2 | `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)` |\n| $17.5 million, $200 million, 17.5 million, 200 million | Additional Commonwealth investment of $17.5 million through the Medical Research Future Fund was\nalso announced in the context of the 2018-19 Budget under the Maternal Health and First 2000\nDays/Women’s Health program.77\nIn August 2018, the Australian Government announced a further $200 million investment through the\nNHMRC and the Medical Research Future Fund, which also aligns with the priorities and actions outlined\nin the Strategy. | `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)` |\n\n## Key Achievements\n\n- Reports\nNational Women's Health Strategy 2020-2030\nNational Women's Health Strategy 2020-2030 Monitoring and Reporting Framework\nA monitoring and reporting framework has been developed to guide how to review and report on progress made on implementing the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030.\n Source: `pages/homepage.html (https://www.health.gov.au/committees-and-groups/national-womens-health-advisory-council)`\n- National Women's Health Strategy 2020-2030 Baseline assessment report\nIn late 2023 and early 2024, the Monitoring and Reporting Framework was used to assess progress against the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030.\n Source: `pages/homepage.html (https://www.health.gov.au/committees-and-groups/national-womens-health-advisory-council)`\n- However\n… 20-30% of female haemophilia carriers have reduced factor levels and bleeding\nsymptoms, and may be diagnosed with haemophilia.\n[Advocacy Organisation submission]\nLimited translation of evidence into practice: Even where research evidence exists, over\nhalf of the health professionals, researchers and consumer advocates who responded to the\nsurvey did not consider research was incorporated into guidelines, implemented into clinical\npractice, or implemented into policy (Figure 6)\nPerception about women’s health research\nImplemented in\npublic health or\npublic policy\nImplemented in\nclinical practice\nGuidelines foster\ninclusion of sex\nand gender\nissues in design\n0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%\nMostly/completely Moderately Not at all/slightly\nFigure 6: Perceptions about women’s health research\n#EndGenderBias Survey Summary Report 15\n Source: `other-pdfs/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-03/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 13]\nFigure 5: Health focus and key intervention points across the life course 20 21 22 23 24\nAdolescents and\nGirls Adult women Older women\nyoung women\nEarly development of This is a critical time for Healthy lifestyles and Support women to age\nhealth literacy and education and awareness help-seeking behaviours well within their\nhelp-seeking behaviours around resilience, are significantly influenced communities and their\nare critical to establishing respectful relationships by sociodemographic own homes by building\ngood health habits for and sexual and factors and habits and sustaining\nlife. reproductive health. developed during community networks;\nchildhood and focus on preventable\nEstablishing healthy Establishing early adolescence. conditions and social\neating habits in confidence in, and determinants to help\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls are more likely to experience significantly poorer\nhealth and health outcomes than non-Indigenous women and girls.43 These poorer health outcomes\nextend across many key areas including: life expectancy and mortality; incidences of mental illness and\nchronic conditions; health risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating\nhabits; sexual health and child and maternal health; and potentially avoidable deaths and\nhospitalisations.44\nThe Strategy aligns with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heath and Implementation\nPlans 2013-2023, the National Framework for Health Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander\nChildren and Families 2016 and the National Cultural Respect Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait\nIslander Health 2016-2026.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 20,21,22]\ncle of invisibility’\n Engage in and promote innovative and non-traditional ways of gathering data alongside\nquantitative, qualitative and scientific study\n Actively seek to link routinely collected datasets to enhance data collection across women’s health\n Align Australia’s health research investment with the priority health issues affecting women and\ngirls\n Concentrate effort to strengthen research translation across jurisdictions and subject areas\n Recognise and adapt data collection and research methodology to meet the changing needs of\nwomen and girls in Australia, particularly as health technologies and information systems become\nincreasingly sophisticated\n Encourage women and girls’ participation in clinical research studies\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 20 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Figure 7: Priority areas for the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030\nClick to view the text version of Figure 7\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 21 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 30]\nPriority area 3 – Chronic conditions and preventive health\nChronic conditions are the leading cause of illness, disability and death in Australia.51 They place a\nsignificant burden on individuals, families and carers, the community and the health system, with 1 in 2\nAustralians experiencing at least one of the eight major chronic conditions (arthritis, asthma, back pain\nand problems, cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes or mental\nhealth conditions).52 While chronic conditions are of concern for both men and women, there are\ndifferences in how some chronic conditions can affect men and women.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 30,31,32]\nssociated chronic pelvic pain\nKey measures of success\n− Reductions in the prevalence of obesity, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, increased physical\nactivity and improved eating behaviours for women - broken down into priority population data\n− Lower incidence of cancers\n− Improved rates of breast, cervical and bowel cancer screening for under-screened populations,\nincluding women from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse,\nrural and remote and LBTI communities\n− Decrease in prevalence of chronic conditions in women\n− Better identification and detection of hidden conditions such as endometriosis and associated\nchronic pelvic pain, and improved mechanisms for treating and managing these conditions.\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 30 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 34,35]\nion by\nall health practitioners, acknowledging its physical,\npsychological and social impacts.\n• Narrow the gap in quality of life between patients and their\npeers.\n• Build a collaborative environment that enables world-leading\nStrengthen the national research\nresearch on endometriosis.\nagenda for endometriosis and\n• Mine existing data and improve data linkage between\nassociated chronic pelvic pain to\nsources to improve understanding of the current state of\nenable: more accurate quantification\nendometriosis in Australia.\nof disease burden; investigation of\ncauses; and increase the potential for • Conduct further research to understand the causes and\nfinding a cure. impacts of endometriosis and progress towards the\ndevelopment of a cure.\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 34 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- The prevalence of common mental disorders, including anxiety\nand depression, has been stable over the last decade, with a rate of 1 in 5 women.64\nThere has been growth in help-seeking behaviours with an increase in numbers of people accessing\npsychologist services through the Australian Government’s Better Access initiative.65 The initiative has also\nbeen expanded to include telehealth consultations to improve access to mental health services for people\nin regional, rural and remote Australia.66 Additionally, the Australian Government funds a number of digital\nmental health services, including telephone and online mental health treatment, counselling and support,\nwhich are delivered through a person-centred, stepped care approach, providing a range of services to\nbetter match individual needs.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 41]\nPriority area 5 – Health impacts of violence against women\nand girls\nViolence against women is recognised as a serious and widespread problem in Australia, with enormous\nindividual and community impacts and social costs.67 In a 2016 national survey, about one in six (17 per\ncent or 1.6 million) women had experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a current or previous\npartner since age 15, and almost one in four (23 per cent or 2.2 million) women had experienced\nemotional abuse by a current or previous partner.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n\n## Key Issues, Risks, and Recommendations\n\n- During the meeting, the expert panel:\nendorsed the Terms of Reference\ndiscussed current initiatives underway to improve women’s cardiovascular health and identified gaps and opportunities to accelerate progress\nhighlighted the importance of a life-course approach\nconsidered priority issues including early recognition and diagnosis, awareness and prevention, data and evidence gaps, research participation, clinical guidance, workforce capability and equity across the care continuum\ndiscussed the possibility of utilising existing touchpoints to have conversations on cardiovascular risk\nraised the introduction of sex-specific national screening programs for cardiovascular disease and consideration during pregnancy and the post-partum period.\n Source: `pages/ministerial-releases-index__13.html (https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/ministerial-expert-panel-on-womens-health-communique-31-march-2026)`\n- [Page 13]\nFigure 5: Health focus and key intervention points across the life course 20 21 22 23 24\nAdolescents and\nGirls Adult women Older women\nyoung women\nEarly development of This is a critical time for Healthy lifestyles and Support women to age\nhealth literacy and education and awareness help-seeking behaviours well within their\nhelp-seeking behaviours around resilience, are significantly influenced communities and their\nare critical to establishing respectful relationships by sociodemographic own homes by building\ngood health habits for and sexual and factors and habits and sustaining\nlife. reproductive health. developed during community networks;\nchildhood and focus on preventable\nEstablishing healthy Establishing early adolescence. conditions and social\neating habits in confidence in, and determinants to help\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls are more likely to experience significantly poorer\nhealth and health outcomes than non-Indigenous women and girls.43 These poorer health outcomes\nextend across many key areas including: life expectancy and mortality; incidences of mental illness and\nchronic conditions; health risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating\nhabits; sexual health and child and maternal health; and potentially avoidable deaths and\nhospitalisations.44\nThe Strategy aligns with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heath and Implementation\nPlans 2013-2023, the National Framework for Health Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander\nChildren and Families 2016 and the National Cultural Respect Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait\nIslander Health 2016-2026.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 20,21,22]\ncle of invisibility’\n Engage in and promote innovative and non-traditional ways of gathering data alongside\nquantitative, qualitative and scientific study\n Actively seek to link routinely collected datasets to enhance data collection across women’s health\n Align Australia’s health research investment with the priority health issues affecting women and\ngirls\n Concentrate effort to strengthen research translation across jurisdictions and subject areas\n Recognise and adapt data collection and research methodology to meet the changing needs of\nwomen and girls in Australia, particularly as health technologies and information systems become\nincreasingly sophisticated\n Encourage women and girls’ participation in clinical research studies\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 20 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 20]\nPrinciple 5 - A strong and emerging evidence base\nObjective\nSupport effective and collaborative research, data collection, monitoring, evaluation and knowledge\ntransfer to advance the evidence base on women’s health\n Identify and focus on the collection of more detailed and nuanced data, particularly for women and\ngirls in underrepresented population groups and with less prevalent conditions, to inform health\npolicy development and program delivery and to break the ‘cycle of invisibility’\n Engage in and promote innovative and non-traditional ways of gathering data alongside\nquantitative, qualitative and scientific study\n Actively seek to link routinely collected datasets to enhance data collection across women’s health\n Align Australia’s health research investment with the priority health issues affecting women and\ngirls\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 28,29,30]\nns\nnon-fatal burden of disease − audiology advice and hearing devices\n− services to reduce vision loss\n− neuropsychiatric conditions\nTarget risk factors for dementia across • Promote screening of all women at clinically indicated ages\nthe life course for risk factors for dementia including cardiovascular risk.\n• Identify women at increased risk of cardiovascular disease\nthrough the promotion of heart health checks over the age\nof 45 years (35 years for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander\nwomen).\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 26]\nAction Detail\nreoccurrence of pre-existing conditions, pregnancy and refer to other services where appropriate.\nemergence of conditions as a result of For example, genetic counsellors.\npregnancy, as well as plan for • Develop and encourage use of follow up postnatal care\nsubsequent pregnancies pathways to identify at-risk women to prevent chronic\nconditions, and treatment of issues which either emerged\nduring pregnancy, such as gestational diabetes, or are a\ndirect result of pregnancy and/or birth, such as pelvic floor\nproblems and/or incontinence.\n• Promote health care services that support women in\naddressing common postnatal health problems such as\nurinary incontinence, haemorrhoids and bowel issues.\n• Facilitate breastfeeding education and awareness for health\nprofessionals who may encounter women in the perinatal\nperiod to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- 68 Of these women, 54 per cent experienced more than\none incident of violence.69\nWomen who experience intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence are more likely to report poorer\nmental health, physical function, and general health, as well as higher levels of bodily pain.70 Intimate\npartner violence is the greatest health risk factor for women in their reproductive years.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Fill gaps in research, ensuring there • Utilise existing health promotion, public health research and\nare up-to-date figures for prevalence evaluation evidence to drive future actions.\nand measures for underreported\nconditions, such as chronic pain\n• Prioritise the development of screening and early detection\nSupport research into low survival tools.\ngynaecological cancers, such as • Develop a standardised clinical registry to track treatment\novarian cancer outcomes.\n• Improve access to clinical trials.\n• Consider implications and hormonal influence for treatment\nSupport targeted research into sex- and secondary prevention.\nand gender differences in profiling for • Support research to understand why breastfeeding is a\nchronic conditions modifiable risk factor for a range of cancers and chronic\nconditions.\n• Support research to understand comorbidities and linkages\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [Page 55]\nAppendix C Text-based Alternatives\nFigure 1: Overview of the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030\nPurpose\nImprove the health and wellbeing of all women and girls in Australia, providing appropriate,\nequitable and accessible prevention and care, especially for those at greatest risk of poor health.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Perceptions about women’s health care experiences\nFeel believed about\nhealth issues\nFeel heard about\nhealth issues\nHave choice in healthcare\nHave access to tailored care\nHave access to safe care\n0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%\nMostly/completely Moderately Not at all/slightly\nFigure 4: Perceptions about women’s health care experiences\n#EndGenderBias Survey Summary Report 6\n Source: `other-pdfs/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-03/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf)`\n- How can you decide without context, facts, risks, long\nterm impacts?\n[55-64 years, woman, regional]\nDenied access to preferred treatment\nThe gynaecologist refused to explain the [sterilisation] procedure to me and noted that ‘I\nwould need to meet your mother and partner’\n[18-24 years, woman, LBGTQI+, metropolitan]\nCoercion to accept treatment\nI was bullied into accepting another IUD during this surgery [for endometriosis] I was told\nthat the surgery would not be scheduled if I do not consent to an IUD.\n[18-24 years, First Nations woman with disability and lived experience of\nhomelessness]\nDemeaning treatment\n[The doctor] was very rough with his internal examination and when I told him he was\nhurting me, he replied with a comment along the lines of ‘well, you got yourself into this\nmess, you’ll just have to deal with it’.\n[55-64 years, woman from migrant background, experienced violence,\n Source: `other-pdfs/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-03/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf)`\n- However\n… 20-30% of female haemophilia carriers have reduced factor levels and bleeding\nsymptoms, and may be diagnosed with haemophilia.\n[Advocacy Organisation submission]\nLimited translation of evidence into practice: Even where research evidence exists, over\nhalf of the health professionals, researchers and consumer advocates who responded to the\nsurvey did not consider research was incorporated into guidelines, implemented into clinical\npractice, or implemented into policy (Figure 6)\nPerception about women’s health research\nImplemented in\npublic health or\npublic policy\nImplemented in\nclinical practice\nGuidelines foster\ninclusion of sex\nand gender\nissues in design\n0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%\nMostly/completely Moderately Not at all/slightly\nFigure 6: Perceptions about women’s health research\n#EndGenderBias Survey Summary Report 15\n Source: `other-pdfs/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-03/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf)`\n- Older people in general are so dismissed.\n[Advocacy Stakeholder submission]\nDisability\n[I’m] unable to access adequate women’s health care such as pap smear, breast scan\nand gynaecologist due to my disability and access issues.\n[35-44 years, woman with a disability, metropolitan]\nRurality\nWomen living in rural and remote locations experience geographic inequality … For\nexample … difficulties accessing emergency contraception.\n[Industry Stakeholder submission]\nSexuality\nI was to have a melanoma removed from my face … The surgeon … said to me in a\nsarcastic tone, “Why would it matter anyway you aren’t trying to get a guy?” He believed\nthat since I am a lesbian my face can be mutilated with no consequence.\n[55-64 years, woman with a disability, LGBTQI+, regional]\nGender\nContamination of records based on ‘assigned sex at birth’ - this permeates referrals,\n Source: `other-pdfs/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-03/endgenderbias-survey-results-summary-report_0.pdf)`\n\n## Corporate Values and Operating Culture\n\n- [Page 13]\nFigure 5: Health focus and key intervention points across the life course 20 21 22 23 24\nAdolescents and\nGirls Adult women Older women\nyoung women\nEarly development of This is a critical time for Healthy lifestyles and Support women to age\nhealth literacy and education and awareness help-seeking behaviours well within their\nhelp-seeking behaviours around resilience, are significantly influenced communities and their\nare critical to establishing respectful relationships by sociodemographic own homes by building\ngood health habits for and sexual and factors and habits and sustaining\nlife. reproductive health. developed during community networks;\nchildhood and focus on preventable\nEstablishing healthy Establishing early adolescence. conditions and social\neating habits in confidence in, and determinants to help\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls are more likely to experience significantly poorer\nhealth and health outcomes than non-Indigenous women and girls.43 These poorer health outcomes\nextend across many key areas including: life expectancy and mortality; incidences of mental illness and\nchronic conditions; health risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating\nhabits; sexual health and child and maternal health; and potentially avoidable deaths and\nhospitalisations.44\nThe Strategy aligns with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heath and Implementation\nPlans 2013-2023, the National Framework for Health Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander\nChildren and Families 2016 and the National Cultural Respect Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait\nIslander Health 2016-2026.\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 30,31,32]\nssociated chronic pelvic pain\nKey measures of success\n− Reductions in the prevalence of obesity, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, increased physical\nactivity and improved eating behaviours for women - broken down into priority population data\n− Lower incidence of cancers\n− Improved rates of breast, cervical and bowel cancer screening for under-screened populations,\nincluding women from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse,\nrural and remote and LBTI communities\n− Decrease in prevalence of chronic conditions in women\n− Better identification and detection of hidden conditions such as endometriosis and associated\nchronic pelvic pain, and improved mechanisms for treating and managing these conditions.\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 30 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- [pages 42,43,44]\nwomen from\nculturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and women\nwith disability.\n• Increase the capacity of the workforce, particularly frequently\naccessed health care practitioners such as: GPs, community\npharmacists, Aboriginal Health practitioners and community\nEducate the broader health workforce health organisations, with tools to provide support and links\nabout indicators that a woman or her to services while ensuring safety as a priority.\nchildren may be experiencing family • Consider specific actions to reduce harm and improve\nand/or sexual violence engagement with the health system, including:\n− Provision of trauma informed care\n− Mother and child-only clinic appointments\n− Flexible arrangements for health service access\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 | | 42 |\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Promote the importance of good • Increase awareness of the link between hypertensive\npreconception health, particularly disorders during pregnancy and risk of cardiovascular\nregarding nutrition, lifestyle and pelvic disease.\nfloor health, for all women who are • Develop and deliver preventive health and awareness\nplanning a pregnancy\nprograms for pelvic floor health.\n• Map family history and previous health experiences for\npreconception and newly pregnant women to understand\nand manage risks for women and their babies.\n• Support health care services, including genetic counsellors,\nEngage with existing whole-of-life involved in preconception and perinatal health care to\npreventive health campaigns to enable women to lower pregnancy and infertility risks.\npromote awareness of pregnancy • Promote awareness of the link between excess weight gain\n Source: `strategies/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf (https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/national-women-s-health-strategy-2020-2030_0.pdf)`\n- Government, sector and industry\nInter-disciplinary collaboration between governments, the health sector and other sectors, including social,\ncommunity and legal sectors will more effectively respond to the priority areas and promote women’s\nhealth\n• Primary Health Networks\n• Governments\n• Health departments and cross-sector agencies\n• Community sector and non-government organisations\n• Research and academic institutions\nReturn to Figure 8\n| National Women’s Health Strategy 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