Contraception - Condoms For Women
It is important to practice safe sex. The female condom is a barrier method that decreases the risk of STIs for both women and their partners. Other types of barrier protection include male condoms and dams (a thin piece of latex placed over the ... [... more]
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Syphilis
Syphilis is a sexually transmissible infection (STI) caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum and can affect both men and women. Since 2002, the number of people with infectious syphilis in Victoria has increased steadily, with the rate of ... [... more]
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Body Image Issues For Women
A poor body image can promote an unhealthy lifestyle. The urge to diet or use other potentially dangerous weight loss methods (such as fasting, smoking or laxatives) is almost always prompted by feeling unhappy with body shape or size. It is well ... [... more]
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Hiv And Women - Having Children
The in vitro fertilisation (IVF) technique called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) can achieve pregnancy with a low risk of HIV transmission. The partner's sperm is washed to remove infected fluid and cells. A number of the woman's eggs ... [... more]
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Domestic Violence - Why Men Abuse Women
Self-talk and time out - the man is taught how to recognise individual signs of anger, and how to use strategies like self-talk and time out. A man can use self-talk messages, such as 'Anger will not solve this problem', to remind himself to ... [... more]
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Domestic Violence And Women With Disabilities
The various agencies that help people with disabilities aren't cross-referenced as thoroughly as they could be, which creates service gaps. For example, a woman might be referred back and forth between two agencies, such as sexual assault ... [... more]
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Hiv And Women - Safe Sex
Oral sex with either a man or woman is considered a 'low risk' activity for transmission of HIV. However the risk increases when people have cuts or sores in their mouth or on their lips, or have recently brushed their teeth and gums or flossed ... [... more]
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Pap Tests And Older Women
A doctor or nurse takes a sample of cells from the surface of the cervix and smears them onto a glass slide. A small number of Pap tests show changes in the cells of the cervix, but most of these changes are caused by HPV infection which usually ... [... more]
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Pap Tests For All Women
Every woman between 18 and 69 years of age who has ever had sex should have a Pap test every two years. Regular Pap tests (also called a Pap smear) save more than 1,200 women from developing cervical cancer each year, because the test detects ... [... more]
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Domestic Violence - Services For Women
Many different organisations provide refuges or emergency housing for women and children leaving domestic violence situations. Some need to have secret locations to protect women from threats by partners. Living in secret locations can have ... [... more]
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Pap Tests And Women With Disabilities
The Pap test, or cervical screening, is our best protection against cervical cancer. The Pap test is a quick and simple test used to check for changes to the cells of the cervix that may lead to cervical cancer. All women between the ages of 18 ... [... more]
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Body Image For Men And Women
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