Students

There are a huge range of sites on the Internet which provide information suitable for student assignment purposes. We have chosen sites which have full text information on the topics addressed in our student factsheets. Many of the resources referenced in the factsheets are linked to here. Please note that Adobe Acrobat Reader software is required to view PDF files. It can be downloaded for free from Adobe.

Australian Bureau of Statistics

http://www.abs.gov.au/
The ABS is Australia's official statistical organisation. Their website provides a statistical summary of Australia, which includes interesting data on health. The site also features excerpts from publications, categorised by topic headings. Summaries of resources referred to in our student website factsheets include:

• National Health Survey - Summary of Results, Australia - 2004-5
• Crime and Safety, Australia 2002
• National Nutrition Survey: Selected Highlights, Australia 1995
• National Nutrition Survey: Nutrient Intakes and Physical Measurements 1995
• Recorded Crime- Victims, Australia
• - Births, Australia2004
• Year Book Australia 2005
• Unpaid Work and the Australian Economy
• Mental Health and Wellbeing: Profile of Adults, Australia
• Use of Routinely Collected National Data Sets for Reporting on Induced Abortion in Australia

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

http://www.aihw.gov.au
The AIHW is Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information. The vast majority of AIHW publications published since 1996 can be viewed in full text online. The site has a list of all health publications published. Resources referred to in our student website factsheets include:

• Assisted Conception, Australia and New Zealand - 2003 (PDF)
• Australian Health Trends - 1995
• Australia's Young People- Their Health and Wellbeing 2003
• Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Australia 1996-1997
• Breast Cancer in Australian Women 1921-1994
• Burden of Disease and Injury in Australia
• Cancer in Australia - 2000, 2001
• Cervical Screening in Australia 2001-2002
• National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2004
• Older Australians at a Glance 2002

Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care

http://www.health.gov.au
Resources referred to in our student website factsheets include:

• Summary of the National Women's Health Policy: Advancing Women's Health in Australia
• Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
• Cigarette Smoking Among Women In Australia

Queensland Government

http://www.qld.gov.au/
Resources referred to in our student website factsheets include:

• Breast Cancer and BreastScreen Queensland: Information Circular 48
• Cervical Cancer and the Queensland Cervical Screening Program: Information Circular 49
• Cancer Among People Living in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities in Queensland: Information Circular 54
• Health Determinants: Chapter Three, Young People
• Profile Queensland Women: A Statistical Snapshot

National Centre In HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Researc

http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/nchecr/
The Centre is one of the leading medical research centres in the area of HIV/AIDS. The site includes an annual surveillance report which provides current information on the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections in Australia.

For links to sites on specific health topics see our Other Sites page.This webpage contains links to other web sites which are external to Women’s Health Queensland Wide. Although Women’s Health Queensland Wide takes reasonable care in selecting linking web sites, it is the responsibility of the user to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information contained in linked external web sites. Users of links provided by this site are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the site they visit. Linkage to external web sites should not be taken to be an endorsement or a recommendation by Women’s Health Queensland Wide and the opinions expressed at linked external web sites do not necessarily reflect those of Women’s Health Queensland Wide.

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Last Modified: March 22, 2006