Australians’ mental health has suffered terribly during COVID. They need to know what the plan is for a future pandemic.
- Senior Research Fellow, Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Electronic baby simulators given to schoolgirls as part of a sex education program may make teenage girls more, not less, likely to become pregnant, a new Australian study has found.
Women should not be blamed for getting pregnant accidentally, because factors outside their control are frequently at play.
Few Australian women use long-acting reversible contraception, despite its advantages over other methods. These contraceptives offer women long-term, cost-effective, “fit-and-forget” contraception.
Fear-based messages from practitioners and awareness campaigns encourage perfectionism and unwarranted personal responsibility for events over which new mums may have little control.
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