Health information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Find out which health checks you may need and when to get them today.
Our Melbourne CBD clinic provides specialist women’s healthcare services.
Our free, expert-developed, online menopause courses are designed to boost your confidence and meet your CPD requirements.
Most Australian women of reproductive age want to avoid pregnancy right now. While many plan to have children later, others are unsure. Equitable access to reproductive health care, including contraception, is essential to support informed choices about if and when to try to become pregnant.
This report is one of a series from the 2024 National Women’s Health Survey, a representative survey of Australian women aged 18 to 50 years old. The Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has funded Jean Hailes for Women’s Health to conduct the annual National Women’s Health Survey since 2017.
This information has been reviewed by clinical experts and is based on the latest evidence.
Our content review process ensures our health information is accurate, trustworthy, current and useful.
We regularly check our information to make sure it reflects the latest clinical guidelines and key findings from large, reliable studies.
Where possible, we focus on Australian research to make our information more relevant locally.
Experts play a key role in reviewing our content. Clinicians at Jean Hailes check information for accuracy and real‑world relevance. These include GPs, gynaecologists, endocrinologists, psychologists and allied health professionals.
We also work with partner organisations, independent specialists and people with lived experience to make sure our content reflects both expert knowledge and the experiences of the community.