Women in midlife are an important but often overlooked audience for public health initiatives designed to improve contraception knowledge and use. Results from the 2024 National Women’s Health Survey show that only around half of women aged 45 to 50 have good overall knowledge about contraception.
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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.
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