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Data share: Mothers and their Children's Health study

29/06/2023

Intergenerational data from the Mothers’ and their Children’s Health (MatCH) substudy is now available free of charge to approved researchers.

Prolonged Intimate Partner Violence puts children at risk

25/05/2023

Repeated exposure to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) puts children at higher risk of behavioural problems

Women with satisfying relationships tend to have fewer chronic illnesses

22/02/2023

Women who have quality relationships in their 40s and 50s are less likely to develop multiple chronic conditions in older age.

Women’s health experts appointed to tackle ‘medical misogyny’

31/01/2023

ALSWH Directors appointed as members of the new National Women’s Health Advisory Council which will bring together diverse expertise to examine the unique challenges that women and girls experience in the health system.

National plan to end violence against women and girls

21/10/2022

ALSWH's research expertise and over 25 years of data on the prevalence and impact of violence against women have informed the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children. ALSWH was the first study to show the significant long-term physical and mental health impacts of domestic violence using longitudinal data, and we have advocated…

Women who experienced childhood sexual violence twice as likely to have experienced violence as an adult

31/08/2022

New research reveals that the prevalence of sexual violence against women in Australia is much higher than previously considered. Findings from a new ANROWS project led by researchers from the University of Newcastle, A life course approach to determining the prevalence and impact of sexual violence in Australia: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on…

The psychological toll of fertility issues lasts for years, even if women conceive

22/07/2022

Fertility problems affect 1 in 6 Australian couples. Half of women with fertility issues experienced psychological distress.

Recurrent pregnancy loss linked to increased stroke risk later in life

23/06/2022

Women with a history of miscarriage and stillbirth have a higher risk of stroke in later life, according to University of Queensland research.

Migrant voices needed for Australia’s largest study on women’s health

03/05/2022

Women who volunteered their information could help make a difference to the healthcare guidelines, policies and services that supported their communities.

Endometriosis can end women’s careers and stall their education. That’s everyone’s business

29/03/2022

There’s a high chance that women surgically diagnosed with endometriosis will leave the workforce.