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MURRAY MALLEE WOMEN'S HEALTH TEAM
Philosophy
The Murray Mallee Women's Health Team believes that every women has the right to reach her physical, mental, emotional and spiritual potential.
Well being is more than the absence of disease and health it is influenced by a range of social, environmental, economic and biological factors.
Services should be affordable, acceptable, accessible and approachable.
To Ensure that services follow social justice principles of equity and access, women are encouraged to participate in decision making about their health services.
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Women's Health Advisory Council
In December 2003, the Minister for Health, the Hon Lea Stevens MP established the first ever Women's Health Ministerial Advisory Council in SA. The new Council will boost the profile and priority of women's health at a very important time in the Government's health reform effort, and work with the Minister to ensure the reform agenda is inclusive of women and women's issues. Marg Brown is a representative of this committee in her role as the national chair of Health Consumers of Rural and Remote Australia.
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"The Public Outcomes Funding Agreement (PHOFA) is currently being renegotiated with the Commonwealth Government. The Rural Women's Health Programs, the prevention of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) program and a number of other public health programs are funded under this program in South Australia. A number of women's groups have been concerned with the omission of references to women's health. The SA Minister for health (the Hon. Lea Stevens) has made strong representations to the Federal Minister for the inclusion of a further PHOFA category 'Promoting Women's Health'. Also of concern is the lack of growth funding provided for breast screening services, which will severely affect the participation rate of women in the target population of 50-69 years.
The Minister has said that she is hopeful of a satisfactory outcome. "I have always enjoyed a good working relationship with my Federal Colleague, the Hon. Tony Abbott MP, and have found him to be responsive to reasonable argument. I urge all women across the political spectrum to present their concerns to the Federal Minister.""Dept. of Health: Reform News July 2004
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Our women's health workers have a broad range of skills that are shared throughout the community. Their work often involves taking part in health awareness campaigns, educational talks, participation in community development projects and support for local community initiatives.
Read further to view a list of the Women's Health Workers within Murray Mallee Community Health Service.
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Women are good at juggling... domestic chores, finances, children, partners, friends, relatives; you name it... Most of the time they can handle life's ups and downs, but sometimes it's easy to lose balance and it becomes too much to handle. How do you keep your balance? Do this quick questionnaire and see how you rate.
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