Research Reports
2013
Men’s experiences of health and wellbeing during and after Black Saturday evolved from concerns from women and workers about men’s coping, or not coping, after Black Saturday. There is a lack of information in this area globally and nationally, and current disaster risk management practices do not incorporate a specific focus on men in their work with disaster resilience.
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2013
It began in December 2012, aiming to gather the experiences of women aged over 55 from diverse backgrounds across metropolitan and rural areas about how they plan to pay for their own care as they age.
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2012
This report summarizes qualitative data from interviews undertaken with professionals working in Hume region organizations from July to December 2011. Analysis of data is framed around key themes identified in the state wide survey Victorian Rural Women’s Access to Family Planning Survey Report August 2012.
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2011
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2011
Some made the decision to leave early and returned to a community changed physically and emotionally forever. Read the stories of 21 women in Beating The Flames or download our PDF File attached.
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2013
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2008
2009 This is an educational film for health and legal professionals, for women affected by partner rape, for men's groups and for the community.
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2007
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2004
2004
Twelve of the stories are also available on CD. $15 each |
2006
It has inspired us at Women’s Health Goulburn North East to develop the Women Gathering project where, along with local women around the Hume region, we discuss the issues arising from Sally’s publication and, together we’ll work out the best ways for women to get together, get to know each other and keep these new (and old) relationships alive.
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2009
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2011 The Victorian government put out a Green Paper aimed at reforming the State's crisis and emergency management arrangements to create a more disaster resilient and safer Victoria. WHGNE has responded with a submission reflecting the agencies work re: women experiencing bushfire and disaster, including recommendations to improve women-centred and gender sensitive responses.
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2004
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Woman to Woman: Breast Cancer Research to Reality ~ Easier Said than Done?
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2007
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2004
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2002 A project about Sexual Health for Women with an Intellectual Disability. Final Report. This action research project has sought to discover barriers to sexual health and to identify or develop strategies that potentially improve sexual health for women with an intellectual disability. Project worker Kerry Burns 63 pp, 2002.
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2010
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2005
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2008
Six women were interviewed on film by younger Aboriginal women who learnt, that for some Aboriginal people, getting the vote, (some sixty years later than Victorian women), did not seem relevant to their lives.
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WHGNE researchers in partnership with Monash Injury Research Institute (MIRI) spoke with 32 men who experienced the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires to inform future disaster planning.
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This research is a partnership project between Women's Health In the North (WHIN) and Women's Health Goulburn North East (WHGNE) and is supported by an expert Reference Group.
Following the Abortion Law Reform Act brought in in 2008 and working with and alongside the State-wide data collection, WHGNE was keen to capture a snapshot of family planning services available to women in Hume region and to identify gaps in service delivery. 
Two years of collecting and analysing accounts from women and workers affected by Black Saturday has yielded complex and disturbing findings. Social services workers - including police, domestic violence workers, counsellors and recovery workers – shared their knowledge and insight into the effect of the disaster on personal and community relationships. Women themselves have spoken of their experiences of post bushfire violence.
On Black Saturday many women were left alone, often with children, to escape or fight the sudden fires.
Supporting children and young people to develop and maintain healthy, respectful relationships is one of the most effective ways to prevent violence against women before it occurs. To ensure our prevention strategies are responsive and relevant, we wanted to hear from organisations and youth providers and identify ways to support innovative, flexible prevention programs and interventions targeting young people aged 12-25 years.
This is a qualitative research project to hear from women about their experiences of leaving violent situations in the Hume region. Women told us what is useful, as well as what has not been useful to them in seeking help to leave violent situations. 43pp, 2004.
An inspirational read. It is a call to social arms, to reach for the phone, put the kettle on, knock on the neighbour’s door or head to the pub with a friend. 
This report features work that is a partnership between women with disabilities and health practitioners working for health promotion and education. 41p, 2004
This report explores how Aboriginal women experience cancer, with a lens on the rural Hume region of Victoria.
