Driving better sexual and reproductive health outcomes for women through primary care

We innovate strategies to ensure the Australian primary care workforce adequately addresses women's sexual and reproductive health needs, including trialling alternative service delivery methods to enhance accessibility, particularly in rural and regional areas.

Understanding the needs and preferences of women is important when co-designing interventions that can help women achieve their individual reproductive goals.

Health data sets are useful in gaining insights into the state of women's sexual and reproductive health in Australia and identifying gaps in health care provision.

Researchers have identified key gaps in the RACGP’s latest Red Book, warning that Australia’s primary care guidelines for preconception care overlook several important elements that are recognised internationally.

A five-minute test developed by Queensland researchers could transform the time it takes to diagnose and treat endometriosis, potentially reducing years spent in chronic pain and improving fertility outcomes for thousands of women.

The South Australian government is promising greater pain relief for women having an IUD inserted. The election commitment was made 12 months after a parliamentary inquiry laid out a raft of issues women had accessing appropriate healthcare. 

Australia prides itself on having one of the world’s best universal healthcare systems. Medicare is often held up as a defining national achievement – comprehensive, equitable, and available to all who need it.

For all the talk about Gen Z and celibacy, there’s not much attention given to the many young people who actually are having sex. Research suggests STI rates are rising among younger cohorts, and that safe sex practices like using condoms, regular testing and contraception, may be declining.

Reproductive coercion poses serious risks to health and wellbeing, yet remains poorly recognised in general practice, according to new Monash University research.