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Being a Healthy Woman

Being a Healthy Woman is a book which provides information on a range of health topics. It is specifically designed for women with an intellectual disability, their support workers and carers to help communication with health professionals.

The sections and topics of the book are:

• Acknowledgements and Contents
• Asking Questions about You
• Being Healthy and Happy
• Healthy Eating
• Feeling Sad and Feeling Happy
• Puberty
• Having Your Periods
• Growing Up
• Close Relationships and Sex
• Safer Sex
• Deciding to Become a Parent
• Being Pregnant
• Having a Pap Test
• Breast Health
• Menopause
• Getting Older
• Grief and Loss
• Other Helpful Resources

Click on the text above to view individual chapters or click here to view the whole book.

To view a flyer of the book – click here.

Funded by NSW Health and produced by the Centre for Education and Research (University of Sydney) and Family Planning New South Wales after extensive consultation with women with intellectual disability, GP’s and other medical specialists, academic researchers and health promotion officers, carers and support workers.