The Health and Wellbeing of Northern Territory Women: From the Desert to the Sea 2005
The Health and Wellbeing of Northern Territory Women: From the Desert to the Sea 2005 Report
- Author(s): Jones, C, Zhang, X, Dempsey, K, Schwarz, N, Guthridge, S
- Published: 2005
- Publisher: Health Gains Planning Branch, Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory
Abstract: The aim of this project was to collate a broad range of information relating to the health and wellbeing of Northern Territory (NT) women into the one report in order to assist policy makers in the development of policies and programs targeting women in the NT. Health related research includes not just measures of ill health but measures such as health determinants (factors influencing health), self-rated health status and a person’s level of functioning, in order to better measure health and wellbeing. This report recognises the social context of health and wellbeing. The report is comprised of six chapters which cover the broad notion of health as described by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the declaration of Alma-Ata as “a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. The report covers the population characteristics of NT women, the social environment in which they live, their pregnancy and childbirth experiences, information on health and health behaviour and available health services.
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- Publisher Location: Darwin