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25.01.2022 If you are aged 20-55, have experienced #fertility problems or fertility treatment, and are interested in sharing your experiences to develop online resources to help others we'd love to hear from you. More info & and online EOI below. https://healthtalkaustralia.org/infertility/about-the-study/

25.01.2022 When becoming pregnant isnt easy - information and support from the Centre for Perinatal Excellence (COPE). https://www.cope.org.au/planning-a-family/happening/

24.01.2022 There are many ways to conceive a baby - to watch, listen to and read Australian parents' stories of conception (including via assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy) and adoption, visit our Emotional Experiences of Early Parenthood online resource. https://healthtalkaustralia.org//experiences-of-conceivin/

23.01.2022 Interesting new research findings about Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) - the ART technique whereby a single sperm is injected into an egg.

22.01.2022 This looks like a great event aimed at raising awareness of birth trauma. Please see details below. https://www.facebook.com/events/241554850477350?__mref=mb

22.01.2022 Excellent essay arguing for the importance of listening to the particular 'expertise' of everyday people in relation to health policy - important at any time, but critical in a pandemic.

22.01.2022 In honour of World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August), we are sharing the varied range of stories of mothers and fathers interviewed for our Early Parenthood online resource about feeding and settling their babies. Not all mothers were able to breastfeed, and so you'll also hear from those who bottle fed, or combined both breast and bottle. https://healthtalkaustralia.org//caring-for-a-baby-feedin/

21.01.2022 Healthtalk Australia is delighted to announce the continuation of our research collaboration on womens reproductive health with Prof Helena Teede and her excellent team at the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI), Monash University. Last week the NHMRC announced that MCHRI's proposal for a Centre for Research Excellence on Womens Health in Reproductive Life (WHIRL) was successful. A five-year, $2.499 million research program led by Prof Teede, CRE-WH...IRL is aimed at improving understanding and knowledge translation in relation to key problems in womens reproductive health Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), infertility and early menopause. HTA's involvement in CRE-WHIRL builds on our existing collaboration with MCHRI through our NHMRC Partnership Project on early menopause, and we look forward to adding to HTA's suite of digital resources on these important health conditions. See more

20.01.2022 Women & gender diverse people AFAB living in Aust aged 20-55 years interested in sharing their experiences of #infertility (incl social infertility) &/or #fertility treatment sought for new study. All backgrounds welcome. See flyer below or *visit* the Healthtalk Australia website (Topics/Infertility/About the Study), *call* (03) 9925 2800 or *email* [email protected]. Pls share widely! @MCHRImonash @SGSC_RMIT

19.01.2022 As Women's Health Week draws to a close, a reminder that we have two digital resources on health and illness experiences that are relevant to women's health - Emotional Experiences of Early Parenthood and Early Menopause - Women's Experiences. Here's a small sample of what you can find on our early #menopause resource. Visit us at healthtalkaustralia.org!

17.01.2022 "...society needs to adapt to the fact that human beings require care when we are children, when we are old, when we are sick rather than our care needs having to be adapted to the rigidities and imperatives of the labour market." Interesting essay drawing on the ideas of European feminists pointing out the limitations inherent in capitalism with respect to the valuing of care.

17.01.2022 Coronavirus (COVID-19) resources in languages other than English available below. Take care everyone.

17.01.2022 Thanks to our friends at DIPEx (Healthtalk) Spain for bringing to our attention this wonderful essay on the importance of health practitioners listening to patients' stories!

17.01.2022 Exciting new PhD opportunity at RMIT's Social & Global Studies Centre - aspiring researchers interested in reproductive / gynaecological health among LGBTQ people assigned female at birth (possibly drawing on Healthtalk Australia's methodology) invited to submit an EOI by 2 Sept & full application by 30 Sept. More info here: https://bit.ly/33s9H04

16.01.2022 It's official!!!! After all the work of the last couple of years, our early menopause website (https://bit.ly/34dLbzx) is finally live! Featuring 30 women and 16 health practitioners on film and audio, a Question Prompt List, fact sheets, and algorithms for clinicians, it is an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to better understand this under-researched & often distressing condition. If you are in Melbourne and would like to come along to the official launch by the Victorian Minister for Women and Youth, the Hon Gabrielle Williams MP next Monday 4 November, a few places are still available! To register go to: https://bit.ly/31XqLJo

16.01.2022 Research team members at launch of Severe Asthma website at the Newcastle Museum tonight

14.01.2022 Sobering research findings from Jane Ussher and colleagues in Sydney. All the women who experienced cancer interviewed for our early menopause study were told about the fertility impacts of treatment and offered fertility preservation. However, for many these were fraught conversations in which women felt forced to make near impossible choices between survival and a chance at future parenthood, and at a highly stressful time when they were very unwell. https://www.smh.com.au//cancer-treatments-can-cause-infert

13.01.2022 Looking forward to hearing from Vrinda Edan from VMIAC, Katherine Boydell from UNSW and Isabela Granic from Radboud University in the Netherlands speak about transforming the mental health research agenda at this RMIT-hosted event this afternoon!

12.01.2022 Mental Health Day is coming up on 10th October. To mark the occasion, the Social & Global Studies Centre at RMIT is hosting an afternoon of conversation on transforming the mental health research agenda. If you are in Melbourne, come along and hear Vrinda Egan (CEO, VMIAC), Katherine Boydell (Black Dog Institute / UNSW) and Isabela Granic (Radboud University, Netherlands) share their ideas. Details below.

11.01.2022 Mask myth-busting!

11.01.2022 In our current study of experiences of #infertility, we are interested in hearing from people with experience of donor conception (whether or not this led to a pregnancy). This article touches on some of the issues people who become pregnant with the help of a donor might like to consider in talking to their child about how they came into the world.

10.01.2022 Our colleagues at Monash are seeking women with PCOS, their partners or carers for a 3-hour discussion panel on #PCOS and lifestyle. Please see details below.

10.01.2022 Our early menopause online resources profiled in Healthdirect Australia's Information Partner newsletter! https://about.healthdirect.gov.au//early-menopause-resourc

09.01.2022 Our early #menopause online resources cover women's stories of both medically induced & spontaneous EM. Produced in partnership with Breast Cancer Network Australia, Counterpart and others.

09.01.2022 Are you a woman with early menopause or premature ovarian insufficiency (POI), or a health practitioner working with women with this condition? Have you seen Healthtalk Australia's new online resource on early menopause? (https://bit.ly/35vbfXL) The resource has 2 parts - one for women and one for health practitioners, featuring video and audio clips from 30 women with EM/POI (spontaneous and following medical treatment) and 16 health practitioners about their experiences and... reflections, with comprehensive wrap-around health information. Other special features include a handy 'Question Prompt List' women can download and take to their next doctor's appointment, and downloadable diagnostic and management algorithms for health practitioners. We invite you to head to the Healthtalk Australia website and take a look around! ** Many thanks to our fabulous partners who helped us develop the resource - NHMRC, NBCF, AMS, BCNA, ESA, Healthdirect Australia, Monash Health and Women's Health Victoria - as well as all our interviewees and Reference Group members!

08.01.2022 Our thoughts are with all Australians contending with bushfire smoke at the moment and particularly those with respiratory conditions or who work or live outdoors - please see below some useful information about face masks and other health precautions from Healthdirect Australia.

07.01.2022 A really nice article picking up on how collective action to #flattenthecurve and slow the spread of COVID-19 can be be seen as shared solidarity in support of population health, and through this support for our community's most vulnerable members and the healthcare workers on the frontline.

07.01.2022 Looking forward to attending this year's AMICRI conference, 'Motherhood in an Age of Neoliberalism & Individualisation' next week in Sydney, and presenting on a chapter from our 2018 book 'Paths to Parenthood'. (Interested Sydneysiders - tickets are still available for the keynote addresses, delivered by a fab line-up - Eva Cox, Andrea O'Reilly, Petra Bueskens & Renata Klein - visit mothering.org.au/conferences for more info.)

07.01.2022 Mental health is a key theme in the work of Healthtalk Australia. Our website includes online resources and personal stories about depression, PND (in our early parenthood resource), severe 'mental illness'*, and experiences of caring for someone with a severe mental illness. For those of you who enjoy reading academic literature, we've also published a raft of papers based on the research behind our online resources. You can check them out at the link below. (NB: our brand n...ew article in 'Medical Humanities' is open access, i.e. free!!) * quotation marks indicate the contested nature of this term. https://healthtalkaustralia.org/publications-presentations/

06.01.2022 Melissa Cunningham's article about our new digital resources on early menopause and featuring Lorena's story out today in The Age and SMH.

06.01.2022 Our severe asthma website is now live! It features 35 people with severe asthma and is a great resource not only for them and their carers family and friends but also healthcare providers and students. The link is https://healthtalkaustralia.org/severe-asthma/overview/

05.01.2022 Expecting a baby and living in Melbourne? This upcoming community talk is by our colleagues at the Monash Centre for Health Research & Implementation who do fabulous research on health and wellbeing in pregnancy.

05.01.2022 Special announcement - DAISY: Depression and Anxiety peer support study. Have you experienced postnatal depression or anxiety? Are you interested in providing t...elephone support to new mothers at risk of postnatal depression or anxiety? Researchers from La Trobe University are conducting a study called DAISY Depression & AnxIety peer Support studY. This study consists of mothers who have previously experienced postnatal depression or anxiety offering mother-to-mother telephone support to mothers of young babies who are at high-risk to develop postnatal depression or anxiety. They are seeking peer support volunteers who have previously experienced (and recovered from) postnatal depression or anxiety. To become a peer support volunteer you will need to attend a 4-hour training session in Melbourne to learn how to provide telephone support. If you are interested in finding out more information or would like to participate in this new telephone-based support study by becoming a peer volunteer, please contact the DAISY study peer volunteer coordinator: Jessica Bee, Email: [email protected]

04.01.2022 New paper out by our collaborators Yeganeh et al at MCHRI Monash - evidence-based guidelines and diagnostic / management algorithms support better care for women with early menopause and premature ovarian insufficiency and are welcome developments. https://bit.ly/2m8ljob

03.01.2022 Australia has produced a world first evidence-based guideline for the diagnosis and management of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This is a fantastic development! Too many women experience long diagnostic delays and problems accessing appropriate treatment:

03.01.2022 How can the health system better support expectant and new fathers? Many of the men interviewed in our Emotional Experiences of Early Parenthood shared their perspectives on this topic, and now you can too - if you are a man who has had, or tried to have a baby in the last 5 years, this survey is for you. (It's from Healthy Male, an Australian government-supported initiative to promote male reproductive and sexual health.)

01.01.2022 We've been a bit quiet on this page of late, but busy working away on a few different things, including our two new studies - one on experiences of infertility and fertility treatment, and one on experiences of borderline personality disorder. We will be submitting our ethics application for our BPD project in the near future, and - all going well - will be advertising for both research participants and representatives for our Reference Group for our infertility project in the even nearer future!