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When it comes to health concerns, every woman has an elephant in the room. Women often don't take the time to ask questions, seek out credible information and work out a sound plan of action. Well this week is Women's Health Week and it's time to talk.
The Jean Hailes Women's Health Week 2015 (7-11 September) aims to eradicate elephants in the room. Across five days, Women's Health Week will be online and on-the-ground, giving women across Australia the chance to learn more about their health and hear about issues they might not usually discuss.
Women's Health Week launched yesterday at womenshealthweek.com.au and at a variety of live public events in Sydney and Melbourne. Every day a variety of new articles, videos, podcasts, recipes, tools and other resources will be made available on the website and women are encourage to attend some of the many events happening around the country.
Each day of the week has a different theme, driven by insights from the more than 3,300 women and health professionals who completed a comprehensive Jean Hailes survey this year about what women worry about and what they'd like to hear about when it comes to their health.
The survey showed that the top four health issues women worry about are: mental and emotional health (11 per cent), healthy living (19 per cent), cancer (11 per cent) and heart health (five per cent).
The survey also showed that while women know a lot about some aspects of health such as, depression, anxiety, sexual health and how to make healthy lifestyle choices, they lack good information on other topics, such as how to recognise the symptoms of heart attack and where to go for information on domestic violence.
The survey also revealed that the most common barriers to women being healthier are time and lack of motivation, with money coming in a close third.
According to Jean Hailes Executive Director Janet Michelmore, Women's Health Week aims to plug the gaps in knowledge about women's health issues and raise the profile of common medical conditions.
"This is a great opportunity for women to find out what they need to know, what they want to know and what's not being talked about," she said.
To learn more and to register for this free event visit www.womenshealthweek.com.au
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