Know Your Health: Fertility and reproduction
This is a booklet for people who want to know more about: *Menstruation or periods *How a woman get's pregnant *Fertility or infertility
Caesarean Section Information Booking Brochure
Information for pregnant women on caesarean section
Information for survivors of child sexual abuse
The antenatal and postnatal periods are a high risk time for many women with a history of child sexual abuse. This resource aims to provide information to women to support them during these periods, and to facilitate access to appropriate services.
Postnatal Cue Cards
Cue cards as a paper resource for CALD women, Midwives and Doctors to use on the postnatal ward when an interpreter is unavailable
Healthy Horizons
The Healthy Horizons online platform aims to support migrant and refugee women to better understand their health. The information available in English, Mandarin and Arabic describes common women's health conditions, provides health tips, and helps women navigate the Australian healthcare system.
Breastfeeding tips for new mothers
It covers the basics of breastfeeding, how and when to feed the baby, explains the normal breast changes and what is not normal when breastfeeding.The resource also provides the contact numbers on where to get help when needed. The resource have been translated in the following languages: Mongolian, Nepalese, Bengali, Indonesian and Thai.
Reducing third and fourth degree perineal tears
Reducing third and fourth degree perineal tears information sheet for women developed by Women’s Healthcare Australasia. The information sheet aims to encourage shared decision making, informing women about their risk of a tear and what can be done to reduce their chance of experiencing a third or fourth degree tear. The information is designed to be given to women at an antenatal appointment between 30-36 weeks. It has been developed by a consumer working group with medical and midwifery input.
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
23 translations of the EPDS have been recently checked, revised or back-translated and then reformatted (by Western Sydney translation service) onto the NSW Health eMR form to enable clinicians better access to validated versions (via a URL link). These translations will be stored on MHCS website and clinicians will be directed to this ‘one-stop shop’ source of translations. This will significantly improve consistent use of validated translations. Currently, there is only one outdated Western Australian published collection of EPDS translations. There are also translated versions (Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Filipino, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Macedonian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese) on the MHCS website however their origin and validity are unknown, and the eMR template is not correct.
Antenatal
These parenting booklets were developed by the Cultural Adaptation of Healthy Beginnings Team to reduce early risks for childhood obesity. These booklets provide useful information to support breastfeeding, tummy time, healthy infant feeding practices, sleep and mother's well-being. Eight booklets are available on this site, four each for Chinese and Arabic versions (antenatal stage, 0-2 months, 2-4 months, 4-6 months).
0-2 Months A Healthy Beginning for Your Baby from Birth
These parenting booklets were developed by the Cultural Adaptation of Healthy Beginnings Team to reduce early risks for childhood obesity. These booklets provide useful information to support breastfeeding, tummy time, healthy infant feeding practices, sleep and mother's well-being. Eight booklets are available on this site, four each for Chinese and Arabic versions (antenatal stage, 0-2 months, 2-4 months, 4-6 months).