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Birth and pregnancy Pamphlets

Ultrasound scans during pregnancy
This pamphlet includes information on what ultrasound is used for, the benefits and ethical and medical concerns, experts' views and useful contact groups

Vitamin K does my new baby need it?
This pamphlet gives information to help you make a decision about whether to give Vitamin K to your new baby. It explains the benefits and the possible risks.

Third Stage of Labour
This pamphlet gives information to help women make an informed choice about physiological care or active management of the third stage of labour.

Midlife Pamphlets

Move it or Lose it - A guide to exercise for women at mid-life and after
A guide to exercise for women at mid-life and after. This pamphlet contains sensible exercise advice for Womens Health Action Trust

Help for hot flushes
This pamphlet includes information on nutrition, exercise, herbs, homeopathy, acupuncture, supplements, hormone replacement therapy, triggers for hot flushes and self-help hints from women who have attended our workshops

Hormone Replacement Therapy or HRT

BreastScreen Aotearoa More about breast screening and the National Breast Screening Programm

Mammography - all about breast cancer screening

You and Your Health Records - Your Rights Under the Privacy Act

Recommended Medical Investigations & Treatments for Fibroids Information for women

Recommended Medical Investigations and Treatments for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding - Information for Women

Ultrasound scans during pregnancy - Produced by Womens Health Action (WHA)

This pamphlet provides information to help parent's s make decisions about ultrasound scans in pregnancy. It is regularly updated based on medical and research findings. The most recent update was in 2007

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Contents

• What is ultrasound?
• When is routine ultrasound screening carried out?
• What is ultrasound used for?
  • Routine Screening
  • Social Uses of Ultrasound
  • Medical Uses of Ultrasound
  • Fetal Nuchal Translucency (NT) Screening
• Benefits of ultrasound
• Concerns about ultrasound
• Ultrasound scans during pregnancy
• Ethical concerns about ultrasound
• Women's reactions to ultrasound
• What the experts say about routine ultrasound
• Useful contact groups
• References

 

Vitamin K does my new baby need it? - Produced by WHA

This pamphlet gives information to help youmake a decision about whether to give Vitamin K to your new baby. It explains the benefits and the possible risks.

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Contents

• Vitamin K - does my new baby need it?
• IT'S YOUR CHOICE
• What is Vitamin K?
• What is Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB)?
• Which babies are at risk of VKDB?
• What about Vitamin K in breast milk?
• What about Vitamin K in infant formula milk?
• So why give extra Vitamin K to babies?
• How is Vitamin K given?
• Is Vitamin K safe?
• Vitamin K by mouth or injection?
• WHat about natural alternatives?
• Signs of VKDB
• What NZ Health Professionals recommend
• Key Points
• References

 

Third Stage of Labour - Making an informed choice about physiological care or active management - Produced by WHA

This pamphlet gives information to help women make an informed choice about physiological care or active management of the third stage of labour.

Contents:

• Active management or physiological care?
• The third stage of labour
• Physiological care of the third stage of labour
• Active management of the third stage of labour
• Routine active management
• Possible risks of active management
• Assessing the evidence
• Delayed cord-clamping
• Important things to consider
• Things to discuss with your midwife or doctor

 

 

 

 

Move it or Lose it - A guide to exercise for women at mid-life and after- Produced by WHA

A guide to exercise for women at mid-life and after. This pamphlet contains sensible exercise advice for Women.

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Contents:

• The more we meed it, the less we do it
• Golden rules for mid-life women
• Burn off the kilos
• Live longer, live better
• How much is enough
• What kind of exercise
• Where to go

Help for hot flushes- Produced by WHA

This pamphlet includes information on nutrition, exercise, herbs, homeopathy, acupuncture, supplements, hormone replacement therapy, triggers for hot flushes and self-help hints from women who have attended our workshops

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Contents:

• Nutrition
• Exercise
• Herbs
• Homeopathy
• Acupuncture
• Acupressure
• Supplements
• Hormone replacement therapy
• Other drug treatments
• The right clothes - day and night
• Triggers for hot flushes
• Self-help hints from women attending our workshops
• Further reading about menopause
• For help finding a therapist or natural healer

Heart Health for women at mid-life and after - a guide to understanding and preventing cardiovascular disease - Produced by WHA

A guide to understanding and preventing cardiovascular disease. This pamphlet includes basic heart facts, information on cardiovascular deaths in NZ women, menopause and heart disease, prevention, hormone replacement therapy and risk factors as well as good news about heart

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Contents:

• Heart disease - not just a male problem
• Heart disease in New Zealand
• Basic heart facts
• Cardiovascular deaths in New Zealand women
• Gender politics of heart disease
• Menopause and heart disease
• Preventing heart disease
• Risk factors for cardiovascular disease
• Hormone replacement therapy and heart disease
• Want to know more about your risk of heart disease
• good news about hearts
• Change what you eat
• get those thighs and buttocks moving
• references
• what about alcohol

Hormone Replacement Therapy or HRT- Produced by WHA

Free in New Zealand - order form

• New Information about hormone repacement Therapy or HRT
• What is HRT?
• Menopause
• A snapshot of the Women's Health Initiative study
• How long is it safe to use HRT?
• How to come off HRT?
• Breast cancer and mammography
• Vaginal dryness
• Recommendations about HRT from the New Zealand Guidelines Group
• Other information about HRT
• Alternatives for hot flushes
• Key Points
• To keep healthy at mid-life
• For more information

Cervical Screening: A Guide for Women in New Zealand -Produced by The National Screening Unit

This booklet is available free throughout New Zealand/Aotearoa from The National Screening Unitand available online at: http://www.nsu.govt.nz/Files/NCSP/NCSPdetailedbooklet.pd

Introduction
Section One - Having a cervical smear test
What is cervical screening?
How often should you have a cervical smear test?
Benefits of three-yearly cervical screening
When should you have cervical smear tests more often?
Who should have cervical smear tests?
Where do you go for cervical smear tests?
Where can you find a female cervical smear taker?
Having a cervical smear test if you are disabled
How much will a cervical smear test cost?
When should you have a cervical smear test?
How is a cervical smear test done?
How do you know when your next cervical smear test is due?
When and how will you get the results of your cervical smear tests?
How effective is a cervical smear test?
Testing of cervical smear samples
Results of cervical smear tests
What does an abnormal result mean?
Colposcopy
Treatment for abnormal cervical cells
Section Two - Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer
What causes cervical cell changes and cervical cancer?
Cervical cancer in New Zealand
Section Three - The National Cervical Screening Programme
The National Cervical Screening Programme
The National Cervical Screening Programme Register
How can you tell if the National Cervical Screening Programme is working well?
Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights
How do you make a complaint about any part of the programme?
Privacy Code
Glossary

Recommended Medical Investigations & Treatments for Fibroids Information for women - Prepared by Women's Health Action for the National Health Committee. July 2001

This pamphlet is currently only available online by clicking on the following link http://www.nzgg.org.nz/download/files/Fibroids_pamphlet.pdf

Includes:

• What are fibroids?
• What causes fibroids?
• Symptoms of fibroids
• Diagnosing fibroids
• Methods of diagnosing fibroids
• Treatment of fibroids
• Medical treatments
• Medical treatments that don't work
• Surgical treatments
• New treatments - surgical and non-surgical
• Complementary treatments
• Glossary
• Further information

This pamphlet has been endorsed by the RANZCOG and the RNZCGP.
This pamphlet, based on the NHC Guidelines has been prepared by Women's Health Action for the National Health Committee. July 2001

Recommended Medical Investigations and Treatments for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding - Information for Women - Prepared by Women's Health Action for the National Health Committee. March 1999

This pamphlet is currently only available online by clicking on the following link:
http://www.nzgg.org.nz/guidelines/0032/HMB_consumer.pdf

Includes:

• Introduction
• Diagnosis & Investigations
• Effective Treatments for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
  • medical treatments
  • surgical treatments
• Flow chart for medical management
• Glossary
• Further Information

This pamphlet has been endorsed by the RANZCOG and the RNZCGP.
This pamphlet, based on the NHC Guidelines has been prepared by Women's Health Action for the National Health Committee. March 1999

BreastScreen Aotearoa More about breast screening and the National Breast Screening Programme - Produced by the National Screening Unit

This booklet is available free throughout New Zealand/Aotearoa from The National Screening Unit and available online at:http://www.healthed.govt.nz/uploads/docs/HE10107.pdf

Contents:

• Breast cancer in New Zealand
• What are Mammograms?
• What Mammograms can achieve
• Benefits of mammography for women 50 and over
• The National Breast Screening Programme
• Mammography for women who are not part of the programme
• Limitations and risks of screening
• Techniques of diagnosing cancer
• What happens if a cancer is found?
• What causes breast cancer
• Breast Self Help
• Examination by a Doctor
• References

Health Information Check-Up "Know your Privacy Rights) - Produced by the Privacy Commissioner

This pamphlet is available free throughout New Zealand/Aotearoa from the Privacy Commissioner and available online at: http://www.privacy.org.nz/assets/Files/84346355.pdf

This brochure outlines your rights under the Health Information Privacy Code. The Code controls how your medical records are handled.
Doctors, nurses, specialists and other health professionals are generally very careful to make sure your personal details are kept safe. Knowing your rights means you can do a health information check-up.

 

Contents:

• What is health Information?
• Does it have to be kept safe?
• Who gets to see my health information?
• Can I see it?
• What if my health information is wrong?
• What if I'm not happy?
• The Health Information Privacy Code
• Questions and Answers