{"id":11725,"date":"2020-12-14T17:26:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T06:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herheart.org\/?p=11725"},"modified":"2020-12-14T17:26:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T06:26:22","slug":"women-are-too-busy-for-health-checks-womens-health-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/women-are-too-busy-for-health-checks-womens-health-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Women are too busy for health checks \u2013 Women\u2019s Health 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australian women are busier than before COVID, coping with additional challenges including working from home, home schooling and not having enough time to attend medical appointments for health checks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean Hailes have just launched Australia\u2019s largest \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeanhailes.org.au\/research\/womens-health-survey\/survey2020\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">women\u2019s health research<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which includes responses from over 9000 women about their health needs and behaviours over the past year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 31% of women aged 25-44 said they did not have enough time to attend appointments for health checks and one in three reported that their health was worse than before COVID and a similar number reported feeling anxious. Women aged 18-44 were the most likely to find healthcare unaffordable or difficult to access. Access or the availability of healthcare was the biggest issue for women living in rural and remote areas. Other areas affecting women\u2019s health includes loneliness, physical and mental health, reproductive and maternal health, intimate partner violence and the impact of COVID-19 and bushfires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affordability of healthcare was an issue for many where one third of women with a disability said they could not afford healthcare. This was true for LGBTIQ women with 24% reporting greater difficulty in affording healthcare compared to non-LGBTIQ women. They were also twice more likely to experience discrimination in accessing healthcare than non-LGBTIQ women. Generally, women reported experiencing discrimination in accessing healthcare (one in six) with the highest proportion reported in women aged 25-44.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/487391238\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">launched<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the 8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> December 2020 by the Federal Health Minister, the Hon Greg Hunt, who said the sobering and powerful findings although not a surprise will inform Government of our next steps for women\u2019s health to 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across all age groups, the preferred ways of receiving information were via website (67.7%), face-to-face (67.7%) and fact sheets (57.5%). The top 3 topics that women wanted more information about were anxiety, weight management and healthy eating. Social media, videos and apps were preferred over booklets in women aged 18-24, while women aged 65+ preferred face-to-face education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is a telling snapshot of what is happening with women\u2019s health and wellbeing across Australia\u201d, said Jean Hailes CEO, Janet Michelmore AO. She also said, \u201cwe now want women to take time for themselves-take time for their health\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian women are busier than before COVID, coping with additional challenges including working from home, home schooling and not having enough time to attend medical appointments for health checks. Jean Hailes have just launched Australia\u2019s largest \u00a0women\u2019s health research\u00a0which includes responses from over 9000 women about their health needs and behaviours over the past year. 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