Being a Healthy Woman

Summary

This is a book to help women with intellectual disability learn more about their health. It also provides a list of resources on disability for women with intellectual disability, their family members, carers or health care professionals. It can be used as a teaching tool to help women with intellectual disability learn about their health.

This book has been split into 18 small files to accommodate slow download capabilities.

• Acknowledgements and Contents 
• ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU
• BEING HEALTHY AND HAPPY
• HEALTHY EATING
• FEELING SAD AND FEELING HAPPY
• PUBERTY
• HAVING YOUR PERIODS
• GROWING UP
• CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND SEX
• SAFER SEX 
• DECIDING TO BECOME A PARENT 
• BEING PREGNANT 
• HAVING A PAP TEST 
• BREAST HEALTH 
• MENOPAUSE 
• GETTING OLDER 
• GRIEF AND LOSS 
• OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES 

File link: Being a Healthy Woman
File size: 5361Kb
Type: Book
Date of Publication: 01 May 2010
Author Branch: Primary Health & Community Partnerships