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The dangers of drinking alcohol during pregnancy are highlighted by International FASD Awareness day (September 9th). Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a term that describes a range of disabilities, birth defects and brain damage that may be caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol. It has been estimated that the prevalence of FASD in Australia [...]
The headspace website is designed for parents, carers, teachers and professionals who work with young people. It deals with a range of issues that affect the youth of today including: Mental Health Drugs and Alcohol Cyberbullying Health and Wellbeing Research and useful links Parents and carers Getting Help Videos The site also features several videos [...]
The recent 63rd United Nations Department of Public Information NGO Conference held in Melbourne focused on improving women and children’s health. “Advancing global health is essential to the Millennium Development Goals, and you are essential to advancing global health,” said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The central concern of Mr. Ban’s opening remarks was the need to [...]
The QLD Government has just released a toolkit Working Together, A toolkit for parents to address bullying aimed at parents and teachers so they are better equipped to deal with bullying. Education and Training Minister Geoff Wilson said “This toolkit for parents complements the toolkit for schools released earlier this year. Most importantly the toolkit [...]
There is an increasing trend for fashion houses to glamorise death. The obsession with beautiful dead women has seen a number of recent ad campaigns idolise death, murder and suicide in women’s fashion. Young girls are being told that you can even look sexy when you are dead. Taking the theme of ‘dead women are [...]
The Australian Institute of Family Studies has published What works with adolescents? - Family connections and involvement in interventions. It outlines information and key areas of concern for the healthy development of adolescents as they grow into adulthood. During adolescence young people have to handle many things at once, it is an incredible time of [...]
At the centre of popular culture lies popular (pop) music, it has always been the music of the next generation, as young people come into their own they begin to express themselves through their clothes, interests, friends and music. In modern times, the mass media has become a major instrument for the spread and dissemination [...]
3.9% of the births in NSW to mothers under 20 years of age 12,326 teenagers gave birth in Australia in 2008 Teenage pregnancies in Australia are on the rise again with an increase of 15% since 2008. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics teenage birth rates in NSW seem to be concentrated around the [...]
Nearly 4 million people nationwide watched the Ben Cousins documentary Such is Life – The troubled times of Ben Cousins. The program detailed his public life as a footballer while leading the secret life of a drug addict. This duplicitous lifestyle finally came to an end when he was arrested in Perth in 2007. Paul [...]
The American Psychological Association (APA) recently formed a task force which produced a report on the sexualisation of girls through the media and other cultural messages. The report also included information for parents, carers and teachers on how they can help young women become aware of the sexualised imagery and messages that are presented by [...]
