Contraception Search Filters
Flinders Filters has partnered with Sexual Health & Family Planning Australia (SH&FPA) in a pilot project to develop search filters on topics of prime importance to the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) community. The broader goal of this project was to demonstrate the potential for this quick and reliable form of literature retrieval to improve evidence-based practice and policy development amongst Australian SRH service providers and practitioners.
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The Contraceptive Pill and VTE
The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is increased 2-3 times in users of combined hormonal contraception methods compared to non users. The risk is highest in the first year of use and gradually decreases with duration of use.
VTE with any combined hormonal method of contraception is much less common than VTE in pregnancy and the immediate post partum period. Pills containing levonorgestrel or norethisterone appear to have lower VTE risk.
As a result, Sexual Health & Family Planning Australia recommends use of levonorgestrel and norethisterone pills containing a maximum of 35mcg of ethinyl oestradiol as the first line in women seeking a combined hormonal pill.
Other pills are safe to use where there is a specific potential benefit to the woman or there are side effects to first line pills.
The Therapeutic Goods Act advisory on this matter is available at:
www.tga.gov.au/safety/alerts-medicine-oral-contraceptives-110706.htm
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Senator Claire Moore makes speech about sexual and reproductive health in Australia and the need for increased access to SRH knowledge
On Tuesday 26 February 2013, Senator Claire Moore made a speech to the Australian Senate about sexual and reproductive health in Australia and the need for increased access to SRH knowledge.
A copy of the speech is provided below.
Access to the Contraception Search Filters, as described in Senator Moore's speech, can be accessed via:
http://www.flinders.edu.au/clinical-change/research/flinders-filters/projects/sexual-health-&-family-planning-australia-contraception.cfm
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Proposed changes to pregnancy termination laws in Tasmania
The Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services has released for consultation the draft Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Bill setting out a revised legal framework. Proposed changes include regulating terminations under health laws and removing criminal sanctions for women and doctors. These are to ensure the law is not a barrier to vital reproductive health services and to improve the health and wellbeing of Tasmanian women.
Public comment is invited on the proposed changes and further information is available at
http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/pophealth/womens_health
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Clinical Update for Health Professionals
Bayer Healthcare has sent a fax to GPs advising about a change in the Product Information for Bayer ED combined hormonal contraceptive pills (Microgynon 30 ED, Microgynon 50 ED, Levlen ED, Triquilar ED, Logynon ED, Diane-35 ED and Juliet-35 ED).
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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Sexual and Reproductive Health Symposium - Final Report
The final report from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Sexual and Reproductive Health Symposium is now available.
Click here for a pdf copy of the report.
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SRHR Research Roundtable Report - Now Available |
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