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- Pregnancy and diet.
- Sex - are you ready.
- Sex education - talking to young people.
- Teenage health.
- Teenage pregnancy.
- Teenagers - sexual behaviour.
- Teenagers - sexual knowledge.
Related information on other websites
Child and Youth Health, South Australia.
Centre for Adolescent Health.
The Woman's (Royal Womans Hospital Melbourne).
Family Planning Victoria.
Rural Women’s Network
Support groups
References used for this fact sheet
- Pregnancy – options, Parenting and Child Health, South Australian Government. More information here.
- Teenage pregnancy, Women’s Health Queensland Wide.More information here.
- Adoption and permanent care services in Victoria, Children, Youth and Families, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Births, Australia, 2008, Australian Bureau of Statistics. More information here.
- Secondary students and sexual health, 2008, Monograph Series No. 70, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University. More information here.
- Understanding women’s experiences of unplanned pregnancy and abortion, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia. More information here.
- Alcohol and drugs in pregnancy, Women's Alcohol and Drug Service, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne. More information here.
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