Healthy living A to Z

Safe sex

• Talk soon. Talk often. A guide for parents talking to their kids about sex

School health

• Child development services
• Community child health nurses
• Food for kids
• Head lice
• School health services
• Starting or moving child care, kindergarten or school – immunisation requirements
• Ten top tips for a great start to school
• Treating head lice
• Year 10 school-based immunisation program
• Year 7 school-based immunisation program

Screening

• Cervical cancer
• Cervical screening
• Cervical Screening Test
• Information collected by the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies
• Screening tests in the first 3 months of pregnancy
• Screening tests in the second 3 months of pregnancy
• Tests for pregnant women
• Tests for you and your baby during pregnancy
• Tests for your baby during pregnancy
• Understanding your Cervical Screening Test results
• Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies
• Where can I have a Cervical Screening Test?

Seasonal health

• Emergency treatment of drinking water supplies
• Hazards after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Health effects of heat – who is most at risk?
• Heat
• Heat and what to wear
• Heat and your pets
• Heat health advice
• How to be SunSmart
• In and around your home after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Influenza (flu) vaccine
• Influenza (flu) vaccine for children
• Influenza (flu) vaccine for people aged 65 years and over
• Influenza (flu) vaccine in pregnancy – what expectant mothers need to know
• Managing health conditions during cyclone season
• Minimising the risk of a Legionella infection at home
• Protect yourself from viruses
• Recovering after the flood – clean-up for householders
• Safe use and storage of chemicals for your pool
• Sleeping in very hot weather
• Stay healthy when it's hot – translated fact sheets
• Staying healthy in winter
• Swimming pools and spas
• Tips for keeping your spa or pool healthy
• Wastewater after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Water safety after cyclones, floods and other disasters

Security

• Personal security for your baby

Septic tanks

• Understanding Septic Tank Systems

Sewage

• Sewage spills

Sexual health

• Cervical cancer
• Cervical screening
• Cervical Screening Test
• Condoms
• Contraception
• Contraceptive implants
• Contraceptive pill (the pill)
• Diaphragms
• Emergency contraception
• Fertility awareness (natural family planning)
• Injectable hormonal contraceptive
• Intra-uterine device (IUD)
• Relationships, sex and other stuff
• Safe sex
• Sterilisation
• Talk soon. Talk often. A guide for parents talking to their kids about sex
• Understanding your Cervical Screening Test results
• WA Sexual Health and Blood-borne Viruses Advisory Committee (WA SHaBBVAC)
• Where can I have a Cervical Screening Test?

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

• Contact tracing for sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses
• Giardia infection (giardiasis)
• HIV and AIDS

Shingles

• Shingles vaccine

Sleeping

• Co-sleeping and the risks to your baby’s health
• Safe infant sleeping
• Sleep 0 – 3 months
• Sleep 3 – 6 months
• Sleep 6 months – 3 years
• Sleep and your baby
• Sleeping difficulties

Smoking

• Aboriginal health – did you know about Quitline?
• Aboriginal health – have you thought about quitting the smokes?
• Aboriginal health – information you should know about the no smoking policy in hospitals
• Aboriginal health – protecting your family and friends from second-hand smoke
• Becoming a non-smoker
• Becoming a non-smoker checklist
• Coping with cravings after you quit
• Coping with setbacks after you quit smoking
• Deciding to quit smoking
• Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes)
• Facts about giving up smoking
• Getting ready to quit smoking
• Helping others to quit smoking
• Managing your weight after you have quit smoking
• Passive smoking and your health
• Quitting products
• Quitting smoking checklist
• Smokefree between the flags at patrolled beaches
• Smokefree in vehicles with children
• Smokefree outdoor eating areas
• Smokefree within 10 metres of playground equipment
• Smoking and surgery
• Smoking in public places
• Staying stopped – a guide for people who have recently quit smoking
• Staying stopped – how to cope with difficult times without smoking
• Staying stopped – tips for the tough times
• Staying stopped – tips to help you stay a non-smoker
• Withdrawal symptoms and quitting smoking

Spina bifida

• Information collected by the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies
• Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies

Sterilisation

• Sterilisation

Stigma

• Anger coping strategies
• Assertive communication
• Stigma

Stroke

• Living with a chronic condition
• Men’s health – good physical health for blokes
• Support for people living with a chronic condition
• What Aboriginal men need to know about alcohol
• What Aboriginal women need to know about alcohol

Summer health

• Health effects of heat – who is most at risk?
• Heat
• Heat and what to wear
• Heat and your pets
• Heat health advice
• How to be SunSmart
• Minimising the risk of a Legionella infection at home
• Stay healthy when it's hot – translated fact sheets

Surgery

• Smoking and surgery

Swimming

• Giardia infection (giardiasis)
• How safe are natural waterways?
• Safe use and storage of chemicals for your pool
• Swimming pools and spas
• Tips for healthy swimming
• Tips for keeping your spa or pool healthy

Syringe

• Needle and syringe programs
• Needle and syringe programs in WA
• Safe disposal of needles and syringes
• Treating needlestick injuries
• Where to find needle and syringe programs in WA