Analysis of National Women's Health Policy (Australia, 2010)

This report offers a comprehensive analysis of Australia's National Women's Health Policy (2010), focusing on its policy solutions, effectiveness, and social implications. The report begins with an introduction to the policy's goals, which include improving the health and welfare of women, particularly those at high risk. It examines the policy's dual priority approach, which addresses both immediate and long-term health challenges, and considers various structural, lifestyle, and social factors influencing women's health. The report then evaluates the policy's effectiveness by examining its implementation, accountability processes, and evaluation measures. It highlights the policy's focus on addressing health inequities, ensuring access to healthcare services, and preventing and treating diseases. The analysis considers the policy's impact on health promotion, human rights, and the development of national infrastructure to improve public health and primary care. In conclusion, the report underscores the significance of the National Women's Health Policy (2010) in addressing the unique healthcare needs of women and improving their health outcomes.

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HEALTH PROMOTION AND POLICY
AUGUST 8, 2019
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Introduction
The major purpose of the National Women's Health Policy 2010 of government is to
improve welfare as well as health of the females in Australia, particularly persons at the great
risk for bad health condition. In following parts, the women’s health policy, the policy solutions
as well as its effectiveness is discussed and critically examined.
Policy solutions
The National Women's Health Policy (2010) was made as the guide for upcoming twenty
years to improve the the health and welfare of the females in Australia. After launching
National Women's Health Policy (2010), Australia became a nation to have the wide-ranging
policy on the health of females. This policy is proposed to render the framework for making the
decisions in the mainstream as well as separate health services for the females (Santelli, et. al,
2017).
Further, the National Women's Health Policy (2010) follows dual priority method that
identifies the significance of stating the instant as well as upcoming challenges related to health.
It also adopts the method to address the fundamental manners where the society is organised that
influences are made on health and welfare of the females (Meurk, et. al, 2016). It states the
identical priorities of:
1. Establishing and keeping health services as well as prevention programmes for treating
and avoiding the diseases by aiming at health issues that would have great influence on
upcoming two decades, and

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2. Aiming to state the health inequities by the broad reforms stating social factors of health
In addition, National Women's Health Policy (2010) is contained 3 major factors. Initially,
various structural components involve the public interferences to establish, sustain, and reinforce
the financial, social, traditional, as well as political factors. The second element is the lifestyle
determination that involves the interventions whose targets are group of people and they put
focus on modifications in lifestyle and conducts. These factors are more controllable. On the
other hand, the structural elements are simpler to manage. Further, the third element of the
national health plan is social that render the connection between structural components and
lifestyle (Raifman, et. al, 2017).
Effectiveness
Over the previous periods, the government has initiated steps towards the advancing
health of females in line with commitment created in key conferences. The health policy of
females requires to be grounded in correct research as well as data. The policy should ensure that
the policies and laws have the direct bearings on the understanding of health as well as human
rights by girls and women, including on sexual and procreative health and rights. The policy also
ensures that the national as well as sub-national legal policy must be associated with identified
standards of human rights. As per the policy, the nation should develop or strengthen mechanism
to apply the standards (Cyril, Smith & Renzaho, 2015).
Another key focus in tackling the remaining gaps must be the persistent inequalities as
well as inequity in the convenience and the health system’s quality through and in nations. The

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policy should ensure that the health systems would involve the emergency obstetric as well as
new-borns care, and stronger ability at the subordinate level for treating the difficulties of
childbirth, with effective referral from the communities along with first levels. It is required to
make sure by the policy that the process of abortion will be good for females. This policy is also
helpful in preventing as well as treating the sexually transmitted infections and HIV in females
(Eime, et. al, 2015). The current pattern of this health policy focus on the development of the
national infrastructure that may largely influence assets as well as prospective of public health
along with primary care.
Conclusion
As per the above analysis, it can be concluded that the female experience
unique health care issues and are more likely to be diagnosed with the diseases in comparison of
men. In this way, it is clear that National Women's Health Policy (2010) is very effective to
recover the health of females.

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