Patient Resources
Here at North Sydney General Practice, we want to keep you as informed as possible. To help you we’ve put together a list of useful resources:
The Royal Children’s Hospital – Centre for Adolescent Health
www.rch.org.au/cah/
NSW Centre for Advancement of Adolescent Health
www.caah.chw.edu.au
Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
www.allergy.org.au
Cancer Council Australia
www.cancer.org.au
Breast Cancer Network Australia
www.bcna.org.au
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
www.prostate.org.au
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
www.petermac.org
Bowel Cancer Australia
www.bowelcanceraustralia.org/bca/
Heart Foundation
www.heartfoundation.com.au
National Cholesterol Education Program Australia
www.ncepa.com.au
Family Planning NSW
www.fpnsw.org.au
DermNet New Zealand
www.dermnetnz.org
Skin Cancer College of Australia
www.skincancercollege.org
National Psoriasis Foundation
www.psoriasis.org
Occupational Dermatology Research and Education Centre
www.occderm.asn.au
Alcoholics Anonymous Australia
www.aa.org.au
Quitline
www.quitnow.info.au
Diabetes Australia
www.diabetesaustralia.com.au
The Australian Thyroid Foundation
www.thyroidfoundation.com.au
The Gastroenterological Society of Australia
www.gesa.org.au
Crohn’s and Colitis Australia
www.acca.net.au
Coeliac Australia |
www.coeliac.org.au
IBIS Irritable Bowel Information & Support Association of Australia
www.ibis-australia.org
Alzheimer’s Australia
www.alzheimers.org.au
Ageing Well
www.ageingwell.org.au
National Ageing Research Institute (NARI)
www.mednwh.unimelb.edu.au
Immunisation Immunise Australia Program (Government)
www.immunise.health.gov.au
National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (NCIRS)
www.ncirs.usyd.edu.au
The Science of Immunisation: questions and answers
www.science.org.au/policy/immunisation.html
US Center for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov
4 NT Health – Centre for Disease Control Publications
https://health.nt.gov.au/professionals/centre-for-disease-control
South Australia Health
www.sahealth.sa.gov.au
Men’s Health Australia
www.menshealthaustralia.net
Healthy Male
www.healthymale.org.au
Anxiety Online
https://www.mentalhealthonline.org.au/pages/resources-for-specific-difficulties-anxiety
Black Dog Institute
www.blackdoginstitute.org.au
Beyond Blue
www.beyondblue.org.au
Kids Help
www.kidshelp.com.au
Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation
www.headspace.org.au
Heads Up
www.headsup.org.au
Problem Gambling – VIC Health
www.responsiblegambling.vic.gov.au
Australian Orthopaedic Association
www.aoa.org.au
Sports Medicine Australia
www.sma.org.au
Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine
www.musmed.com
Alzheimers Australia
www.alzheimers.org.au
Brain Foundation
www.brainfoundation.org.au
Headache Australia
www.headacheaustralia.org.au
MS Australia
www.msaustralia.org.au
Stroke Foundation
www.strokefoundation.org.au
Parkinson’s Australia
www.parkinsons.org.au
Epilepsy Action Australia
www.epilepsy.org.au
Motor neurone disease (MND) Australia
www.mndaust.asn.au
Food Standards New Zealand Australia
www.foodstandards.gov.au
The Centre for Eating and Dieting Disorders
www.cedd.org.au
Measure Up
www.measureup.com.au
Go for 2 and 5
www.gofor2and5.com.au
Monash IVF
www.monashivf.com
The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health
www.jeanhailes.org.au
Australian Menopause Society
www.menopause.org.au
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
www.ranzco.edu
Glaucoma Australia
www.glaucoma.org.au
Vision Australia
www.visionaustralia.org
Macular Degeneration
www.mdfoundation.com.au
Osteoporosis Australia
www.osteoporosis.org.au
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
www.rch.org.au
Sydney Children’s Hospital
http://www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/fact-sheets
Gastroenteritis
See above websites for fact sheets, or GESA website https://www.gesa.org.au/resources/patients/the-gastrointestinal-gi-system/
Palliative Care Australia
www.palliativecare.org.au
Raising Children
www.raisingchildren.net.au
Autism Spectrum Australia
www.autismspectrum.org.au
Parenting – Better Health Channel (Vic Health)
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
Kidney Health Australia
www.kidney.org.au
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
www.prostate.org.au
The Continence Foundation of Australia
www.contfound.org.au
National Asthma Council of Australia
www.nationalasthma.org.au
The Australian Lung Foundation
www.lungfoundation.com.au
The Australasian Sleep Association
www.sleep.org.au
Arthritis Foundation
www.arthritis.org/disease-center.php
Sjögren’s Syndrome Foundation
www.sjogrens.org/
Australian Rheumatology Association
www.rheumatology.org.au
Arthritis Australia
www.arthritisaustralia.org.au
Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine
https://www.racp.edu.au/fellows/resources/sexual-health-medicine-resources
ASHM : Australian Society for HIV Medicine
www.ashm.org.au
Australian Herpes Health Information
www.herpes.com.au
The Gender Centre
www.gendercentre.org.au
Quitline
www.icanquit.com.au
Quit Victoria
www.quit.org.au
Australian Tinnitus Association
www.tinnitus.asn.au
Smart Traveller – Australian Government
www.smartraveller.gov.au/tips/travelwell.html
U.S. Centre for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov/travel
World Health Organisation: International Travel and Health
www.who.int
Medical Advisory Services For Travellers Abroad (MASTA)
www.masta.edu.au
Family Planning NSW
www.fpnsw.org.au
The Australasian Menopause Society
www.menopause.org.au
Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health
www.jeanhailes.org.au
Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
www.dvirc.org.au
National Cervical Screening Program
www.cervicalscreen.health.gov.au