Help! - Health Information

Health Resources and information Perth WA

• Arafmi Mental Health Carers and Friends Association, a not for profit agency who provide support services to family and friends caring for someone with a mental illness. 
   
• Australian Drug Information Network links to an extensive range of information about alcohol and other drugs. 

• Bluearth Institute To provide programmes and information about the role of physical activity in healthy living. Also to train teachers in the 'best practise' delivery of physical activity in schools.
    
• CanTeen the Australian Organisation for Young People Living with Cancer 
   
• Childhood Cancer Support  families helping families - a charity with a heart and understanding, working to support others going through a very traumatic, life threatening and life changing time of their lives.
   
• Cysticfibrosis WA is a self help organisation, holding regular meetings to share information, purchase equipment and fund-raise to support research into Cystic Fibrosis.
   
• Diabetes Australia 
    
• HealthInsite Government web site with a wide range of up-to-date and quality assured information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma.
   
• Maternity Coalition acts as an umbrella organisation to bring together support groups and individuals for effective lobbying, information sharing, networking and support in maternity services. MC supports consumer and midwife participation at all levels of health policy planning, decision-making and service delivery.
   
• National Stroke Foundation

• Telethon Speech & Hearing Centre for Children WA (Inc) Offers an independent centre for hearing-impaired children from birth through to post-secondary education to enable them to live normal and productive lives. The centre provides programs for children with delayed speech and language, with hard to treat middle ear infections and those in remote or isolated locations.
   
• www.YourZone.com.au/perinatalhealth is a Western Australian government-funded multi-media website which has been specially developed to provide comprehensive information to the community on different aspects of perinatal mental health. It also has a database of perinatal mental health services statewide. The main goal of the website is to help women and their partners/families who may be experiencing emotional difficulties and challenges during pregnancy or after the birth of their baby (perinatal period), particularly those from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds or families living in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities or located in rural and remote areas within WA. The project is funded under the State Perintal Mental Health Strategy.
    
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