Resources

Clinician tools

• UPDATED GUIDANCE 2023: Family Planning Australia supports off-label extended use of the 52mg levonorgestrel IUD (Mirena) for 6 years for contraception, in line with advice from the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health, as well other Australian Famil Planning organisations. For further information please see: FPAA Extended use of Mirena for contraception
• New website launched detailing Centres of Experience (CoE) to support clinicians and patients when referral is required for the removal of non-palpable / deeply inserted implants: Centres of Experience - Welcome to Organon Pro. This website went live in mid-2023, with more referral sites are expected to be added over time.
• Implementing the changes to the National Cervical Screening Program - A Guide For Clinicians
• Cervical Cancer Screening Program Renewal - Quick tips
• FPAA efficacy of contraceptive methods - This pictorial two-sided guide helps clinicians counsel women about contraceptive options in an efficacy framework
• Guidance for management of troublesome vaginal bleeding with progestogen-only long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) - Family Planning Alliance Australia - This is a two-sided, evidence based management guideline to assist clinicians manage women with troublesome bleeding related to progestogen only LARC methods
• Pelvic Floor Awareness - includes a screening questionnaire for incontinence in women and how to do pelvic floor exercises information
• Family Planning NSW Clinical Handbooks
• Family Planning NSW fact sheets

Clinical practice articles

• Medical termination of pregnancy: the role of the GP (Medicine Today, 2018)
• Heavy menstrual bleeding. Treatment and referral options (Medicine Today, 2018)
• Pelvic inflammatory disease: management of new-onset low abdominal pain in young women (Medicine Today, 2016)
• Post-abortion contraception, (O&G Magazine, 2018)
• An updated guide to contraception. Part 1: Short-acting methods (Medicine Today, 2018)
• An updated guide to contraception Part 2: Long-acting reversible methods (Medicine Today, 2018)
• An updated guide to contraception. Part 3: Permanent methods, traditional methods and emergency contraception (Medicine Today, 2018)
• Combined oral contraceptives: The pharmacology of combined oral contraceptive pills old and new (O and G Magazine, 2014)
• Intrauterine contraception. A best practice approach across the reproductive lifespan (Medicine Today)
• The who, what and from where of STIs: selective testing in asymptomatic patients. (Medicine Today, 2012)
• All peer reviewed publications

Intellectual disability resources

• Supporting decision making in reproductive and sexual health for people with disability - assists clinicians in supporting the decision making of clients with intellectual disability.
• Sex Safe and Fun - supports people with intellectual disability to learn about safe sex messages. It provides a factual and balanced view of the rights and responsibilities associated with a range of sexual activities. There are key messages about consent, enjoyment, intimacy, privacy and safety.
• All About Sex - topics including bodies, relationships, sex, pregnancy and reproduction, sexual health and sexual assault.
• Being a Healthy Woman - a series of factsheets to assist women with an intellectual disability to understand life changes ...

Useful links

• The Faculty of Reproductive and Sexual Healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists UK
• Jean Hailes Foundation
• Australasian Menopause Society
• STI Programs Unit NSW
• Australian STI management guidelines for use in Primary Care
• Andrology Australia
• Children by Choice
• Think GP