Easy English Disability Page
Welcome to the Family Planning NSW Disability website
Welcome to the Family Planning NSW Disability website
When life gets busy, it's not always easy to find time to take care of ourselves.
By getting regular Cervical Screening Tests, cervical cancer becomes one of Australia's most preventable cancers.
The Cervical Screening Test is a simple test that looks for human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus which can cause abnormal changes in the cells of the cervix. If left untreated, these cell changes can eventually cause cervical cancer.
The Low Down is a resource about sexual health and relationships for young people under 25 years old. The resource was developed in plain English for young people from a non-English speaking background.
Our bodies are made up of millions of cells.
New cells grow every day.
Sometimes when cells grow differently they can turn into cancer.
Cervical cancer is cancer in the cervix.
The cervix is inside the body at the top of the vagina.
Cervical cancer is caused by the human papillomavirus. Human papillomavirus is sometimes called HPV.
There are many types of HPV. Women and men can get HPV. HPV is very common. Anyone who has ever had sexual contact could have HPV.
Family Planning NSW has launched eight short videos that aim to break down concerns about accessing reproductive and sexual health care within the multicultural community.
This factsheet is for men and women who want to know about contraception. Contraception is what a man and woman use if they want to have sex together but do not want to have a baby.
A woman's body gets ready for a baby by thickening the lining of the uterus. Each month a woman releases an egg from one of her ovaries. If a woman's egg does not meet with a man's sperm a baby will not grow. The uterus lining and the egg will come out as her period.
The health promotion team at Family Planning Australia are available to visit your school or service (or have you over to one of our clinics), to talk about a range of related topics with groups.
Our staff are skilled in delivering information about these sensitive topics in a way that promotes safety and comfort for the participants. Our team are experts in delivering sessions to people from culturally and linguistically diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people with disability, and young people (under 30 years).