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ResourcesThis annotated bibliography has been compiled using:
Deb Bowman (Gender Equity Officer, Student Services Unit), Annette Sharma (Student Services Unit), Pam Stagg (ESL Dept) 1. Australian Government Office for Women The Australian Government Office for Women (OfW) is a policy advisory unit and a division of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in Australia. All of our work is founded on the goal of mainstreaming women's issues. This means working to ensure that a focus on women's experiences, issues or perspectives becomes everyone's business. Explore our site to see how OfW is working towards ensuring that government policies, services and initiatives are evaluated for the benefits they will provide to women, their impact on women and their accessibility by women. 2. Better Health Channel - Reliable Health Information Provides simple, healthy recipes for young people just moving into shared accommodation. Also provides a section on food facts, & A-Z of recipes, plus general advice on health questions & issues. Good resource material for those living in shared group houses. 3. Reach Out! Reach Out! is a web-based service that inspires young people to help themselves through tough times. Reach Out! is an initiative of the Inspire Foundation (www.inspire.org.au). The mission of the Inspire Foundation is to create opportunities for young people to help themselves and help others. This site has some useful links e.g. Under Friends and Relationships it has ‘Thinking about Sex - Deciding when to be sexual with someone else’ and under Managing Independence it has ‘Managing money in a share house’ etc. Also has a list of fact sheets on ‘Abusive relationships’ etc. The site is has a young and interesting feel about it but is also non-interactive, you can only read the fact sheets. 4. Pressure Point Cyber Youth Clinic Pressure Point Cyber Youth Clinic provides information on drugs & alcohol, healthcare, lifestyle (including nutrition & exercise), mental health (including an overview, stress, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder), sexual health (relationships, contraception, pregnancy, STIs. This project was funded by the Youth Coalition for people between 12 and 25 (an independent Community based incorporated body). It has some fantastic sites with simple information that would appeal to ESL students eg relationships (defines healthy relationships in 6 bullets), accommodation, having a party, Drugs and alcohol. Simple but with a mature, clear feel about the information. The Australian Alcohol Guidelines are designed to give people an indication of the limits of alcohol consumption that are associated with an increasing risk to health and social well-being. The goal is to provide people with some knowledge to minimise the risk of alcohol-related harms occurring. The Guidelines are based on the Australian Standard Drink measure. 7. Drug Information Sites
During 2006, alcohol and other drug use were identified as a contributing factor in 106 fatalities within Queensland, representing 31.6% of the Queensland road toll. To combat these statistics, the Queensland Government passed legislation to enable police to undertake random roadside saliva testing for illegal drugs from December 2007. 8. For sensitive areas such as sexual assault the following sites have been considered:
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