Deborah Bateson

Aug 25, 2024 | theconversation.com | Karen Canfell |Deborah Bateson |Megan Smith

Cervical screening in Australia has changed over the past seven years. The test has changed, and women (and people with a cervix) now have much more choice and control. Here’s why – and what you can expect if you’re aged 25 to 74 and are due for a test. When and why did the test change? In 2017, Australia became one of the first two countries to transition from Pap smears to tests for the presence of the human papillomavirus (HPV).

Jan 28, 2024 | mja.com.au | Kristina Edvardsson |Kirsten Black |Deborah Bateson |Wendy Norman

Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52202 Published online: 29 January 2024 In 2022, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) declared unintended pregnancy a global crisis: nearly half of all pregnancies around the world are unintended.1 While some of these pregnancies are desired, about 73 million pregnancies end in abortion each year.2,3 In Australia, about 40% of pregnancies are unintended,4 and the annual abortion rate is estimated to be 17.3 per 1000 women aged 15–44 years,5 similar to...

Sep 1, 2023 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Danielle Mazza |Deborah Bateson |Anisa Rojanapenkul Assifi |Safeera Yasmeen Hussainy

Introduction Preventing unintended pregnancy is an important public health imperative and a key focus of Australia’s National Women’s Health Strategy 2020–2030.1 In Australia, 40% of women experience an unintended pregnancy during their lifetime, and one in three of these results in abortion.2 3 The cost of an unintended pregnancy in Australia was estimated to be $A7.2 billion in 2020, with 56% of total costs borne either directly or indirectly on the woman experiencing the unintended...

Jun 5, 2023 | dailybulletin.com.au | Deborah Bateson

Tue Jun 6 Written by Deborah Bateson, Professor of Practice, University of Sydney Australians’ access to a range of contraceptive options depends on where they live and how wealthy they are. A recent parliamentary inquiry recommends ways to end this “postcode lottery” for people who want to use long-acting reversible contraception.

Jun 1, 2023 | thetimes.com.au | Deborah Bateson

Thu Jun 1 Written by Deborah Bateson, Professor of Practice, University of Sydney Australians’ access to a range of contraceptive options depends on where they live and how wealthy they are. A recent parliamentary inquiry[1] recommends ways to end this “postcode lottery” for people who want to use long-acting reversible contraception.