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The content of the Multicultural Centre for Women's Health (MCWH) Website is provided for general information purposes only and does not replace medical or other professional advice.

MCWH makes every effort possible to ensure information on this website is accurate and up-to-date at the time it is added to the website. MCWH does not accept liability to any person for the information or advice, or the use of such information or advice, provided on this website. Information from this website is used at your own discretion, responsibility and liability. MCWH welcomes notification of errors and such errors will be corrected as soon as possible.

MCWH does not take responsibility for information accessed by MCWH website users where such information is obtained by a hyperlink from the MCWH website to another source. The views and policies of other sources do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of MCWH and MCWH does not take responsibility for views or policies outside MCWH.

Privacy Policy

The Multicultural Centre for Women's Health respects and maintains the right of service-users to privacy and confidentiality, including the MCWH website. The assurance of confidentiality is essential to MCWH policy, particularly to maintain women's autonomy and freedom of choice. Assurance of confidentiality facilitates the development of trust and rapport and enables sensitive and complex issues to be openly discussed in safety. For further information regarding MCWH's Quality Standards please refer to the MCWH Quality Standards Booklet.

Privacy and confidentiality is an integral part of all MCWH activities including the MCWH website. Information collected on individuals is used only for the purpose of collecting aggregated information to meet reporting and evaluation requirements. Electronic data collection refers to individual women as 'anon' in order to protect individual's confidentiality.

Where identifying information is collected, it is only collected for the purposes of service provision such as information provision and referral and then appropriately discarded.

Copyright

Unless otherwise specified, all information, content and material on the MCWH website is copyright and protected by all applicable copyright law, including Australian copyright law.

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The Multicultural Centre for Women's Health encourages the use of the material on our website by health and allied professionals, welfare and community development workers, social workers, teachers, employers, unions, academics, researchers, students and anyone else with an interest in the health and wellbeing of immigrant and refugee women. The Multicultural Centre for Women's Health gives permission for text and articles on this website to be quoted or reproduced for non-commercial use provided that the information is not changed and that the source is acknowledged appropriately.

For more information about reproducing content on this website please contact MCWH.

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Credits

Content coordination and text development:
Anna Volpe - Publications and Promotions Coordinator MCWH

Web site design and development:
Georgina Racovalis www.3tierdesign.com.au

Illustrations by:
Pamela Brañas (except where otherwise credited)

Feedback

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Address:
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Content Reviewed: Thursday 28 May 2009.
Last Updated: Thursday 28 May 2009.