Accessing sexual and reproductive health in the Barwon South West: Community consultation results

Equitable access to Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (SRH) is crucial for improving all women and gender diverse people’s health outcomes and achieving universal health coverage.

Join us as we share the findings from our first round of consultation, where over 400 women, gender diverse people and service providers told us about their experiences accessing, and delivering sexual and reproductive health services.

WHWBSW health promotion officers Alice Creevey and Caitlyn Hoggan will share the initial findings from this consultation and provide insight into the next steps.

The consultation comes as a recommendation from Mapping Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Regional Victoria report, work undertaken in 2024 in partnership with Deakin University which mapped the barriers women experience accessing SRH services in some parts of the region and indicated the need for community and workforce consultation to explore access barriers, service experiences, and system gaps.