Know endo webinar #11: Endometriosis and Adolescents

Join us for a free, live webinar on Monday, 10 February at 7pm AEST presented by the Julia Argyrou Endometriosis Centre at Epworth.

Endometriosis and Adolescents: 

Did you know:

• 1 in 2 teenagers assigned female at birth experience regular severe period pain?
• 1 in 5 miss school due to period pain?
• 1 in 7 will be diagnosed with endometriosis?

The Periods, Pain and Endometriosis (PPEP Talk®) Program is the largest pain education program for students in Australia. It is a fun, medically accurate and age-appropriate information session, designed for all adolescents. In this webinar, PPEP Talk® clinical educator, Lauren McTavish will share a presentation for adolescents, their caregivers and parents that focuses on:

• informing and educating adolescents to recognise and identify whether their pain is normal
• how all the different symptoms fit together
• simple ways to reduce pain, and how to look for further help if pain is severe.

This webinar will not be recorded so we encourage you to attend the live presentation. Register to receive reminders.

About the presenter

Lauren McTavish is a clinical educator at PPEP Talk®.

Her qualifications include:

- Bachelor of Biomedical Science
- Masters of Public Health

The Periods, Pain and Endometriosis (PPEP Talk®) Program is an initiative of the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia (PPFA), funded by the Federal Government Department of Health with support from State and Territory Governments.

PPEP Talk® addresses the number one priority of the National Action Plan for Endometriosis – education and awareness. It plays a critical role in informing and educating students to recognise and identify whether their pain is normal, how all the different symptoms fit together, simple ways to reduce their pain, and how to look for further help if pain is severe. This allows students to fulfil their true potential, without the burden of pain.