Women, Children, Young People and Families

The Scottish Government were delighted to host the second Women’s Health Champion Lunchtime Seminar, on Empowering women to manage menopause.

Scotland’s Women’s Health Champion Professor Anna Glasier invites world-renowned menopause researcher Professor Martha Hickey to discuss ‘Empowering women to manage menopause.’ Reflecting on her recent Lancet series on menopause, Professor Hickey outlines a new approach to menopause that goes beyond the treatment of specific symptoms and instead creates an active process of gaining knowledge, confidence, and self-determination to self-manage health and make informed decisions about care. 

Professor Martha Hickey is a world-renowned menopause researcher and current clinical expert for the NICE guidelines on Menopause. She is also Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne and Consultant in Gynaecology and Head of Menopause Services at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Professor Hickey takes a feminist perspective on menopause, which includes normalising this life transition and challenging the prevalent idea that it marks a period of physical and mental decline. “Menopause challenges us to consider the role and social value of older women and the narrative that women's behaviour and physical and mental health is powerfully regulated by their hormones”

Presenter:

• Professor Martha Hickey

Target Audience:

• All practitioners in contact with or working with women. Including but not limited to Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors, Allied Health Professionals and General Practitioners.

Due to a technical issue with the recording of the seminar, the recording file became corrupt and was unrecoverable.  Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. 

If you would like a PDF copy of the slides, please contact womenshealthplan@gov.scot and a copy of the slides will be sent to you.

Resources from the first Women’s Health Champion Lunchtime Seminar are still available at the Women’s Health Champion Lunchtime Seminar: A Public Health Approach to Women, Contraception and Abortion Turas Learn resources page.