Welcome to Family Planning Queensland

Diaphragm drought

Throughout Australia, the availability of contraceptive diaphragms has become extremely limited. [ more details ]

Teach your children to keep safe
With storybook Everyone’s got a bottom

We all have bodies and want to keep them safe but talking about this with our kids can sometimes be a bit tricky. Everyone’s got a bottom, published by FPQ, is an award-winning book for helping parents and carers to gently start a conversation about protecting our bodies in a respectful and age appropriate manner. Everyone’s got a bottom is featured in the July issue of Aussie Kids. Purchase your copy of Everyone’s got a bottom today.

Traffic Lights Framework

Knowing how to identify and respond to sexual behaviours in children and adolescents helps adults to support the development of healthy sexuality and protect young people from harm or abuse. [ fact sheet ]

New online videos for the youth sector workforce

FPQ recently collaborated with young people from the University of Southern Queensland to produce a series of short videos for people who work with young people. The video series, What young people know, like and need: Sexual health, blood borne viruses and youth-friendly services, shows young people talking about what they think is important about sexual health, blood borne viruses and youth friendly services. These videos are now available on FPQ's Working with young people page.
[ view videos ]

the Puberty Book's new edition

Co-authored by FPQ's recently retired CEO, Kelsey Powell, this book is a one-stop shop for all questions about puberty for boys and girls. [ FPQ resources on puberty ]

Vasectomy available at Brisbane clinic

Starting 1st July 2010 at the Brisbane Clinic, Family Planning Queensland (FPQ) will now offer a vasectomy service for men wishing to use a permanent form of contraception. FPQ provides hormonal contraception, implants, IUDs and diaphragms for women and is committed to providing choice in contraception for women and men. FPQ is pleased to be increasing the availability of male contraception by providing this service.

Clients will be required to attend an assessment appointment prior to the procedure itself. Please ring 07 3250 0200 for more information.

[ Detailed infromation about vasectomy from Andrology Australia. ]

Inside the classroom: Teaching sexuality

Teachers in special education provide a snapshot of their sexuality education lessons. [ view videos ]

“These topics are really important for students. Each week I look at what they’ve understood and decide whether to repeat the lesson or if they’re ready to move on to the next one.”

NEW! Free disability workbooks

Designed to enable parents, carers and professionals to support sexuality education for people with disabilities.

These include activities, worksheets and picture cards that can be downloaded and printed. [ workbooks ]

Abortion debate in Queensland

This is a critical time for abortion debate in Queensland. It is also a critical time for participation from women and men in Queensland to work together to ensure abortion reform is directed toward protecting women’s rights to choose without fear of criminal sanctions or punishment, and practitioners’ ability to provide safe necessary medical care for their patients.

In addition to our existing position on abortion, and our focus on the area as an organisation responsible for sexual and reproductive health services, FPQ has recently joined with a collection of individuals and organisations to form Pro Choice QLD.

New contraception resource available

The second edition of Contraception: an Australian clinical practice handbook is now available for GPs thanks to another national collaboration of Family Planning medical experts. Update your knowledge.
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