"It's about our bodies… we have the right to know this stuff": A qualitative focus group study on Australian women's

Brooke Nickel1, Hankiz Dolan1, Stacy Carter2

  • 1Wiser Healthcare, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Sydney Health Literacy Lab, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

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