Getting health services you need: early and middle adulthood
Updated: 30 September 2022

Manuela Leporesi
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- Register with a doctor for general health and a dentist for dental checks
- Ask a health worker about tests for problems with eyesight
- Ask a health worker for advice to help with quitting tobacco, alcohol or drugs
- Get advice on recommended levels of physical activity
- Ask a health worker about vaccines or supplements needed
- Ask a health worker for advice on sexual health and family planning
- Get information on how to manage a healthy menopause
- Seek help from a health worker if feeling very sad, anxious, exhausted, unable to cope or if you have thoughts about harming yourself
- Ask a health worker for advice and support for a long-term disease or for managing a disability
- Look out for, and seek care as soon as possible for, potential danger signs, such as pain in the chest or arms, lumps in the breast, or unexpected or heavy bleeding
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