RESOURCES

 

We have a lending library of books, medical articles, research papers and DVDs available to members. 

Please contact us if you are seeking a particular resource.

We can also provide information on products and equipment - where to get them, how to get them cheaply, and how they work.  



Useful links in Australia & New Zealand

Public Toilet Map (Australian federal government)

Continence Aids Payment Scheme (CAPS) (Australian Federal Government)

Continence Foundation of Australia

Bladder and Bowel Websites (Australian Federal Government)


Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses 

- including a very useful Find Your Local Stoma Therapy Nurse listing 


Medicare Australia Stomal Appliance Scheme 

- how to get subsidised stoma-related products


Australian Nurses for Continence

Australian & NZ Urological Nurses Society (ANZUNS)

Australian Physiotherapy Association

Beyond Blue the National Depression Initiative

Department of Health & Aging (Australian federal government)

Continence Management & Spina Bifida  

Kidney Health Australia

Child and Youth Health (South Australian state government)


Australian Council of Stoma Associations

Paediatric Continence Association of Australia


Sydney Children's Hospital

Urological Society of Australian & New Zealand

Program of Appliances for Disabled People (NSW state government)

New Zealand Continence Association



Useful links overseas


International Children's Continence Society

 - useful leaflets such as the School Toilet booklet


1st World Congress of Pediatric Urology

 - abstracts related to exstrophy / epispadias


International Painful Bladder Foundation

World Federation of Incontinent Patients

The Simon Foundation of Continence 
(USA)

El Instituto de Hipospadias del Caribe (IHC) Colombia




International Exstrophy / Epispadias / Hypospadias Organisations


Europe

Bladder Exstrophy Epispadias Support Group UK

Bladder Exstrophy Association Italy


USA

We recommend you check out the resources available from the Association for Bladder Exstrophy (ABC) and the Hypospadias and Epispadias Association (HEA) in the USA.

Both associations have an impressive range of resources for various age groups to buy and for free with membership.  

The associations also have copies of the papers presented at their previous conferences that may be relevant and of interest to you. 

 

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Association of Bladder Exstrophy Community (ABC)

 

Contact
Thomas Exler email: TEExler3@aol.com
email: admin@bladderexstrophy.com
website: http://www.bladderexstrophy.com

 

 

The ABC started at least 15 years ago to support families and friends.  This association is based in the United States of America and has members throughout the world including Australia.  Their website is comprehensive, especially in the area of Bladder Exstrophy Syndrome, with a glossary of terms, research and development. 

The ABC has a conference in the USA every second year. 

Go to the ABC Learning Center for a wealth of information.

 

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Hypospadias & Epispadias Association
(HEA)

 

Contact
Chris Arnold, President
Billy Deegan, Executive Director
email: membership@heainfo.org
address: P.O. BOX 475, Wauconda,
IL, 60084, USA
website: http://www.heainfo.org

 

 

HEA is based in the USA and has a conference every second year when it is not the ABC year for a conference.  This association specialises in Hypospadias and Epispadias.

The HEA has many useful links on their website.  Check out the following and their many other pages of useful information:

Medical Resources

Recommended Reading/Viewing

Glossary of terms

Register and login to the HEA message board/forum for interactive communication.

 

Below are some of the resources included on the HEA website:

(If these links do not work go to the HEA website to search for updated links.)

 

 

Animated graphics on fetal development (Sick Kids)

Instituto de Hipospadias del Caribe (IHC), Colombia (In Spanish)

UK Factsheets and brochure

UK Message Board

Australian Info pamphlet on Childhood HS repair

Netherlands Message Board (in Dutch)

Hypospadias Channel

Dominique Salm's Website on HS and Emotional Effects

French language site on hyposapdias

YouTube video on HS surgery

Incidence of hypospadias increasing (US Center for Disease Control)

Hypospadias: Parent's Guide to Surgery (Intersex Society of North America)

Urogenital Reconstruction, Penile Hypospadias (eMedicine/WebMD)

Hypospadias (Texas Pediatric Surgical Associates)

Hypospadias (Wikipedia)

Hypospadias and Epispadias (Health A to Z)

International Trends in Rates of Hypospadias and Cryptorchidism (NCEH)

Female hypospadias (Medscape Today)

Hypospadias: An Overview (WebMD/Healthline)

 

 


   

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