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Title: A Situational Analysis of Chronic Hepatitis B in the Torres Strait (PDF File 3.2 MB)
Author(s): Jack Wallace, Marian K Pitts, Stephen McNally, James Ward, Yoko Nakata, Patricia Fagan.
Description: Health service providers in Far North Queensland have identified chronic hepatitis B having an increasing impact on primary health services in the Torres Strait. This perspective is supported by data showing the region having the highest per capita notifications of chronic hepatitis B in Queensland, and other research showing a disproportionate impact of chronic hepatitis B on Indigenous people, particularly in remote communities. This qualitative study investigated how health service providers in the Torres Strait are responding to chronic hepatitis B.
Published: 2011
Author(s): Stephen McNally, Sophie Dutertre
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This study reports on the availability of information about HIV prevention in Victoria for communities from the Horn of Africa, Arabic-speaking, Vietnamese and Thai. It investigates perceptions and understandings of HIV in these communities, and how appropriate available information is to their cultural backgrounds and their needs.
Published: 2006
Author(s): Stephen McNally, Sophie Dutertre
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This study reports on the availability of information about HIV prevention in Victoria for communities from the Horn of Africa, Arabic-speaking, Vietnamese and Thai. It investigates perceptions and understandings of HIV in these communities, and how appropriate available information is to their cultural backgrounds and their needs.
Published: 2006
Author(s): Stephen McNally, Sophie Dutertre
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This study reports on the availability of information about HIV prevention in Victoria for communities from the Horn of Africa, Arabic-speaking, Vietnamese and Thai. It investigates perceptions and understandings of HIV in these communities, and how appropriate available information is to their cultural backgrounds and their needs.
Published: 2006
Author(s): Stephen McNally, Sophie Dutertre
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This study reports on the availability of information about HIV prevention in Victoria for communities from the Horn of Africa, Arabic-speaking, Vietnamese and Thai. It investigates perceptions and understandings of HIV in these communities, and how appropriate available information is to their cultural backgrounds and their needs.
Published: 2006
Author(s): Stephen McNally, Sophie Dutertre
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This study reports on the availability of information about HIV prevention in Victoria for communities from the Horn of Africa, Arabic-speaking, Vietnamese and Thai. It investigates perceptions and understandings of HIV in these communities, and how appropriate available information is to their cultural backgrounds and their needs.
Published: 2006
Author(s): Stephen McNally, Sophie Dutertre
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This study reports on the availability of information about HIV prevention in Victoria for communities from the Horn of Africa, Arabic-speaking, Vietnamese and Thai. It investigates perceptions and understandings of HIV in these communities, and how appropriate available information is to their cultural backgrounds and their needs.
Published: 2006
Title: ARCSHS Annual Report 2006 (PDF File 1.1 MB)
Author(s): Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
Description: 2006 annual report
Published: 2006
Title: ARCSHS Annual Report 2007 (PDF File 2.0 MB)
Author(s): Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
Description: 2007 annual report
Published: 2007
Title: ARCSHS Annual Report 2008 (PDF File 2.8 MB)
Author(s): Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
Description: 2008 annual report
Published: 2008
Title: ARCSHS Annual Report 2009 (PDF File 1.7 MB)
Author(s): Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
Description: 2009 annual report
Published: 2009
Title: 2011 Annual Report (PDF File 2.2 MB)
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Description: 2011 Annual Report
Published: 2011
Title: ARCSHS Strategic Plan 2012-2015 (PDF File 663.4 KB)
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Description: ARCSHS Strategic Plan 2012-2015
Published: 2012
Title: ARCSHS Annual Report 2000 (PDF File 631.0 KB)
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Description: ARCSHS Annual Report 2000
Published: 2000
Title: ARCSHS Annual Report 2001 (PDF File 841.4 KB)
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Published: 2001
Title: ARCSHS Annual Report 2002 (PDF File 1.0 MB)
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Published: 2002
Title: ARCSHS Annual Report 2003 (PDF File 5.6 MB)
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Description: ARCSHS Annual Report 2003
Published: 2003
Title: ARCSHS Annual Report 2004 (PDF File 5.6 MB)
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Published: 2004
Title: ARCSHS Annual Report 2005 (PDF File 3.2 MB)
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Description: ARCSHS Annual Report 2005
Published: 2005
Title: ARCSHS Annual Report 2010 (PDF File 2.2 MB)
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Description: ARCSHS Annual Report 2010
Published: 2010
Author(s): Gary Dowsett, Jeffrey Grierson, Stephen McNally
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Annotated bibliography from the report “A Review of Knowledge about the Sexual Networks and Behaviours of Men who have Sex with Men in Asia”
Published: 2006
Author(s): William Leonard, Anne Mitchell, Sunil Patel, Christopher Fox
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Coming forward reports on the responses of 390 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and transgender (GLBT) Victorians to an online survey asking them about their experiences of heterosexist violence and same sex partner abuse. The survey also asked respondents questions about:
- Service access and quality when reporting incidents of abuse and pursuing cases through the criminal justice system
- Their knowledge and use of Victoria Police Gay and Lesbian Liaison Officers (GLLOs), and
- Barriers and “incentives” to their reporting and seeking assistance following an incident of heterosexist violence or same sex partner abuse
Published: 2008
Title: The Contemporary Context of HIV Infection in Victoria, Australia (PDF File 272.1 KB)
Author(s): Sean Slavin, Marian Pitts
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This study focuses on the findings of research interviews of a group of gay men recently diagnosed with HIV. The study was conducted in light of the steady increase in new HIV infections amongst this particular group in Victoria, Australia.
Published: 2005
Author(s): William Leonard, Gary Dowsett, Sean Slavin, Anne Mitchell, Marian Pitts
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This report provides a comparative analysis of epidemiological, behavioural and social research on crystal methamphetamine use among gay men living in Melbourne and gay men living in other urban centres in Australia, the US, and the UK.
The analysis focuses on the harms associated with gay men’s use of the drug and in particular on research that indicates an association between crystal methamphetamine use and increased sexual risk-taking and rising rates of HIV and STIs.
The paper reviews current crystal methamphetamine treatment and prevention options for gay men and provides a framework for the development of a coordinated research, policy and program response that will reduce the harms to gay men associated with the use of crystal methamphetamine and other illicit drugs.
Published: 2008
Title: Cultures of Care and Safe Sex Amongst HIV Positive Australians (PDF File 539.4 KB)
Author(s): Michael Hurley (ed)
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Papers from the HIV Futures I and II surveys and interviews
Published: 2002
Author(s): Sue Dyson, Anne Mitchell, Anthony Smith, Gary Dowsett, Marian Pitts, Lynne Hillier
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This project was commissioned to establish whether agencies and services collected qualitative or quantitive data that might demonstrate links between suicidal behaviours and issues of sexuality for young people.
Published: 2003
Title: The Dynamics and Contexts of Male-to-Male Sex in Indonesia and Thailand (PDF File 458.3 KB)
Author(s): Marian Pitts, Murray Couch, Stephen McNally, Jeffrey Grierson
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This two country (Indonesia and Thailand) project was a qualitative study employing one-on-one semi structured interviews. A total of 105 interviews were conducted in five sites: Surabaya (25); Batam Island (10); Manado (20); Chiang Mai (25); and Bangkok (25). This report summarises eight major thematic domains across these five sites.
Published: 2006
Author(s): Sue Dyson, Jo Grzlinska.
Description: Fair Game Respect Matters is a program that aims to introduce culture change in community football clubs as a way to prevent violence against women. The program is based on research that shows that where relationships between men and women are equal and based on respect then the rates of violence against women can be reduced. This summary outlines the evaluation of the program’s first two years in the Northern Football League in metro Victoria.
Published: 2010
Author(s): Sue Dyson (ARCSHS), Chyloe Kurdas (AFL Victoria), Melanie Heenan (AFL), Jack Wallace (ARCSHS), Henry von Doussa (ARCSHS)
Description: Report on research about women’s safety and inclusion in Victorian community football club
Published: 2010
Title: HIV Futures 2 – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People living with HIV (PDF File 97.4 KB)
Author(s): Jon Willis, Karalyn McDonald, Mark Saunders, Jeffrey Grierson
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The HIV Futures Study is designed to provide HIV, health and funding agencies, as well as people and communities affected by HIV with a picture of the overall situation of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Australia. This report provides details about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians living with HIV who filled in and returned questionnaires as part of the HIV Futures II survey.
Published: 2002
Title: HIV Futures 4 – Regional Report 2005: New South Wales (PDF File 391.0 KB)
Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Rachel Thorpe,
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Regional report for New South Wales from the national report HIV Futures 4
Published: 2005
Title: HIV Futures 4 – Regional Report 2005: Queensland (PDF File 838.6 KB)
Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Rachel Thorpe,
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Regional report for Queensland from the national report HIV Futures 4
Published: 2005
Title: HIV Futures 4 – Regional Report 2005: South Australia (PDF File 672.2 KB)
Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Rachel Thorpe
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Regional report for South Australia from the national report HIV Futures 4
Published: 2005
Title: HIV Futures 4 – Regional Report 2005: Victoria (PDF File 326.7 KB)
Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Rachel Thorpe
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Regional report for Victoria from the national report HIV Futures 4
Published: 2010
Title: HIV Futures 4 – Regional Report 2005: Western Australia (PDF File 643.4 KB)
Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Rachel Thorpe
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Regional report for Western Australia from the national report HIV Futures 4
Published: 2005
Title: HIV Futures 4 - The Journey Continues – Women living with HIV/AIDS in Australia (PDF File 499.7 KB)
Author(s): Karalyn McDonald, Rachel Thorpe, Jeffrey Grierson
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The Journey Continues is the fourth report from the HIV Futures surveys that specifically addresses the status of women living with HIV/AIDS in Australia.
This report is designed to provide women, organisations, government and policy makers with the most recent data on the health, social lives, and financial situation of women living with HIV/AIDS in Australia.
Published: 2005
Title: HIV Futures 5: Life as we know it (PDF File 547.7 KB)
Author(s): J Grierson, R Thorpe, M Pitts
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The Living with HIV Program is a part of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University. The program conducts social research into the lived experience of HIV. This research is guided by the Australian National Strategies on HIV, the Living with HIV Reference Group and the ARCSHS Scientific Advisory Committee. All research conducted is approved by the La Trobe University Human Ethics Committee and additional institutional and community ethics committees where appropriate.
Published: 2006
Title: HIV Futures 5: Life as women know it (PDF File 155.4 KB)
Author(s): R. Thorpe, K. McDonald, J. Grierson
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Life as women know it is the fifth report from the HIV Futures surveys that specifically addresses the status of women living with HIV/AIDS in Australia. The data presented here are taken from the 2005 survey HIV Futures 5: Life as we know it.
This report is designed to provide women, organisations, government and policy makers with the most recent data on the health, social lives, and financial situation of women living with HIV/AIDS in Australia.
As this is the fifth report of its kind, we are now able to examine changes that have occurred at a population level over the nine years since the first HIV Futures Survey was conducted in 1997.
Published: 2007
Title: HIV Futures 6 – making positive lives count (PDF File 406.6 KB)
Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Jennifer Power, Marian Pitts, Samantha Croy, Thomas Clement, Rachel Thorpe, Karalyn McDonald
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The Living with HIV Program is a part of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University. The program conducts social research into the lived experience of HIV. This research is guided by the Australian National Strategies on HIV, the Living with HIV Reference Group and the ARCSHS Scientific Advisory Committee. All research conducted is approved by the La Trobe University Human Ethics Committee and additional institutional and community ethics committees where appropriate.
Published: 2009
Title: HIV Futures NZ2 – Mate-a-raikore a muri ake nei (Tuarua) (PDF File 957.5 KB)
Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Rachel Thorpe, Marian Pitts, Tony Hughes, Peter Saxton, Jonathan Smith, Eamonn Smythe, Mark Thomas
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This report presents the basic findings for each of the areas covered by the survey. The findings are presented as simply as possible- usually in tables giving either the number or percentage of people giving each of the responses to each of the questions. This allows us to see how things are most commonly experienced and the extent of uncommon experience.
Published: 2008
Title: Mapping Gay Men’s Communities – Appendix 2 (PDF File 1.2 MB)
Author(s): Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Grierson, Henry von Doussa, Marian Pitts, Thomas Clement
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This is Appendix 2 attached to the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities report.
In the context of increased cases of HIV and other STIs in Victoria, the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities project sought to better understand the many different ways Victorian gay men use GLBTIQ organisations and networks.
The attached document reports on the findings of the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities research. The project was funded by the Department of Human Services. The project partners were the Victorian AIDS Council, PLWHA Vic and The ALSO Foundation. For any further information contact ARCSHS.
Published: 2009
Title: Investigating General Practice and Hepatitis B (PDF File 1.1 MB)
Author(s): Jack Wallace, Behzad Hajarizadeh, Jacqui Richmond, Stephen McNally
Description: GP knowledge about chronic hepatitis B was identified as a key challenge for providing an effective clinical response. Almost all GPs identified a need for further education. Knowledge deficits related to the changes in specialist practices over the past decade as a result of a better understanding of the natural history of hepatitis B and improved treatment modalities.
Published: 2012
Title: HIV Futures 6: Making Positive Women’s Lives Count (PDF File 448.6 KB)
Author(s): Rachel Koelmeyer, Karalyn McDonald, Marian Pitts, Jeffrey Grierson.
Description: This report details the experiences of women living with HIV in Australia and is based on data collected via the HIV Futures 6 survey (the full report from this study is also available on this website). The experiences of women in terms of their identity, health, treatment experience, service use, social networks, living conditions, employment and finances are presented and compared to other sub-populations of people living with HIV in Australia.
Published: 2010
Title: HIV populations in Australia: Implications for access and delivery (PDF File 1.4 MB)
Author(s): Marina Carman, Jeffrey Grierson, Michael Hurley, Marian Pitts, Jennifer Power
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This report aims to focus on the following:
- outlining key trends in the HIV-positive population
- summarising treatment, healthcare and other service demands
- analysing and assessing sub-populations
- applying this analysis in relation to access to services and current/future demands in service delivery
- making comment on future directions for research and analysis that are suggested by undertaking this work
Published: 2009
Title: HIV Seroconversion Study – newly diagnosed men in Australia 2007-9 (PDF File 882.3 KB)
Author(s): Garrett Prestage, Jack Bradley, Ian Down, Jeanne Ellard, Graham Brown, Andrew Grulich, Fengyi Jin
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The Seroconversion Study collects both quantitative and qualitative data from mainly homosexual men who have recently been diagnosed with HIV. Men are referred to the online questionnaire through clinics and HIV organizations providing services to men who are newly diagnosed. Men completing the online questionnaire volunteer for the more extended depth interview. To date, there have been 155 completed questionnaires, across five states, including over twenty who have also completed depth interviews.
Published: 2009
Title: HIV Futures 4 State of the [Positive] Nation (PDF File 716.1 KB)
Author(s): J Grierson, R Thorpe, M Saunders, M Pitts
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This report presents the basic findings for each of the areas covered by the survey. The findings are presented as simply as possible- usually in tables giving either the number or percentage of people giving each of the responses to each of the questions. This allows us to see how things are most commonly experienced and the extent of uncommon experience.
Published: 2004
Title: Beyond: 'we treat everyone the same' (PDF File 569.0 KB)
Author(s): Dr Catherine Barrett, Kylie Stephens
Description: A report on the 2010 – 2011 program: How2 create a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex inclusive service
Published: 2012
Author(s): Stephen McNally, Sophie Dutertre
Description:
While the prevalence of hepatitis C in Australia is 1%, it is estimated that between 4 and 8% of Vietnamese and Cambodian people living in Australia have hepatitis C. It is therefore important to examine whether people from these communities are aware of treatment and recent improvements, and what may be stopping them from accessing anti-viral treatment.
Published: 2010
Author(s): Gary Dowsett, Jeffrey Grierson, Stephen McNally
Description:
Annotated bibliography from the report “A Review of Knowledge about the Sexual Networks and Behaviours of Men who have Sex with Men in Asia”
Published: 2006
Author(s): Stephen McNally, Robyn Latham
Description:
This research investigates a range of issues concerning hepatitis C and Indigenous people in Victoria. Access to anti-viral treatment for hepatitis C has improved over the past few years, with over 3,500 people in 2007 accessing treatment throughout Australia; however with 207,600 people estimated to be infected, treatment uptake still remains low (NCHECR, 2008). While the goal of increasing the number of people on treatment for hepatitis is necessary, there are many other critical issues which need to be addressed if the burden of hepatitis in Indigenous communities throughout Australia is to be reduced. This research begins to address these issues.
Published: 2010
Author(s): Gary Dowsett, Jeffrey Grierson, Stephen McNally
Description:
Annotated bibliography from the report “A Review of Knowledge about the Sexual Networks and Behaviours of Men who have Sex with Men in Asia”
Published: 2006
Author(s): Lynne Hillier, Chyloe Kurdas, Philomena Horsley
Description:
This report explores the use of the Internet by same sex attracted young people (SSAY).
Internet access is increasing in Australian homes at a rapid rate, with more than 75% of young people under the age of 18 years accessing the Net in 1999. Yet little is known about the specific ways in which young people generally, and same sex attracted young people in particular, use the Net for friendship, information and recreation
Published: 2001
Author(s): Murray Couch, Gary W. Dowsett, Sophie Dutertre, Deborah Keys, Marian K. Pitts
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The key question this review attempts to answer is: what social and contextual factors are related to adolescent risk-taking, vulnerability to unwanted pregnancy and STI/HIV infections, and their impact on sexuality?
Published: 2006
Title: Making Decisions about Hepatitis C Treatment (PDF File 422.4 KB)
Author(s): Stephen McNally, Meredith Temple-Smith, Marian Pitts
Description:
It is estimated that more than 242,000 Australians have Hepatitis C, and around 16,000 new cases are diagnosed annually. Few with this infection access clinical treatment and even fewer successfully complete a course of Hepatitis C treatment. While some research has been conducted into the quality of life of people with Hepatitis C, virtually no work has examined the broader social contexts of clinical treatment. This report details the range of psychological and social factors associated with decisions to take up treatment, and presents results of a study which used both qualitative and quantitative methods to identify personal, psychological and structural barriers to treatment uptake. This study is unique in that it offers three different perspectives on treatment: those of people with Hepatitis C, General Practitioners (GPs), and Specialist Physicians.
Published: 2004
Title: Mapping Gay Men’s Communities (part one) (PDF File 586.6 KB)
Author(s): Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Grierson, Henry von Doussa Marian Pitts, Thomas Clement
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Part one of three plus appendix of the report 'Mapping Gay Men’s Communities'.
In the context of increased cases of HIV and other STIs in Victoria, the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities project sought to better understand the many different ways Victorian gay men use GLBTIQ organisations and networks.
The attached document reports on the findings of the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities research. The project was funded by the Department of Human Services. The project partners were the Victorian AIDS Council, PLWHA Vic and The ALSO Foundation. For any further information contact ARCSHS.
Published: 2009
Title: Mapping Gay Men’s Communities (part two) (PDF File 5.0 MB)
Author(s): Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Grierson, Henry von Doussa Marian Pitts, Thomas Clement
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Part two of three plus appendix of the report 'Mapping Gay Men’s Communities'.
In the context of increased cases of HIV and other STIs in Victoria, the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities project sought to better understand the many different ways Victorian gay men use GLBTIQ organisations and networks.
The attached document reports on the findings of the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities research. The project was funded by the Department of Human Services. The project partners were the Victorian AIDS Council, PLWHA Vic and The ALSO Foundation. For any further information contact ARCSHS.
Published: 2009
Title: Mapping Gay Men’s Communities (part three) (PDF File 6.0 MB)
Author(s): Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Grierson, Henry von Doussa Marian Pitts, Thomas Clement
Description:
Part three of three plus appendix of the report 'Mapping Gay Men’s Communities'.
In the context of increased cases of HIV and other STIs in Victoria, the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities project sought to better understand the many different ways Victorian gay men use GLBTIQ organisations and networks.
The attached document reports on the findings of the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities research. The project was funded by the Department of Human Services. The project partners were the Victorian AIDS Council, PLWHA Vic and The ALSO Foundation. For any further information contact ARCSHS.
Published: 2009
Title: National Hepatitis B Needs Assessment (PDF File 1.4 MB)
Author(s): Jack Wallace, Stephen McNally, Jacqui Richmond
Description:
The aim of the needs assessment is to identify:
- key stakeholders responding to hepatitis B in each Australian jurisdiction
- needs and gaps in service provision for people with chronic hepatitis
- informational/educational programs and policies targeting service providers and people with chronic hepatitis B
- priorities for a nationally coordinated response to hepatitis B
Published: 2008
Title: No shame on me (PDF File 2.6 MB)
Author(s): Stephen McNally, Meredith Temple-Smith, Priscilla Pyett, Jacqui Richmond, Peter Waples-Crowe, Mark Saunders, Robyne Latham, Andrea Khan, Jen Johnson.
Description: This booklet is about hepatitis C and Aboriginal people in Victoria, Australia. It started as a research project where we interviewed Aboriginal people with hep C. We also spoke to Aboriginal health workers and a few doctors. We started by asking questions about ways of improving access to hep C treatment in the Aboriginal community, but we learned a lot more about what hep C means for Aboriginal people.
Published: 2010
Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Anthony Smith, Henry von Doussa
Description:
This document reports on research designed to gather information and increase understanding about SOPVs (sex on premises venues) so as to enhance the capacity of public health and gay community stakeholders to better address recent rises in HIV and other STIs.
The research seeks to gain knowledge about SOPVs from the perspective of the SOPV industry, SOPV patrons and the community from which SOPV patrons are drawn.
Published: 2008
Title: Pleasure and Sexual Health (PASH) report (PDF File 2.1 MB)
Author(s): Garrett Prestage, Pól Dominic McCann, Michael Hurley, Jack Bradley, Ian Down, Graham Brown
Description: Report on the Pleasure and Sexual Health (PASH) study of homosexual men to ascertain their understandings of pleasure and how it affects the decisions they make about sex.
Published: 2009
Title: People with Intellectual Disabilities Living Safer Sexual Lives (PDF File 325.6 KB)
Author(s): Kelley Johnson, Lynne Hillier, Lyn Harrison, Patsie Frawley
Description:
Living Safer Sexual Lives was a three year Victorian Health Promotion Foundation funded action research project undertaken at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University. The project was established to gain an understanding of how people with intellectual disabilities saw their sexual lives and relationships and to develop interventions from the research that would assist them to lead safer sexual lives.
Published: 2001
Title: Private Lives: A report on the health and wellbeing of GLBTI Australians (PDF File 973.5 KB)
Author(s): Marian Pitts, Anthony Smith, Anthony Smith, Anne Mitchell, Sunil Patel
Description:
The Private Lives study, carried out in early 2005, is one of the largest surveys of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) people ever conducted. It aimed to document aspects of the health and wellbeing of a large sample of GLBTI people in Australia, to explore the impact of factors such as homophobia, discrimination, family and community connection on health and wellbeing, and to investigate aspects of health service use.
Published: 2006
Author(s): William Leonard, Marian Pitts, Anne Mitchell, Anthony Lyons, Anthony Smith, Sunil Patel, Murray Couch, Anna Barrett.
Description: Private Lives 2 (PL2) is a report on the second national survey of the health and wellbeing of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Australians. The first Private Lives (PL1) was released in 2006 and was, at that time, the largest survey of its kind conducted anywhere in the world. In 2011, 3,835 GLBT respondents successfully completed PL2. The project was supported by beyondblue with funds from The Movember Foundation, with additional funds provided by the Victorian Department of Health and a La Trobe University faculty grant. The project was managed jointly by Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria (GLHV) and the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) La Trobe University.
Published: 2012
Author(s): Rachel Thorpe
Description:
Given the high rate of complementary medicine (CM) use amongst people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) it is important to understand the meanings of these practices for CM users and how people make decisions to use them alongside antiretroviral treatments (ARV). The current popularity of CM practices in Western countries has been attributed to a post-modern scepticism of biomedicine and a loss of status of doctors. Other suggested reasons for the current popularity of CM practices include the rise in consumer culture, the growing popularity of preventative health, the ideology of individual responsibility for health and the influence of the internet on how people seek information about health. The fact that many PLWHA are using CM alongside ARV suggests that decision making and beliefs around health and illness are complex.
Published: 2007
Author(s): Jack Wallace, Marian K Pitts, Stephen McNally, Ian Malkin, Meredith Temple-Smith, Anthony M A Smith, Michael Levy.
Description: This report identifies the regulatory barriers to reducing the transmission of hepatitis C within Australian adult correctional centres. A proposed regulatory framework in which hepatitis C prevention initiatives can be embedded within a correctional environment is proposed.
Published: 2010
Title: Fair Game Respect Matters Evaluation of Phase One (2008-2009) (PDF File 738.6 KB)
Author(s): Sue Dyson
Description: Report on Phase One of the Fair Game Respect Matters program in one community football league in Victoria.
Published: 2010
Author(s): Gary Dowsett, Jeffrey Grierson, Stephen McNally
Description:
The objective of this study, commissioned by Family Health International (FHI) and undertaken by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS), based at La Trobe University, Melbourne, is to provide a thorough analysis of existing information about MSM and their sexual networks and HIV transmission in four Asian countries.
Published: 2006
Author(s): Anthony Smith Paul Agius Anne Mitchell Catherine Barrett Marian Pitts
Description: The Fourth National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health involved nearly 3,000 Year 10 and Year 12 students from more than 100 secondary schools from the Government, Catholic and Independent school systems and from every jurisdiction in Australia. The key findings are arranged under the key themes of knowledge, behaviour and health.
Published: 2009
Author(s): Anthony Smith, Paul Agius, Sue Dyson, Anne Mitchell, Marian Pitts
Description:
The 3rd National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health involved 2,388 young people (55% young women) from Years 10 and 12 from all States and Territories. Consistent with our strategy of increasing the coverage and scope of this important national monitoring system, we have for the first time been able to include students from both the Catholic and Independent school systems. Thus, the results are representative of all students in Years 10 and 12 in Australia.
Published: 2003
Author(s): Anthony Smith, Paul Agius, Sue Dyson, Anne Mitchell, Marian Pitts
Description:
The 3rd National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health involved 2,388 young people (55% young women) from Years 10 and 12 from all States and Territories. Consistent with our strategy of increasing the coverage and scope of this important national monitoring system, we have for the first time been able to include students from both the Catholic and Independent school systems. Thus, the results are representative of all students in Years 10 and 12 in Australia.
Published: 2003
Author(s): Anthony Smith, Paul Agius, Sue Dyson, Anne Mitchell, Marian Pitts
Description:
The 3rd National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health involved 2,388 young people (55% young women) from Years 10 and 12 from all States and Territories. Consistent with our strategy of increasing the coverage and scope of this important national monitoring system, we have for the first time been able to include students from both the Catholic and Independent school systems. Thus, the results are representative of all students in Years 10 and 12 in Australia.
Published: 2003
Author(s): Anthony Smith, Paul Agius, Sue Dyson, Anne Mitchell, Marian Pitts
Description:
The 3rd National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health involved 2,388 young people (55% young women) from Years 10 and 12 from all States and Territories. Consistent with our strategy of increasing the coverage and scope of this important national monitoring system, we have for the first time been able to include students from both the Catholic and Independent school systems. Thus, the results are representative of all students in Years 10 and 12 in Australia.
Published: 2003
Title: Experiences of HIV: The seroconversion study (PDF File 1.8 MB)
Author(s): Ian Down, Jack Bradley, Jeanne Ellard, Graham Brown, Andrew Grulich, Garrett Prestage.
Description: This is a report on findings from the current HIV Seroconversion Study for the period September 2007 to June 2010. The Seroconversion Study collects both quantitative and qualitative data from people in Australia who have recently been diagnosed with HIV. Participants completing the online questionnaire are offered the opportunity to volunteer for the more extended in-depth interview. Until June 2010, only men were eligible for the study. This report examines the responses gathered until that time. Between September 2007 and June 2010, there were 247 completed questionnaires, including 36 with men who also participated in an in-depth interview.
Published: 2010
Title: The first National Survey of Secondary Teachers of Sexuality Education (PDF File 1.5 MB)
Author(s): Anthony Smith, Marisa Schlichthorst, Anne Mitchell, Jenny Walsh, Anthony Lyons, Pam Blackman, Marian Pitts
Description: The project involved nearly 300 secondary school teachers from every jurisdiction including government, Catholic and independent schools and found that secondary school teachers need more training in sexuality education.
Published: 2011
Title: Sexuality Education in Australia in 2011 (PDF File 1.3 MB)
Author(s): Anne Mitchell, Anthony Smith, Marina Carman, Marisa Schlichthorst, Jenny Walsh, Marian Pitts.
Description: Sexuality Education in Australian schools
Published: 2011
Title: Sexual diversity checklist (PDF File 37.5 KB)
Author(s): Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
Description:
This updated schools' audit outline shows how schools can comply with the “DEECD’s Supporting Sexual Diversity in Schools - July 2008". Schools are required to identify goals and strategies and report on what they are doing to improve student wellbeing. This audit, written by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, makes it easier to identify what schools can do to promote the wellbeing of same sex attracted students.
Published: 2008
Author(s): Gary Dowsett, Jeffrey Grierson, Stephen McNally
Description:
Annotated bibliography from the report “A Review of Knowledge about the Sexual Networks and Behaviours of Men who have Sex with Men in Asia”
Published: 2006
Title: Then and Now. Gay men and HIV (PDF File 602.0 KB)
Author(s): Michael Hurley
Description:
Post-AIDS refers to how gay men live separately from, and in relation to, HIV. There has been a decrease in interpersonal contact with the epidemic for HIV negative men and an increase in distance from the effects of the epidemic. This often involves HIV positive as well as HIV negative men. Doing gay separately from HIV, however, has become more than distancing from the social effects of the HIV epidemic. Most gay men still practice safe sex most of the time, but gay and safe sex cultures are dynamic and adaptive. Put simply, doing gay is about living a gay life. Safe sex fits there, but has an increasingly abstract relation to HIV as both epidemic and virus.
Published: 2003
Title: TOMS – Three or more study (PDF File 1001.2 KB)
Author(s): Garrett Prestage, Jeff Hudson, Jack Bradley, Ian Down, Rob Sutherland, Nick Corrigan, Brad Gray, Baden Chalmers, Colin Batrouney, Paul Martin,
Description:
The major aim of the 2007-2008 Three or More Study (TOMS) project was to provide data on risk behaviour and condom negotiation in a cross-sectional sample of homosexually active men who engage in group sex.
This report is a collaboration between ARCSHS and National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research.
Published: 2008
Title: Tracking Changes (PDF File 700.3 KB)
Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Rachel Koelmeyer, Marian K Pitts.
Description: The key aim of this study was to develop a deeper understanding of the experiences of PLHIV and HIV clinicians starting and switching ARV fifteen years on from the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
Published: 2011
Author(s): Murray Couch, Marian Pitts, Hunter Mulcare, Samantha Croy, Anne Mitchell, Sunil Patel
Description:
Studies investigating health and wellbeing of transgender people have typically been conducted in medical environments such as gender clinics and through sexual health centres. This study set out to recruit the broadest possible community sample by using a range of recruitment techniques and an online survey. This methodology provides an opportunity for participants to protect their identity, and reduces fear of discovery or being ‘outed’ in terms of their non-conforming gender identity or feelings.
Published: 2007
Author(s): Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
Description:
Provides a comprehensive classroom resource for Years 9 & 10 within an integrated social framework, suitable for teachers wishing to extend their skills in areas such as social aspects of STI prevention, sex and drugs, gender, power and sexuality and understanding and appreciating sexual diversity.
Published: 2008
Title: Talking Sexual Health: A Parents' Guide (PDF File 3.6 MB)
Author(s): Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
Description:
A guide for parents of students in Year 9 & 10 dealing with issues such as social aspects of STI prevention, sex and drugs, gender, power and sexuality and understanding and appreciating sexual diversity.
Published: 2008
Title: Talking Sexual Health - framework (PDF File 776.8 KB)
Author(s): Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
Description:
The national policy document providing an integrated social framework and basis for the resource materials developed ARCSHS
Published: 2008
Author(s): Sue Dyson, Jo Grzelinska, Carmel Hobbs.
Description: Women love football—there is no doubt of that—and in country Victoria in the winter months, football/netball clubs are often central to the social life of the local community. For some women and their families, the club is a place where they feel a sense of belonging, and to which they feel a fierce loyalty. For other women, clubs are less inviting. We heard many stories during the course of this research that represented both of these points of view, and many in between. The football women and the netball women who do not find a sense of welcome or security in their clubs often stay involved despite the hardships associated with belonging, and this persistence in the face of some adversity can be attributed to a love of their game, and loyalty to their team and community. For this reason we have called this report ‘For the Love of the Game’, and dedicate it to the women and men who are working to make clubs equal, respectful and inclusive for all.
Published: 2011
Title: Victorian Networks Study Technical Report (VINES) (PDF File 111.3 KB)
Author(s): J Grierson, A Smith, D Wain
Description:
This report represents the first publication of findings from the Victorian Networks Study (Vines). Vines is the first comprehensive investigation into the social and sexual networks of gay men in Australia. It is unique in that these networks are the primary focus of the study and the principal unit of analysis. Networks are the dynamic social systems through which HIV is spread, and the structures which facilitate the communication of HIV prevention messages, provide the normative reference for individuals’ social practices, and enable and constrain safe sex cultures. Networks, therefore, are central to our understandings of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and our understandings of networks are critical to our success in HIV prevention.
Published: 2010
Author(s): Lynne Hillier, Deborah Dempsey, Lyn Harrison, Lisa Beale, Lesley Matthews, Doreen Rosenthal
Description:
These surveys sought information regarding sexual feelings and experiences as well as sexual and drug-taking practices in regard to STDs (including HIV) and related diseases. The source and adequacy of sexual health information for this group and their levels of support and experiences of abuse and discrimination were also elicited. The survey also charted young people’s perceptions of their quality of life and emotional well-being. In addition, participants were also asked to write stories about their experiences, including when they first knew about their sexual feelings, their relationships with family and friends, and their hopes for the future.
Published: 1998
Author(s): Lynne Hillier, Alina Turner, Anne Mitchell
Description:
Writing Themselves In Again - 6 years on: the 2nd national report on the sexuality, health and well-being of same sex attracted young Australians is the follow up report to a similar study conducted in 1998. This earlier report documented the experiences of 750 young people at home, at school and in the community and revealed a number of negative experiences and concerning health outcomes for these young people. The dissemination of this research was at least partially responsible for a number of positive changes in support for same sex attracted young people (SSAY) in the following years. The purpose of repeating the survey in 2004 was to explore the extent to which these changes have made a difference.
Published: 2005
Title: Writing Themselves in 3 (PDF File 2.9 MB)
Author(s): Lynne Hillier, Tiffany Jones, Marisa Monagle, Naomi Overton, Luke Gahan, Jennifer Blackman, Anne Mitchell.
Description: The third national study on the health and wellbeing of same sex attracted and gender questioning young people.
Published: 2010