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Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society

BSc (UNSW)
PhD (ANU)

 

 

Professor Anthony Smith - Professor & Principal Research Fellow

Disciplinary expertise

Public health

Broad approach Social & behavioural epidemiology of sexual and reproductive health drawing on cross-sectional studies, longitudinal cohort studies, multilevel studies and the application of social network analysis.
Current projects
 

Continuing analysis of the Australian Study of Health & Relationships
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/ashr

The Australian Longitudinal Study of Health & Relationships
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/alshr

Continuing analysis of Secondary Students and Sexual Health 2002
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/schoolssurvey/

Continuing analysis of the Victorian Networks Study (Vines)
Publications (2005 onwards)
 

Smith AMA, de Visser RO & Rissel CE. 2005. Random digit dialling and directory based samples in telephone surveys of HIV risk: a comparison from the Australian Study of Health and Relationships. Annals of Epidemiology 15(3): 232-5.

Pitts M, Smith AMA, Mischewski A & Fairley C. 2005. Men, bodily change and urethritis: a qualitative study. Sexual Health, 2(1): 25-28.

Lister N, Fairley CK, Tabrizi SN, Garland S & Smith AMA. 2005. Chlamydia trachomatis serovars causing urogenital infections in women in Melbourne, Australia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43: 2546-7.

de Visser RO, Smith AMA & Richters J. 2005. Can we generalise to other young people from studies of sexual risk behaviour among university students? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 29(5): 436-41

Lister N, Smith AMA, & Fairley CK. 2005. Introduction of screening guidelines for men who have sex with men at an STD clinic, the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Australia. Sexual Health 2(4): 241-244.

Lister N, Smith A, Tabrizi S, Garland S, Hayes P & Fairley CK. 2005. Comprehensive clinical care on-site in men-only saunas: confidential STI/HIV screening outreach clinic. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 16(12): 794-798.

Grierson J & Smith AMA. 2005. In from the outer: Generational differences in coming out and gay identity formation. Journal of Homosexuality, 50: 53-70.

Agius PA, Dyson S, Pitts MK, Mitchell A, Smith AMA. 2006. Two steps forward and one step back? Australian secondary students’ sexual health knowledge and behaviours 1992-2002. Journal of Adolescent Health, 38: 247-252.

Madeddu D, Prestage G, Richters J, Ferris J, Grierson J, Smith A, Allan B & Grulich A. 2006. Estimating population distribution and HIV prevalence among homosexual and bisexual men. Sexual Health, 3: 37-43.

Smith AMA, Grierson J, Wain D, Pitts M & Pattison P. 2006. Interpersonal and social network influences on gay men's communication about unprotected sex. International Journal of STD & AIDS, .17: 267-270.

Lister N, Smith A, Tabrizi SN, Garland S & Fairley CK. 2006. Re-infection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infections among men who have sex with men. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 17: 415-417.

Millett C, Wen ML, Rissel C, Smith A, Richters J, Grulich A, de Visser R. 2006. Smoking and erectile dysfunction: evidence of a dose response in a representative sample of Australian men. Tobacco Control, 15(2):136-9.

de Visser RO, Rissel CE, Smith AMA & Richters J. 2006. Sociodemographic correlates of selected health risk behaviours in a representative sample of Australian young people. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 13(2):153-62.

Smith AMA, Subramanian SV. 2006. Population contextual influences on heterosexual partner numbers: a multilevel analysis. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 82(3):250-4.

Smith AMA, de Visser RO & Rissel CE. 2006. Optimizing Telephone-Based Population Sampling–a Reply. Annals of Epidemiology, 16(9): 734-5.

Nickson CA, Smith AMA & Shelley JM. 2006. Travel undertaken by women accessing private Victorian pregnancy termination services. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 30(4): 329-34.

Richters J, Smith AMA, de Visser RO, Grulich AE Rissel CE. 2006.Circumcision in Australia: prevalence and affects on sexual health. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 17: 547-54.

Pitts M, Couch M, Smith AMA. 2006. About men who have sex with men: how much to assume and what to ask. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(8): 450-452.

Agius P, Pitts M, Dyson S, Mitchell A, Smith A. 2006. Pregnancy and contraceptive use in a representative sample of Australian secondary students. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 30: 555-557.

Smith AMA, Grierson J, Pitts M, Pattison P. 2006. Individual characteristics are less important than event characteristics in predicting protected and unprotected anal intercourse among gay and bisexual men in Melbourne, Australia. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 82: 474-477.

Richters J, de Visser RO, Rissel CE, Smith AMA. 2006. Sexual practices at last heterosexual encounter and occurrence of orgasm in a national survey. Journal of Sex Research, 43: 217-226.

de Visser RO, Smith AMA, Richters J, Rissel CE. 2007. Associations between religiosity and sexuality in a representative sample of Australian adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36: 33-46.

Temple-Smith M, Stoové M, Smith A, O’Brien M, Mitchell D, Banwell C, Bammer G, Jolley D, Gifford S. 2007. Gender differences in seeking care for hepatitis C: the Australian experience. Journal of Substance Use, 12: 59-70.

Smith AMA, Pitts MK, Shelley JM, Richters J, Ferris J. 2007. The Australian longitudinal study of health and relationships. BMC Public Health, 7(1):139.

de Visser RO, Rissel CE, Richters J, Smith AMA. 2007. The impact of sexual coercion on psychological, physical and sexual well-being in a representative sample of Australian women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36:876-886.

Contact details

Email: Anthony.smith@latrobe.edu.au

Tel: 03 9285 5304

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