Health Sciences

Sociology of health and illness
HIV/AIDS
Public Health
Living with chronic illness
Use of Complementary Medicine

HIV Futures New Zealand 2 (Mate āraikore a muri ake nei- tuarua) The second national survey of New Zealand PLWHA.

HIV Futures 5 The sixth round of the national survey of Australian PLWHA

The ART of making babies:  How human embryo research and assisted reproduction are regulated in Australia and New Zealand.

Reflexive Practice: The use of Complementary Medicine by people living with HIV/AIDS (Masters - completed in March 2006)

Thorpe R, Grierson J and Pitts M.  Gender differences in patterns of HIV service use in a national sample of HIV-positive Australians.  AIDS Care (In press – accepted December 2007).

Thorpe R.  Pragmatism or holism: The perspectives of people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia who were using complementary and alternative medicine alongside biomedicine.  Health Sociology Review (In Press – accepted April 2008).

Glenday K, Gelgor L, Shaik A, Zablotska I, Prestage G, Grierson J, Thorpe R, Pitts M, Anderson J, Chuah J, Mulhall B, Petoumenos K, Kelleher A and Laws M.  HIV Antiretroviral treatment differences by state.  Sexual Health (In press – accepted October 2007).

J W Grierson, M K Pitts, RD Thorpe (2007) State of the (positive) nation: findings from the fourth national Australian HIV Futures Survey, International Journal of STD and AIDS Volume 18, Number 9, September 2007 , pp. 622-625(4)

Cadilhac DA, Thorpe RD, Pearce DC, Barnes M, Rochford PD, Tarquinio N, Davis SM, Donnan GA. Sleep disordered breathing in chronic stroke survivors. A study of the long term follow-up of the SCOPES cohort using home based polysomnography. Journal of clinical neuroscience (2005) 12(6), 632-637.

Petersen K, Bakes, HWG, Pitts M and Thorpe R. Assisted reproductive technologies: Professional and legal restrictions in Australian Clinics. Journal of Law and Medicine (2005) 12(3), 373-385.

Thorpe R.  Complementary medicine use among people living with HIV/AIDS: reflexive possibilities and limitation.  Submitted to Sociology of Health and Illness (August 2007)

R Guy, J Goller, D Leslie, R Thorpe, J Grierson, C Batrouney, M Kennedy, J Lewis, C Fairley, S Ginige, I Zablotska, M Hellard HIV or STI testing following a social marketing campaign among men who have sex with men.

Prestage G, Ferris J, Grierson J, Thorpe R, Zablotska I, Imrie J, Smith A, Grulich A.  Estimating population distribution and HIV prevalence among homosexual and bisexual men.  Submitted to sexual health.

J Grierson, R Thorpe, M Pitts, A Hughes, P Saxton, J Smith, E Smythe, M Thomas (2008) HIV Futures New Zealand 2, monograph series number 66, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

R Thorpe, K McDonald and J Grierson,(2007) HIV Futures 5: Life as women know it, monograph series number 51, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

J Grierson, R Thorpe and M Pitts (2006) HIV Futures 5: Life as we know it (Brief Report), The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

J Grierson, R Thorpe and M Pitts (2006) HIV Futures 5: Life as we know it, monograph series number 60, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

J Grierson, R Thorpe (2005) HIV Futures 4 Regional Report: New South Wales, monograph series number 56, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

J Grierson, R Thorpe (2006) HIV Futures 4 Regional Report: Victoria, monograph series number 55, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

J Grierson, R Thorpe (2006) HIV Futures 4 Regional Report: Queensland, monograph series number 54, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

J Grierson, R Thorpe (2006) HIV Futures 4 Regional Report: South Australia, monograph series number 53, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

J Grierson, R Thorpe (2006) HIV Futures 4 Regional Report: Western Australia, monograph series number 52, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

McDonald K, Thorpe R and Grierson J (2005). The journey continues: Women living with HIV/AIDS in Australia, monograph series number 51, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne Australia.

Grierson J, Thorpe R, Saunders M and Pitts M (2004). HIV Futures 4: State of the positive nation, monograph series number 48, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne Australia.

Couch M, Grierson J, Swaminathan S, Thorpe R, Pitts M, Abraham KK (2007) Living with HIV in a Tamil Nadu district: Indian-Australian capacity sharing in community research, poster presentation at 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19-23 August

Thorpe R, Grierson J, Pitts M (2007) Gender differences in HIV service use in a national sample of HIV positive Australians, 8th International AIDS Impact Conference, July 1-4, Marseille, France

Grierson J, Thorpe R, Pitts M (2007) Trends in antiretroviral uptake, experience and interruption in Australia 1997-2005, 8th International AIDS Impact Conference, July 1-4, Marseille, France

Pitts M, Grierson J, Thorpe R (2007) Living and working with HIV: Results from HIV Futures Surveys, 1997-2005, Poster presentation at 8th International AIDS Impact Conference, July 1-4, Marseille, France

Thorpe R (2006) Resisting medicalisation: The use of complementary medicine by people living with HIV/AIDS, Alternative and Complementary Health Research Network Conference, United Kingdom, July 2006. 

Thorpe R, Grierson J, Pitts M (2005) Time with treatments: Sustained decrease in ARV uptake and increased complexity of experience 1997-2003, 7th International AIDS Impact Conference, April 4-7, Cape Town, South Africa

Thorpe R, Grierson J, Saunders M, Pitts M (2005) Health and quality of life: The impact of co-existing health conditions among Australian PLWHA, 7th International AIDS Impact Conference, April 4-7, Cape Town, South Africa

Grierson J, Thorpe R, Pitts M (2005) Motivations and consequences of treatment interruptions from the patient perspective, The 3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, Rio de Janerio, Brazil, 24-27 July

Grierson J, Thorpe R, McDonald K, Pitts M (2005) Gendered patterns of antiretroviral uptake and experience: 1997-2003, 7th International AIDS Impact Conference, April 4-7, Cape Town, South Africa

Grierson J, Pitts M, Thorpe R, O’Brien M (2005) Social correlates of co-infection with HIV and hepatitis C, The 3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, Rio de Janerio, Brazil, 24-27 July

Pitts M, Grierson J, Thorpe R, Saunders M (2005) Aging with HIV, 7th International AIDS Impact Conference, April 4-7, Cape Town, South Africa

Pitts M, Grierson J, Thorpe R, O’Brien M, Saunders M (2005) Co-infection with HIV and hepatitis C, 7th International AIDS Impact Conference, April 4-7, Cape Town, South Africa

Grierson J, Thorpe R, Pitts M (2005) Changes in the Health, Well-Being, and Social Connectedness of Australians Living with HIV/AIDS from 1997 To 2003, American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) 17th National HIV/AIDS Update Conference, Oakland, California, USA April 10 - 13

MK Pitts, JW Grierson, R Thorpe, S Misson, M Hurley, J Willis (2004) Growing older with HIV, XV International AIDS Conference, July 11-16, Bangkok, Thailand

MK Pitts, JW Grierson, M Hurley, J Willis, R Thorpe, S Misson (2004) Discrimination - experiences and consequences from a PLWHA perspective, XV International AIDS Conference, July 11-16, Bangkok, Thailand

Thorpe RD. (2006) Resisting medicalisation: Use of complementary medicine by people living with HIV/AIDS.  Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, October 10-14, Melbourne, Australia

Thorpe RD, Pitts MK, Grierson J. (2006) Co-infection with HIV and hepatitis C. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, October 10-14, Melbourne, Australia

Grierson J, Thorpe R, Pitts M (2006) Australian trends in ARV uptake and experience 1997-2005. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, October 10-14, Melbourne, Australia

Pitts, MK, Grierson J, Thorpe, R. (2006) Living and working with HIV: Results from HIV futures surveys 1997-2005. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, October 10-14, Melbourne, Australia

Willis J., Saunders M., Grierson J., Thorpe R., Pitts M., Hurley M., McDonald K. (2006) Disadvantage among Australian PLWHA who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders: Findings from the HIV futures surveys.

Thorpe R, Grierson J, Pitts M, Thomas, N (2004) Rural, regional, suburban or urban: Findings from the HIV Futures 4 study of Australian PLWHA, 3rd "FUTURES" Victorian Rural Health Forum, Country AIDS Network, Bendigo,15-17 November.

Rule J, Grierson J, Thorpe R, Pitts M (2005) HIV Futures 4 Forum: Drilling Into The Data. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, August 24-27

Grierson J, Thorpe R, Pitts M (2004) HIV Futures 4: State of the [positive] nation. 16th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, Canberra, 2-4 September

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