Theme co-convenors: Jennifer Power, Alexandra James
We have a well-established national leadership role in this area, with longstanding Commonwealth government funding for research that directly informs relevant strategies.
This thematic area focuses on the sexual health, rights, wellbeing and education of people in Australia, including exploration of themes such as:
- sexual communication and consent
- comprehensive approaches to sexual health promotion, education, rights and advocacy
- sexual practices, bodies and pleasure
- prevention of sexually transmissible infections (STIs)
- sexual health and wellbeing in digital spaces
- technologies and digital sexual literacy
We also track young people’s sexual health knowledge and practice, and their experiences of school-based relationships and sexuality education.
- Secondary Students and Sexual Health 8 - now open for responses!
- Secondary Students and Sexual Health 7
- Beyond 'The Talk': Supporting parents and carers to speak with children about sex, relationships and consent
- Improving digital sexual literacy in Australia (DigiSex)
- Supporting sexual health promotion and education among young people
- Young people, sexual literacy and sources of knowledge
- Understanding the health and social wellbeing needs of sex workers in Victoria
- Tech Sex - technology, sexuality and the law
- M-Sex - A program of research exploring men, bodies, sexuality, health, and technology