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SHINE SA Significant Dates Calendar for 2024

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January 2024 Our Significant Dates Calendar covers the dates and milestones that help us raise awareness of the issues and topics we care about in sexual health and relationship wellbeing, and related areas. The resource has been updated for 2024.  The calendar is a list of 2024 events including Sexual Health Week; Mental Health Week; World Autism Day; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HIV...

New data on sexual harassment, physical violence, and sexual violence in Australia

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Australian Bureau of Statistics, 23rd August 2023 The Australian Bureau of Statistics has today released new data on sexual harassment, physical violence, and sexual violence in Australia. 1.7 million Australians sexually harassed in 2021-22 Survey results showed that 1.3 million women and nearly half a million men experienced sexual harassment in 2021-22.  Sexual harassment was considered to...

Updated guidelines for PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis) after non-occupational and occupational exposure to HIV 

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Australasian Society for HIV Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), June 2023 ASHM has updated the National Guidelines for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) after non-occupational and occupational exposure to HIV .  These guidelines outline the updated Australian recommendations for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) following potential or known exposure...

Practice Guide: Reproductive Coercion and Abuse

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 Australian Institute of Family Studies, May 2023 This practice guide describes the evidence on reproductive coercion and abuse (RCA). It covers: (a) what RCA is; (b) strategies used by perpetrators; (c) the impacts of experiencing RCA; (d) factors that influence a person’s risk of experiencing RCA; and (e) how to ask about RCA victimisation. Finally, some tips are provided for supporting clients...

Results of the 7th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health (SSASH)

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Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, December 2022 The Australian National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health (SSASH) survey is a national study exploring the sexual health and well-being of school-age young people in Australia. The study explores young people’s experiences of sex, relationships, sexual health and school-based relationships and...

STI testing and management advice has changed

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Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), & Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmitted Infections Standing Committee (BBVSS), 2023 The Australian STI Management Guidelines were updated between 2020-2022 by a multidisciplinary group of clinical and non-clinical experts. While all sections have been updated, some have had major changes. The key changes...

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