SHine SA, 14 July, 2015 This two-day course, developed for professionals, defines and explains all the options available to women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. It is open to nurses, doctors, counsellors, community health workers, school counsellors, youth workers, indigenous health workers, and any professional who encounters clients with unplanned pregnancy. This course includes: •...
HealthDay, July 07, 2015
Many HIV-infected patients have chronic pain, which frequently co-occurs with high levels of depression symptoms, according to a study published online June 27 in Pain Medicine.
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Australian Institute of Criminology, June 2015
This study examines some of the ways in which injecting drug use evolves over time in a cohort of People Who Inject Drugs. It shows shifts in the settings in which cohort members reported buying and using their drugs. These shifts have important implications for the harms experienced by PWID, and the wider community.
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BBC News magazine, 27 June 2015
It’s often been said that there’s not enough discussion of the issues around older people and sex. And there’s confusion about how to deal with the romantic lives of people in nursing homes.
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AFAO, 30 June, 2015 In Sydney on 25 June, key sex work policy documents and reports from Scarlet Alliance, the Australian Sex Workers Association, and the Pacific Sex Worker Network (PSWN) were launched. Read more here Download Scarlet Alliance Forum 2014 Key Issues (PDF) Download Principles for Model Sex Work Legislation (PDF) Read Jules Kim’s article on the Lancet Series in HIV Australia...
Kirby Institute, 3 July 2015
In a new study from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Australia, researchers have found that HIV cells in the body of a person receiving antiretroviral treatment become activated 24 times less frequently than previously thought.
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