CategorySexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

Gender, sex and equal health: including boys in the HPV vaccination programme in Swedish primary schools

By J Pope
In Gender & Sex, Sex & relationships education, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Young people
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Ylva Odenbring & Lisa Lindén (2023) Gender, sex and equal health: school nurses’ strategies and experiences of including boys in the HPV vaccination programme in Swedish primary schools, Sex Education, 23:5, 617-630, DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2022.2106959 Abstract: Since autumn 2020, boys in the fifth year of school (11-year-old students) in Sweden have been offered human papillomavirus (HPV)...

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Job opportunity at SHINE SA: Director, Clinical and Counselling Services Division

By J Pope
In Reproductive health, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), SHINE SA news & events
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SHINE SA, May 2023 We have an exciting opportunity to join SHINE SA, a leading sexual health service in South Australia. SHINE SA is a non-government, not-for-profit primary health care organisation working to improve sexual and reproductive health and relationship wellbeing in our communities.  The Director, Clinical and Counselling Services Division is accountable to the Chief Executive Officer...

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Watch on-demand: Sessions from the 1st Australasian Conference on Point of Care Testing

By J Pope
In Hepatitis, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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Australasian Society for HIV Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), 26/04/2023 The inaugural 1st Australasian Conference on Point of Care Testing for Infectious Diseases was an outstanding achievement. Hosted at the Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park on the 14th and 15th of March, the conference attracted over 270 attendees from 19 different countries, representing numerous disciplines...

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STI testing and management advice has changed

By J Pope
In HIV, Sex Work, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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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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2023 HPV Webinar – March 8th

By J Pope
In Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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Immunisation Coalition, February 2023 With the latest facts about Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and vaccination, this webinar covers everything you need to know about the disease and available vaccines. A Certificate of attendance will be issued to attendance for 50 minutes or more. The event will be recorded and available on our website after the event. This event is not accredited with RACGP or...

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New National Communicable Disease Surveillance System Dashboard

By J Pope
In Hepatitis, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia),  Dec 2022 (Via SiREN e-alert, March 2023) The National Communicable Disease Surveillance System has created a Dashboard to enable service providers and planners to access up-to-date information about notifiable infections. The Dashboard is useful for monitoring rapidly evolving epidemiological trends, such as those related to the current syphilis...

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