SiREN (WA Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Applied Research and Evaluation Network), August 2021
Standard registrations for the 2021 Sexual Health + HIV&AIDS Conferences close this Sunday, August 22!
Joint Australasian HIV&AIDS and Sexual Health Conferences will once again be hosted in a virtual format between 6 to 9 September, following the success of last year’s inaugural virtual conferences.
The annual conferences are a platform for the dissemination and presentation of new and innovative research findings across the sexual health and HIV/AIDS sectors. Convened by the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine, the event facilitates dialogue between researchers, community, government, clinicians, students and more from different geographic locations inside Australasia and from the region.
Some highlights from the Live Program:
| Time | Presentation | Presenter |
| Monday, September 6 | Social, Political and Cultural Aspects: Lost in translation: Preventing the meanings of sexual and reproductive health from being lost during the translation of national surveys | Horas Wong, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney |
| Point-of-care diagnostics: application, implementation and future opportunities for prevention and care | Rebecca Guy, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney | |
| What is sexual literacy and how can we measure it? | Christopher Fisher, ARCSHS, La Trobe University, Melbourne | |
| #69 The sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people with intellectual disability: A scoping review | Allison Carter, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney | |
| Tuesday, September 7 | #28 Lower PrEP awareness and use among recently-arrived overseas-born gay and bisexual men in Australia: Results from national HIV behavioural surveillance | Benjamin Bavinton, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| #36 Variations in HIV prevention coverage by state, age, country of birth, sexual identity, and proportion of gay residents: analysis of Australian Gay Community Periodic Surveys 2015-20 | Martin Holt, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney | |
| Stigma and discrimination reduction in healthcare services (including pre-service training) – setting the scene | Carla Treloar, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW | |
| Sexual Health and COVID-19 – lessons shared from the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Sector | James Ward, Lorraine Anderson, Jason Agostino and Mark Wenitong | |
| The experience of migrating to Australia for a person living with HIV | Jimmy Yu-Hsiang Chen | |
| Wednesday, September 8 | #142 Measuring quality of life to inform the Australian national HIV response: Information from HIV Futures 9 | Jennifer Power, Australian Research Centre In Sex, Health And Society, La Trobe University |
| #160 The impact of COVID-19 public health measures on STIs in Australia: a national study of 22 sexual health clinics | Prital Patel, Kirby Institute, UNSW | |
| Thursday, September 9 | #82 Quality of Life for All | Daniel Reeders, National Association Of People With HIV Australia (NAPWHA) |
| #47 Adapting Provision of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) In Australian Clinics Following Public Subsidy: Issues Identified By Clinicians | Anthony K J Smith, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney | |
| #16 Lifetime Cost of HIV management in Australia: A Modelling Study | Jason Ong, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre |