nam, 1 December 2015 For African migrants recently arrived in France, periods without a residence permit, secure housing or enough money are very common and are associated with transactional and casual sexual relationships, especially in women, Annabel Desgrées du Loû and colleagues report in AIDS. Moreover one third of those living with HIV seroconverted after arriving in the country and the...
Guardian, 14 September 2015 Australia’s HIV contraction stabilises but 1,000 a year still return positive tests: The number of Australians contracting HIV has stabilised but about a thousand people a year are still returning positive tests, and about a quarter of those people have had the virus for at least four years without realising it. The latest report card on the nation’s sexual...
The Conversation, July 29, 2015 6.06am AEST Over the past few years we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among Australians aged 60 years and older. To understand why STIs are on the rise, we need to know more about older people’s sexual and romantic relationships, their knowledge of STIs and safe sex, and the safe sex practices that they use. Read more...
Centre for Social Research in Health, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW Australia, April 2015 The Adelaide Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited at a range of gay community sites in Adelaide. The major aim of the survey is to provide data on sexual, drug use, and testing practices related to the transmission of HIV and other...
The Age October 26, 2014
The sex-work industry is a complex, multi-headed beast. Now the internet, social media, video streaming and hook-up apps such as Tinder and Grindr add a whole new layer of complexity.
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TIME, Aug. 20, 2014
She was born before the invention of the stop sign, but sex therapist Shirley Zussman has some thoughts on ‘hooking up.’
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