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Healthcare workers living with HIV have different motivations for disclosing/concealing their status

By J Pope
In HIV
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nam/aidsmap, 10 November 2017 Nurses and other healthcare workers who are living with HIV have mixed reactions when they mention their HIV status to colleagues, according to a small Dutch study reported in the November/December issue of the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.  Some healthcare workers disclosed because they expected a positive reaction or they felt the need to share...

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A Fate Worse than Death? Being Transgender in Long-term Care

By J Pope
In Gender & Sex, LGBTIQ+ issues, Mental health & sexual health
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Psychology Benefits Society blog ( American Psychological Association), Oct 26, 2017 “I would kill myself.” This is what a 70 year-old transgender woman told me recently when I asked what she would do if she needed long-term care. While this sounds dramatic, it is a common sentiment among older transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) adults (Witten, 2014). Many TGNC older adults do not have...

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Free ‘Law For Community Workers’ seminar (in person or online)

By J Pope
In Aboriginal Health, Crime and law, Disability, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, Gender & Sex, Hepatitis, HIV, LGBTIQ+ issues, Mental health & sexual health, Multicultural communities, People Who Inject Drugs / AOD, Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health, Safer sex, Sex Work, Sexual Activity, Sexual dysfunction, Sexual, gendered & partner violence
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Legal Services Commission of South Australia, July 2017 “Helping Clients with Legal Problems”: This seminar will provide an overview of how to help clients with legal problems. It will cover issues such as providing legal assistance, related responsibilities such as confidentiality, how to access legal information, and options for referring clients who need further assistance with...

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Survival cooking: meals on a budget for people living with HIV (free event)

By J Pope
In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, HIV, LGBTIQ+ issues, Multicultural communities, SHINE SA news & events
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SAMESH, September 2016 This is the second cooking demonstration for people living with HIV. This demonstration continues the theme of budget cooking, minimising food waste, and creating healthy nutritious meals that can be frozen or kept for a number of days in the fridge. Details for this free event follow: Date:                     Thurs 27 October Time:                     10am – 2pm Location:...

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Invitation to to parents, carers, support people, friends & family of someone who is a trans man

By J Pope
In Gender & Sex, LGBTIQ+ issues, SHINE SA news & events
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Below is an open invite from FTMen-SA to parents, carers, support people, friends and family to someone who is a trans man. Please RSVP via FTMen-SA@hotmail.com if you would like to attend. Are you a parent, carer, partner, support person, best friend etc. to someone who is FTM (female to male) transgender, a transman or transmasculine? Do they attend the FTMen-SA meetings or have been thinking...

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STI & BBV Testing Tool for GPs in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services

By J Pope
In Aboriginal Health, Hepatitis, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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NSW Health, May 2016 The Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW (AH&MRC) and the NSW STI Programs Unit (NSW STIPU) have released a new resource for GPs and other professionals in NSW working with Aboriginal people around sexual health. The tool includes information on when to consider STI and blood borne virus testing, as well as information on contact tracing. Download tool...

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