Tagpopulation health

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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Join Dr. Nneka Nwokolo in discussion of health issues faced by women living with HIV

By J Pope
In HIV, SHINE SA news & events
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ViiV Healthcare, July 2023 Join in the discussion with Dr Nneka Nwokolo on health issues faced by women living with HIV.  Dr Nwokolo is Head of Global Patient Affairs at ViiV Healthcare and an honorary Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London where she continues to see patients in a combined general and menopause clinic. Date & time:...

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Rainbow Horizons: Don’t leave me this way (Inclusive end of life care and planning)

By J Pope
In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, Gender & Sex, LGBTIQ+ issues
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COTA SA Rainbow Hub, June 2023 Rainbow Horizons: Don’t leave me this way –fostering intergenerational compassionate communities to support LGBTI+ people’s end of life is a project report which reveals the unique challenges older LGBTI+ people may face, and advocates for stronger intergenerational links and for providers to ensure a more inclusive approach to end of life experiences for older...

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The role of LGBTIQA+ peer-led services in meeting health needs in Australia

By J Pope
In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, Gender & Sex, LGBTIQ+ issues
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Report: The role of LGBTIQA+ peer-led services in meeting the health needs of LGBTIQA+ people in Australia Meridian (ACT), June 2023 Meridian partnered with Collective Action – a social impact consultancy – to undertake research to find out more about the role of peer-led services in meeting the health needs of LGBTIQA+ people in Australia. Using an online survey, they asked LGBTIQA+ people about...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQIASB+ people and mental health and wellbeing

By J Pope
In Aboriginal Health, Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, Gender & Sex, LGBTIQ+ issues, Mental health & sexual health
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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), 2023. Authors: Madi Day, Bronwyn Carlson, Dameyon Bonson and Terri Farrelly. The high rates of suicide-related behaviour among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, combined with similar evidence relating to LGBTQIA+ people, suggest that there is a need to investigate the compound risk of suicide-related behaviour among people who are...

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Free cervical screening clinic for trans and gender diverse people

By J Pope
In Gender & Sex, Gynaecology & andrology, LGBTIQ+ issues, Reproductive health, SHINE SA news & events
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SHINE SA, June 2023 SHINE SA is offering FREE Cervical Screening Clinics for trans and gender diverse people with a cervix. Specific appointments will be held during June and July 2023 at SHINE SA Hyde Street Practice – starting this weekend. These appointments will give you the option of self-collection, so you can do the swab yourself rather than a health worker. There will also be a peer...

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