ASHM, January 2025 Summary of Australian recommendations for anal cancer screening in PLHIV While uncommon in the general population, the incidence of anal squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC) is increasing, and certain groups, including people living with HIV (PLHIV) are disproportionately affected. While anal cancer can affect people of all ages, unlike cervical cancer, rates do not start rising...
The Interruptions Study (PrEP) is now recruiting
La Trobe University, April 2025 Researchers at La Trobe University are conducting research on experiences of discontinuing oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by HIV-negative gay and bisexual men in Australia. The Interruptions Study is funded by Health Equity Matters. Who is eligible?: You can take part if you: Have regularly used PrEP, now or in the past (including regular on-demand use)...
Doxy-PEP Decision Making Tool released by ASHM
Australasian Society for HIV Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), March 2025 The Doxy-PEP Decision Making Tool supports prescribing doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP) to gay and bisexual men and transgender women at increased risk of syphilis. Suitable patients include those with recent syphilis or other STI diagnoses, periods of increased risk, or who wish to protect...
Almost a quarter of Australians have inflicted some sort of SV since turning 18: report
ABC & Australian Institute of Criminology, 10th July 2024 More than one in five Australians have admitted to inflicting acts of sexual violence since the age of 18, in shocking figures released by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC). A survey of 5,000 anonymous Australians aged between 18 and 45 has revealed almost 10 per cent had perpetrated sexual violence in the past 12 months...
Aboriginal women designing a Model of Care for cardiometabolic conditions in pregnancy
Telethon Kids Institute, 2024 Telethon Kids Institute invites you to participate in co-designing a model of care for Aboriginal women who experience diabetes and heart complications in pregnancy in South Australia. This project will design a model of care in South Australia (SA) for Aboriginal women with heart and diabetes complications of pregnancy, and their babies. Despite high prevalence of...
Gender, sex and equal health: including boys in the HPV vaccination programme in Swedish primary schools
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)...