Join SHine SA as we explore teenage pregnancies in culturally and linguistically diverse communities in South Australia in a ReFRESH Forum. We will explore: > how and why the pregnancies are happening > strategies to support young CALD women Guest Speaker: Zakiyyah Muhammad-Suraju Zakiyyah is the Director of SA Pregnancy and Parenting Counselling Services. Zakiyyah has worked with some of...
Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria (DVRCV), 2011 Sex, Love and Other Stuff is a booklet developed for young men, with young men, that talks about sex, relationships, power and respect. It has been specifically developed from what young men told DVRCV they wanted to know — stuff like, what a ‘relationship’ is, how to talk to girls, and about sex. There’s quite a bit of information about...
UAB News, June 17, 2015 Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham continue efforts to find safe and effective HIV-prevention methods with a new study in female U.S. teens. The latest study to be led by UAB, MTN-023/IPM 030, is a Phase IIa study evaluating the safety and acceptability of a vaginal ring containing an antiretroviral (ARV) drug called dapivirine among teenage girls ages...
Parliament of Australia, RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2014–15 Contents include: Defining violence against women Prevalence Risk factors Alcohol and drug use Child abuse Pregnancy and separation Younger women Indigenous women Women living in rural and remote areas Women with disabilities Women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds Financial stress Reporting Attitudes to domestic, family...
YEP Project, November 22, 2014
The following reports and articles can be really useful when you’re looking for facts about sexual health [and young people]. They can also be useful when you’re looking for data to justify allocating funds and resources to your sexual health programs, or can be used as resources when planning sexual health education programs.
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Science Daily, December 8, 2014
Sexual behaviour of teenage girls does not appear to be impacted by the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, according to Queen’s researchers Drs. Leah Smith and Linda Lévesque.
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