Sexual Health

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Distance driving STI check delays

AAP - 29-10-2022

Distance from sexual health care, rather than socio-economic status, is the main factor preventing Australians from seeking checks for sexually transmitted infections, research

 
Sexual violence rife on dating apps

AAP - 04-10-2022

Dating apps need to better protect their users, after a study revealed high rates of sexual violence, stalking, assault and unwanted sharing of explicit images.

 
Locking lips can lead to gonorrhoea

AAP - 08-09-2022

Locking lips can have some unexpected consequences, with a new Melbourne study finding gonorrhoea is being transmitted through kissing. Researchers surveyed more

 
Experiences of discrimination drive distrust in digital health

Health Times - 21-10-2020

Communities affected by blood-borne viruses and STIs are more likely to opt out of digital health services, says a new national study. People who have experienced

 
Increase in HIV cases, but decline in numbers first diagnosed in New Zealand

Health Times - 09-06-2020

After two years of declining numbers of HIV cases in New Zealand, there was a slight increase in 2019, but many of these cases were first diagnosed overseas.

 
Reporting the facts on Indigenous STIs

Health Times - 19-02-2020

Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are being discouraged from seeking medical help due to public assumptions that sexually transmissible infections (STIs)

 
The number of sexually transmitted infections reported in NSW has increased

AAP - 11-09-2019

The number of gonorrhoea cases reported in NSW has more than doubled and incidences of chlamydia and syphilis have also spiked in the past four years.

 
Practice Articles
How physios can help with men's sexual health

Nicole Madigan - 10-09-2019

Due to the intimate nature of the problem, erectile dysfunction is often swept under the carpet, with many men too embarrassed to visit a health practitioner.

The 'Holder of Secrets': A day in the life of a sexual health nurse

HealthTimes - 04-10-2017

By Anne Baynes It’s 8:45am Monday morning and already there are five patients waiting for the sexual health walk-in clinic. Doors open

Sex and Diabetes. Secret Women's Business

Ellen Rosenfeld - 03-02-2015

Key Points • While many health practitioners are aware of diabetes related sexual dysfuntion in men, problems women face are not often discussed.

Guidance Articles
Assessment and treatment of common fertility problems

Health Insights - 25-07-2016

Infertility can be defined as the inability to conceive by natural means. It can also refer to the biological inability to contribute to conception, or for a female being

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