http://washn.org.au/forums/ Tue, 21 May 2013 14:51:54 +0000 MyBB http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1032 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:34:05 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1032
Attached are the details of secca’s upcoming Menstrual Management, Personal Hygiene and Sexual Health Workshop that will be held on Thursday, 13th June 2013. If you would like to enroll in this workshop please fill out the workshop registration form that is also attached and send it to the address below:
SECCA
City West Lotteries House
2 Delhi Street
West Perth WA 6005
Fax: (08) 9420-7229
If you have any queries about this workshop please feel free to call secca’s office between the hours of 9.00am to 4.00pm. Administration is available on Mondays and Thursdays.
Kind regards
Maria Barnett | Administration Assistant
secca | T: 9420 7226 | F: 9420 722|www.secca.org.au
Available Mondays and Thursdays

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Attached are the details of secca’s upcoming Menstrual Management, Personal Hygiene and Sexual Health Workshop that will be held on Thursday, 13th June 2013. If you would like to enroll in this workshop please fill out the workshop registration form that is also attached and send it to the address below:
SECCA
City West Lotteries House
2 Delhi Street
West Perth WA 6005
Fax: (08) 9420-7229
If you have any queries about this workshop please feel free to call secca’s office between the hours of 9.00am to 4.00pm. Administration is available on Mondays and Thursdays.
Kind regards
Maria Barnett | Administration Assistant
secca | T: 9420 7226 | F: 9420 722|www.secca.org.au
Available Mondays and Thursdays

  Workshop Registration Form.pdf (Size: 18.38 KB / Downloads: 1)

  Menstrual Management Flier 130613.pdf (Size: 164.06 KB / Downloads: 1) ]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1031 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:51:38 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1031
For a limited time, every order of $300 or more (received between 22 May and 26 June) will receive a bonus banana penis condom demonstrator AND 25 condoms. Orders will automatically go in the running to win a Coles/Myer gift card to the value of $25 PLUS 250 condoms for your organisation.

Please click here for full flyer.

FPWA Resource Centre]]>
For a limited time, every order of $300 or more (received between 22 May and 26 June) will receive a bonus banana penis condom demonstrator AND 25 condoms. Orders will automatically go in the running to win a Coles/Myer gift card to the value of $25 PLUS 250 condoms for your organisation.

Please click here for full flyer.

FPWA Resource Centre]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1029 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:25:27 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1029 What we want to know ...
As part of this study we want to know if choosing the right form of contraception is an important process for young women.
What type of contraception are young women using?
Do young women use traditional forms of contraception (e.g. pill or condoms) or the newer long-acting methods?
How difficult is it for young women to get advice and support about choosing contraception?
We need your help!
I would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this email throughout your networks.
Information on the CUPID study can be found at http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au/cupid.
The CUPID study is about Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy Intention and Decisions.
With thanks,
Melissa Harris
Contraceptive Use Pregnancy Intention and Decisions (CUPID) Project Coordinator
The University of Newcastle
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cupidsurvey | Twitter: @CUPIDSurvey|
Email: cupid@uq.edu.au
Phone: 1800 068 081 (Women's Health Australia Toll free number)Website: http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au
Postal Address: The University of Newcastle, Reply Paid 70, Hunter Region MC, NSW 2310

Care about your contraception options? If you are female, aged 18-23 WE NEED YOU!
YOUNG WOMEN AGED 18-23 WE NEED YOU to complete a short online survey about your experiences of using or not using contraception. The CUPID (Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy Intention and Decisions) study is being conducted by The University of Queensland and the University of Newcastle.
Why is this study important? Being able to make choices is really important, particularly about whether you have sex and whether you use contraception. We want to make it easier for women to get effective contraception if they need it, but it’s hard to do this without good information about what women use and what they want. This survey will help us understand where contraceptive services can be improved, especially in rural areas.
How do I participate? You are the key to the success of this project! CUPID involves completing 3 short surveys at 6 monthly intervals. Take the opportunity to share your experiences and help to make a difference by following the link http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au/cupid/surveys and complete the confidential online survey. It will only take about 10 minutes of your time and there are prizes to be won!* Information provided will help shape health services and inform the development of policy for young women.
The CUPID Research Team thanks you for your support.
* There are 40 $20 Coles-Myer gift cards to be won. See http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au/cupid/faceboo...-draw.aspx for further details.]]> What we want to know ...
As part of this study we want to know if choosing the right form of contraception is an important process for young women.
What type of contraception are young women using?
Do young women use traditional forms of contraception (e.g. pill or condoms) or the newer long-acting methods?
How difficult is it for young women to get advice and support about choosing contraception?
We need your help!
I would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this email throughout your networks.
Information on the CUPID study can be found at http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au/cupid.
The CUPID study is about Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy Intention and Decisions.
With thanks,
Melissa Harris
Contraceptive Use Pregnancy Intention and Decisions (CUPID) Project Coordinator
The University of Newcastle
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cupidsurvey | Twitter: @CUPIDSurvey|
Email: cupid@uq.edu.au
Phone: 1800 068 081 (Women's Health Australia Toll free number)Website: http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au
Postal Address: The University of Newcastle, Reply Paid 70, Hunter Region MC, NSW 2310

Care about your contraception options? If you are female, aged 18-23 WE NEED YOU!
YOUNG WOMEN AGED 18-23 WE NEED YOU to complete a short online survey about your experiences of using or not using contraception. The CUPID (Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy Intention and Decisions) study is being conducted by The University of Queensland and the University of Newcastle.
Why is this study important? Being able to make choices is really important, particularly about whether you have sex and whether you use contraception. We want to make it easier for women to get effective contraception if they need it, but it’s hard to do this without good information about what women use and what they want. This survey will help us understand where contraceptive services can be improved, especially in rural areas.
How do I participate? You are the key to the success of this project! CUPID involves completing 3 short surveys at 6 monthly intervals. Take the opportunity to share your experiences and help to make a difference by following the link http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au/cupid/surveys and complete the confidential online survey. It will only take about 10 minutes of your time and there are prizes to be won!* Information provided will help shape health services and inform the development of policy for young women.
The CUPID Research Team thanks you for your support.
* There are 40 $20 Coles-Myer gift cards to be won. See http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au/cupid/faceboo...-draw.aspx for further details.]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1028 Wed, 15 May 2013 06:05:02 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1028 My top reads include, Best practice; Supporting Aboriginal Health Workers
and
Advice to the Aboriginal Health Worker new to sexual health.

Published in 2002 for WA Health, recorded and written by Juli Coffin, this booklet can guide and strengthen your work.
This link, http://www.public.health.wa.gov.au/3/922...viruses.pm takes you to the Public Health, SHBBV website.
You will find ngalypa muwarr Stories from Aboriginal Health Workers involved in Sexual Health Work on this page.]]> My top reads include, Best practice; Supporting Aboriginal Health Workers
and
Advice to the Aboriginal Health Worker new to sexual health.

Published in 2002 for WA Health, recorded and written by Juli Coffin, this booklet can guide and strengthen your work.
This link, http://www.public.health.wa.gov.au/3/922...viruses.pm takes you to the Public Health, SHBBV website.
You will find ngalypa muwarr Stories from Aboriginal Health Workers involved in Sexual Health Work on this page.]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1027 Fri, 10 May 2013 04:12:11 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1027 April 30, 2013
By Simon White

HER: When was the last time you got a check-up?
ME: Huh?
HER: A sexual health check-up?
ME: Ummmmmmm...
HER: Last year? The year before?
ME: Ummmmmmm...
HER: (Growing increasingly incredulous and frustrated): You've NEVER had one?
ME: (Confused look replaced by sheepish one): Ummmmmmm...no I haven't.

This isn't how I ever thought pillow talk would go. But it does explain how I found myself in the toilet of a suburban doctor's surgery last week, trying desperately to pee into a small specimen jar, wishing I hadn't taken a leak when I called by home to pick up my Medicare card.

Click here to read full story]]> April 30, 2013
By Simon White

HER: When was the last time you got a check-up?
ME: Huh?
HER: A sexual health check-up?
ME: Ummmmmmm...
HER: Last year? The year before?
ME: Ummmmmmm...
HER: (Growing increasingly incredulous and frustrated): You've NEVER had one?
ME: (Confused look replaced by sheepish one): Ummmmmmm...no I haven't.

This isn't how I ever thought pillow talk would go. But it does explain how I found myself in the toilet of a suburban doctor's surgery last week, trying desperately to pee into a small specimen jar, wishing I hadn't taken a leak when I called by home to pick up my Medicare card.

Click here to read full story]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1026 Fri, 10 May 2013 02:29:27 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1026 By Pamela Wilson
May 7, 2013

Online pornography is accessible, affordable and anonymous; and research has linked it to behaviours that can impact on physical and mental health - especially in young people.

Pornography is nothing new; the ancient Greeks and Romans had phallic imagery, Indians adorned their temples with sexually explicit sculptures, and the Japanese saw sexual material as the norm in the 17th century.

Curiosity about the human body and sex is natural and this generation of young people is not the first to be intrigued by pornography.

But a growing body of research that suggests the internet makes pornography more accessible than ever before, and there are concerns about how this can affect our emotional and physical health, especially when it's young people who are looking at it.

Click here to read full story]]> By Pamela Wilson
May 7, 2013

Online pornography is accessible, affordable and anonymous; and research has linked it to behaviours that can impact on physical and mental health - especially in young people.

Pornography is nothing new; the ancient Greeks and Romans had phallic imagery, Indians adorned their temples with sexually explicit sculptures, and the Japanese saw sexual material as the norm in the 17th century.

Curiosity about the human body and sex is natural and this generation of young people is not the first to be intrigued by pornography.

But a growing body of research that suggests the internet makes pornography more accessible than ever before, and there are concerns about how this can affect our emotional and physical health, especially when it's young people who are looking at it.

Click here to read full story]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1025 Thu, 09 May 2013 08:27:19 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1025 According to the Lowitja Institute’s Chair, Pat Anderson – who at the time was CEO of the Darwin based Danila Dilba Medical Service– the introduction of the National Training Reform Agenda in the late 1980s meant that all trainees had to meet a basic competency test.
Our health workers had lots of competencies but they fell down
on literacy,’ Ms Anderson says. ‘We realised we had a problem and we set our sights on fixing it.’
Stephanie Bell, former CEO of the Central Australian Aboriginal
Congress, which is a partner of the Lowitja Institute, and a
long-time Board member of the Institute and its predecessor CRCs, says Congress ‘was exploring and discussing the importance of education to health from when we began in the early 1970s’.
‘People have to have education to get a job and employment is linked to better health, so we knew how important it was,’ Ms Bell says. ‘The challenge was how to get a policy framework to support that.’
That opportunity came with the launch of the first of our predecessor CRCs, the CRC for Aboriginal and Tropical Health
(CRCATH), in 1997. Many of the key thinkers involved in the Wilcannia pilot came together for the first time on the steering committee of the CRCATH’s Health and Education
Research program, including Ms Anderson, current Congress CEO
Donna Ah Chee and University of New England (UNE) researcher
Associate Professor Bob Boughton.
‘Effective mass literacy programs implemented in other countries
had been well documented but at the time no real work had been
done in this area in Australia,’ recalls A/Professor Boughton.
‘The popular education approach – as opposed to the school-based
education approach – needed to be explored and there was an
agreement that the new CRC for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH) would
try to keep this work going.’
‘The key thing that we needed was a local champion to drive the campaign in a community, otherwise it would have just
been another program imposed from the outside,’ Ms Ah Chee
says.

Read the full story in the attached Lowitja Institute "Big Talk" newsletter
You can subscribe to this excellent groups newsletters by following the links at http://www.lowitja.org.au/

  wangka-pulka-april-2013-web.pdf (Size: 1.42 MB / Downloads: 0) ]]> According to the Lowitja Institute’s Chair, Pat Anderson – who at the time was CEO of the Darwin based Danila Dilba Medical Service– the introduction of the National Training Reform Agenda in the late 1980s meant that all trainees had to meet a basic competency test.
Our health workers had lots of competencies but they fell down
on literacy,’ Ms Anderson says. ‘We realised we had a problem and we set our sights on fixing it.’
Stephanie Bell, former CEO of the Central Australian Aboriginal
Congress, which is a partner of the Lowitja Institute, and a
long-time Board member of the Institute and its predecessor CRCs, says Congress ‘was exploring and discussing the importance of education to health from when we began in the early 1970s’.
‘People have to have education to get a job and employment is linked to better health, so we knew how important it was,’ Ms Bell says. ‘The challenge was how to get a policy framework to support that.’
That opportunity came with the launch of the first of our predecessor CRCs, the CRC for Aboriginal and Tropical Health
(CRCATH), in 1997. Many of the key thinkers involved in the Wilcannia pilot came together for the first time on the steering committee of the CRCATH’s Health and Education
Research program, including Ms Anderson, current Congress CEO
Donna Ah Chee and University of New England (UNE) researcher
Associate Professor Bob Boughton.
‘Effective mass literacy programs implemented in other countries
had been well documented but at the time no real work had been
done in this area in Australia,’ recalls A/Professor Boughton.
‘The popular education approach – as opposed to the school-based
education approach – needed to be explored and there was an
agreement that the new CRC for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH) would
try to keep this work going.’
‘The key thing that we needed was a local champion to drive the campaign in a community, otherwise it would have just
been another program imposed from the outside,’ Ms Ah Chee
says.

Read the full story in the attached Lowitja Institute "Big Talk" newsletter
You can subscribe to this excellent groups newsletters by following the links at http://www.lowitja.org.au/

  wangka-pulka-april-2013-web.pdf (Size: 1.42 MB / Downloads: 0) ]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1024 Thu, 09 May 2013 02:13:33 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1024 WA Health STI and BBV quarterly forum 5 June 2013

The Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program is pleased to announce the next STI and BBV Quarterly Forum.

Recent Research and Evaluation
Date: 5 June 2013
Time: 9:00am - 11:30am
Location: Lecture Theatre
WA Health, Grace Vaughan House
227 Stubbs Terrace
Shenton Park 6008
RSVP: Not required
Cost: FREE
Morning tea will be provided. A certificate of attendance will be provided if required.

Video conferencing is available for regional attendees. For more information, contact Benny Sullivan - details below.

The agenda is attached. More information about the forums can be found at http://www.public.health.wa.gov.au/3/104...y_forum.pm

We hope to see you there!

Benny Sullivan | Project Officer | Sexual Health & Blood-borne Virus Program
Communicable Disease Control Directorate | Public Health & Clinical Services Division
Department of Health WA
P 08 9388 4829 | E benny.sullivan@health.wa.gov.au

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The Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program is pleased to announce the next STI and BBV Quarterly Forum.

Recent Research and Evaluation
Date: 5 June 2013
Time: 9:00am - 11:30am
Location: Lecture Theatre
WA Health, Grace Vaughan House
227 Stubbs Terrace
Shenton Park 6008
RSVP: Not required
Cost: FREE
Morning tea will be provided. A certificate of attendance will be provided if required.

Video conferencing is available for regional attendees. For more information, contact Benny Sullivan - details below.

The agenda is attached. More information about the forums can be found at http://www.public.health.wa.gov.au/3/104...y_forum.pm

We hope to see you there!

Benny Sullivan | Project Officer | Sexual Health & Blood-borne Virus Program
Communicable Disease Control Directorate | Public Health & Clinical Services Division
Department of Health WA
P 08 9388 4829 | E benny.sullivan@health.wa.gov.au

  Agenda-QF-20130605.doc (Size: 386.5 KB / Downloads: 6) ]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1023 Wed, 08 May 2013 06:42:03 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1023 Register fast for the fantastic new Nuts & Bolts of Sexual Health.
Last day for registration has been extended to 5.00pm Friday 17th May
Click on the links to view the flyer or registration form]]> Register fast for the fantastic new Nuts & Bolts of Sexual Health.
Last day for registration has been extended to 5.00pm Friday 17th May
Click on the links to view the flyer or registration form]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1022 Fri, 03 May 2013 07:50:14 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1022
Please read the attachments for more information.

WOMEN'S Healthworks 'Helping women of all ages to make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing’

Telephone: (08) 9300 1566
Fax: (08) 9300 1699

Email: mandy@womenshealthworks.org.au
Web: www.womenshealthworks.org.au

  Letter for Applicants - Body Esteem Project 2013.doc (Size: 98 KB / Downloads: 10)

  JD - Facilitators Self Help 20 week Group 2013.docx (Size: 21.53 KB / Downloads: 11) ]]>
Please read the attachments for more information.

WOMEN'S Healthworks 'Helping women of all ages to make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing’

Telephone: (08) 9300 1566
Fax: (08) 9300 1699

Email: mandy@womenshealthworks.org.au
Web: www.womenshealthworks.org.au

  Letter for Applicants - Body Esteem Project 2013.doc (Size: 98 KB / Downloads: 10)

  JD - Facilitators Self Help 20 week Group 2013.docx (Size: 21.53 KB / Downloads: 11) ]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1021 Wed, 01 May 2013 08:18:41 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1021 This one day program is designed to increase knowledge and understanding ofsexually transmitted infections and their management.
Recommended for health care professionals working with an interest in Sexual Health.
Video conferencing will be available upon request.
Content · Epidemiology
· Overview of Sexually transmitted infections
· Physical Examination
· HIV NPEP
· On line Chlamydia Program
· Contact tracing
· Case studies
· Clinical Services

2013 Date Friday, 2nd August
Closing Date: Four weeks prior
Duration 0830–1600
Cost FHHS: No charge
SMAHS and Other DoH Agencies: $70 GST inc.
External: $100 GST inc.
Please see the attachment F301 for registration details

Coordinator Staff Development Educator, Critical Care, Telephone: 9431 3224
Office Hours: Mon–Fri 0800–1600
℡: 9431 3530 or 9431 3528 : 9431 3531
fhstaffdevenq@health.wa.gov.au Delivering a Healthy WA

  Sexual Health workshop Fremantle August.pdf (Size: 38.43 KB / Downloads: 37)

  F301 Registration Form V1 3.pdf (Size: 82.33 KB / Downloads: 35) ]]> This one day program is designed to increase knowledge and understanding ofsexually transmitted infections and their management.
Recommended for health care professionals working with an interest in Sexual Health.
Video conferencing will be available upon request.
Content · Epidemiology
· Overview of Sexually transmitted infections
· Physical Examination
· HIV NPEP
· On line Chlamydia Program
· Contact tracing
· Case studies
· Clinical Services

2013 Date Friday, 2nd August
Closing Date: Four weeks prior
Duration 0830–1600
Cost FHHS: No charge
SMAHS and Other DoH Agencies: $70 GST inc.
External: $100 GST inc.
Please see the attachment F301 for registration details

Coordinator Staff Development Educator, Critical Care, Telephone: 9431 3224
Office Hours: Mon–Fri 0800–1600
℡: 9431 3530 or 9431 3528 : 9431 3531
fhstaffdevenq@health.wa.gov.au Delivering a Healthy WA

  Sexual Health workshop Fremantle August.pdf (Size: 38.43 KB / Downloads: 37)

  F301 Registration Form V1 3.pdf (Size: 82.33 KB / Downloads: 35) ]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1020 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:49:41 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1020 Effective suicide interventions for LGBTI people

A one day workshop for workers in LGBTI and mainstream organisations to deepen their knowledge and skills in suicide assessment, intervention and postvention for LGBTI people.

Time:Wednesday 5 June 2013 9.00am – 4.30pm

Venue ; Sutherland Room, City West Receptions, 45 Plaistowe Mews, West Perth

Registration Fee: $50 (GST incl.) Lunch supplied. Organisations can be invoiced.
Payment must be received prior to the workshop to confirm registration. Fees can be waived if cost is a barrier to attendance. Contact Barry Taylor

Online Registration: Workshop places are limited so registration is essential through online registration: www.lgbtihealth.org.au/mindouttraining. Registration closes two working days before the workshop.

Target Audience: LGBTI service providers, workers in mental health, community health, primary health, social and community services, education, youth

Workshop Description: Studies have shown that for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people thinking about suicide; attempting suicide and dying by suicide is far more common than in the broader population. This workshop provides insights and a theoretical analysis of the social and psychological determinants that influence suicide risk in LGBTI people and what workers need to consider when undertaking risk assessment, crisis or long term support to LGBTI people experiencing suicidal ideation or behavior.

Learning Outcomes: Workshop participants will be:
• Knowledgeable of the social and psychological determinants that contribute to suicide risk and behaviour in LGBTI people
• Familiar with specific LGBTI risk and protective factors to consider in a suicide risk assessment
• Conscious of LGBTI specific dynamics that may affect crisis interventions and longer term support or clinical interventions with LGBTI people experiencing suicidal ideation or behaviour
• Cognisant of the grief issues and suicide contagion risk for LGBTI people bereaved by suicide

Workshop Content: Topics covered in the workshop include:
• Suicide in LGBTI people – What is it and how is it explained
• The role of social determinants in contributing to poor mental health outcomes in LGBTI people
• Not all the same - understanding age, gender and cultural differences in LGBTI suicide
• Risk and Protective Factors for suicide in LGBTI people – Additional considerations when undertaking assessment in LGBTI people
• Intervention and support - Issues to consider when working with LGBTI people experiencing suicidal ideation or behaviour.
• Dealing with the Aftermath – Supporting LGBTI people bereaved by suicide

Workshop Facilitator: Barry Taylor
Barry is the Senior Project Officer for MindOUT!: LGBTI Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Project. Having worked in mental health promotion and suicide prevention for 25 years at the local, national and international levels, Barry is an internationally sought after workshop facilitator.

The MindOUT! Training Programme is an activity of the MindOUT! Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Project – a project funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing under the Taking Action to Tackle Suicide Funding

Further information: Belinda Marchesiello (Registration)
Phone (02) 8568 1127
Email belinda.marchesiello@lgbtihealth.org.au
Barry Taylor (Workshop Content)
Phone: (02) 8568 1124
Email: barry.taylor@lgbtihealth.org.au

Barry Taylor
Senior Project Officer
MindOUT! National LGBTI Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Project
National LGBTI Health Alliance

Phone: 02 8568 1124
Mobile: 0405 746 228
Fax: 02 8212 9013
Postal: PO Box 51 Newtown NSW 2042 Australia
Office: Level 1, 222 King Street, Newtown
www.lgbtihealth.org.au

Help LGBTI voices be heard!]]> Effective suicide interventions for LGBTI people

A one day workshop for workers in LGBTI and mainstream organisations to deepen their knowledge and skills in suicide assessment, intervention and postvention for LGBTI people.

Time:Wednesday 5 June 2013 9.00am – 4.30pm

Venue ; Sutherland Room, City West Receptions, 45 Plaistowe Mews, West Perth

Registration Fee: $50 (GST incl.) Lunch supplied. Organisations can be invoiced.
Payment must be received prior to the workshop to confirm registration. Fees can be waived if cost is a barrier to attendance. Contact Barry Taylor

Online Registration: Workshop places are limited so registration is essential through online registration: www.lgbtihealth.org.au/mindouttraining. Registration closes two working days before the workshop.

Target Audience: LGBTI service providers, workers in mental health, community health, primary health, social and community services, education, youth

Workshop Description: Studies have shown that for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people thinking about suicide; attempting suicide and dying by suicide is far more common than in the broader population. This workshop provides insights and a theoretical analysis of the social and psychological determinants that influence suicide risk in LGBTI people and what workers need to consider when undertaking risk assessment, crisis or long term support to LGBTI people experiencing suicidal ideation or behavior.

Learning Outcomes: Workshop participants will be:
• Knowledgeable of the social and psychological determinants that contribute to suicide risk and behaviour in LGBTI people
• Familiar with specific LGBTI risk and protective factors to consider in a suicide risk assessment
• Conscious of LGBTI specific dynamics that may affect crisis interventions and longer term support or clinical interventions with LGBTI people experiencing suicidal ideation or behaviour
• Cognisant of the grief issues and suicide contagion risk for LGBTI people bereaved by suicide

Workshop Content: Topics covered in the workshop include:
• Suicide in LGBTI people – What is it and how is it explained
• The role of social determinants in contributing to poor mental health outcomes in LGBTI people
• Not all the same - understanding age, gender and cultural differences in LGBTI suicide
• Risk and Protective Factors for suicide in LGBTI people – Additional considerations when undertaking assessment in LGBTI people
• Intervention and support - Issues to consider when working with LGBTI people experiencing suicidal ideation or behaviour.
• Dealing with the Aftermath – Supporting LGBTI people bereaved by suicide

Workshop Facilitator: Barry Taylor
Barry is the Senior Project Officer for MindOUT!: LGBTI Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Project. Having worked in mental health promotion and suicide prevention for 25 years at the local, national and international levels, Barry is an internationally sought after workshop facilitator.

The MindOUT! Training Programme is an activity of the MindOUT! Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Project – a project funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing under the Taking Action to Tackle Suicide Funding

Further information: Belinda Marchesiello (Registration)
Phone (02) 8568 1127
Email belinda.marchesiello@lgbtihealth.org.au
Barry Taylor (Workshop Content)
Phone: (02) 8568 1124
Email: barry.taylor@lgbtihealth.org.au

Barry Taylor
Senior Project Officer
MindOUT! National LGBTI Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Project
National LGBTI Health Alliance

Phone: 02 8568 1124
Mobile: 0405 746 228
Fax: 02 8212 9013
Postal: PO Box 51 Newtown NSW 2042 Australia
Office: Level 1, 222 King Street, Newtown
www.lgbtihealth.org.au

Help LGBTI voices be heard!]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1019 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:05:16 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1019 The project, led by Dr Kath Albury, involved a review of both international and local academic research, as well as popular media, addressing sexting, and a review of educational resources for young people.
Three focus groups were conducted with young people aged 16 and 17 in 2012, and a working paper based on those findings was then distributed to adult stakeholders in the fields of law enforcement, youth and children's legal support, education, criminology, media and communications, youth work, youth health care, counselling and youth health promotion.

The full report is available online at http://jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au/jmrc-public...bmissions/Kath Albury, et al.
UNSW, April 2013]]> The project, led by Dr Kath Albury, involved a review of both international and local academic research, as well as popular media, addressing sexting, and a review of educational resources for young people.
Three focus groups were conducted with young people aged 16 and 17 in 2012, and a working paper based on those findings was then distributed to adult stakeholders in the fields of law enforcement, youth and children's legal support, education, criminology, media and communications, youth work, youth health care, counselling and youth health promotion.

The full report is available online at http://jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au/jmrc-public...bmissions/Kath Albury, et al.
UNSW, April 2013]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1018 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:48:45 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1018 see http://www.redaware.org.au/nysc/

Lots of ideas, resources, energy and clever thinking here at http://www.redaware.org.au/
YEAH (Youth Empowerment Against HIV/AIDS) is Australian youth-driven health promotion organisation supporting young people to take control of their sexual health.]]> see http://www.redaware.org.au/nysc/

Lots of ideas, resources, energy and clever thinking here at http://www.redaware.org.au/
YEAH (Youth Empowerment Against HIV/AIDS) is Australian youth-driven health promotion organisation supporting young people to take control of their sexual health.]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1017 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:12:50 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1017
We all learn about sex at some stage, but does research show learning about sex encourages you to be sexually active?

No matter how uncomfortable it makes us feel, at some stage, all children will learn about sex.

Public debate on sex education often focuses on when and how children learn about sex in school and how this information should be included in the curriculum. In private, parents and carers try to figure out what they should say when they have 'the talk' with their kids.

Reasons given to explain this reluctance to discuss sex with young people include a concern that doing so might ruin children's innocence, encourage an unhealthy curiosity about sex or lead to early sexually activity.

When the cervical cancer vaccine became available, for example, the age at which young women should be vaccinated for this sexually transmitted infection became a debate around this very belief – that talking about sex would lead to sex.

But is there any evidence to suggest that this is the case?

Absolutely not, says Dr Debbie Ollis, a senior lecturer in health and education at Deakin University.

Continue reading: http://www.abc.net.au/health/talkingheal...739632.htm]]>
We all learn about sex at some stage, but does research show learning about sex encourages you to be sexually active?

No matter how uncomfortable it makes us feel, at some stage, all children will learn about sex.

Public debate on sex education often focuses on when and how children learn about sex in school and how this information should be included in the curriculum. In private, parents and carers try to figure out what they should say when they have 'the talk' with their kids.

Reasons given to explain this reluctance to discuss sex with young people include a concern that doing so might ruin children's innocence, encourage an unhealthy curiosity about sex or lead to early sexually activity.

When the cervical cancer vaccine became available, for example, the age at which young women should be vaccinated for this sexually transmitted infection became a debate around this very belief – that talking about sex would lead to sex.

But is there any evidence to suggest that this is the case?

Absolutely not, says Dr Debbie Ollis, a senior lecturer in health and education at Deakin University.

Continue reading: http://www.abc.net.au/health/talkingheal...739632.htm]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1016 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:34:49 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1016
This four day courses develops knowledge and skills for adult leaders to deliver Mooditj young peoples groups for 11-14 year olds.
Mooditj is a sexual health and positive life skills program for Aboriginal young people.
Mooditj helps young people learn about:
• Relationships
• Sexual Health
• Identity
• Puberty
• Emotions & Feelings

The Mooditj Leader Training workshop is fun and interactive, while building participants’ confidence and knowledge to run Mooditj young people’s groups.


More information is available by contacting
Murray or Ollie at FPWA on 08 92276177
or Joanie at Wirraka Maya 0499 168 160

email;
murray.masters@fpwa.org.au
ollie.smith@fpwa.org.au

Please see the attachments for more detailed information and the enrollment forms. Limited financial support is available.

  Mooditj Leader Training_Flyer-Port Hedland 2013.pdf (Size: 328.56 KB / Downloads: 33)

  Mooditj Registration form - Port Hedland 2013.pdf (Size: 224.3 KB / Downloads: 25)

  Subsidy application- Pilbara project assistance for Port Hedland.doc (Size: 80.5 KB / Downloads: 27) ]]>
This four day courses develops knowledge and skills for adult leaders to deliver Mooditj young peoples groups for 11-14 year olds.
Mooditj is a sexual health and positive life skills program for Aboriginal young people.
Mooditj helps young people learn about:
• Relationships
• Sexual Health
• Identity
• Puberty
• Emotions & Feelings

The Mooditj Leader Training workshop is fun and interactive, while building participants’ confidence and knowledge to run Mooditj young people’s groups.


More information is available by contacting
Murray or Ollie at FPWA on 08 92276177
or Joanie at Wirraka Maya 0499 168 160

email;
murray.masters@fpwa.org.au
ollie.smith@fpwa.org.au

Please see the attachments for more detailed information and the enrollment forms. Limited financial support is available.

  Mooditj Leader Training_Flyer-Port Hedland 2013.pdf (Size: 328.56 KB / Downloads: 33)

  Mooditj Registration form - Port Hedland 2013.pdf (Size: 224.3 KB / Downloads: 25)

  Subsidy application- Pilbara project assistance for Port Hedland.doc (Size: 80.5 KB / Downloads: 27) ]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1015 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:36:17 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1015
The success factors, challenges and lessons learnt from the demonstration projects did, however, provide a guide for the development of effective sexual health models in other areas of Australia. The evaluation found, through qualitative data, that the following were the key features of a successful sexual health model:
• consultation with a broad range of stakeholders, including community Elders, youth and health professionals
• engagement and developing partnerships with the community, organisations and services
• culturally appropriate project design and implementation
• flexible and adaptable project design, delivery and implementation
• staff who are respected by the community, are accessible to young people, engage well with young people and are the same gender as the target group
• evaluation techniques that are able to be adapted to local needs.

The recruitment and retention of staff was one of the most significant challenges faced by the projects. The evaluation therefore proposed that greater training and support for the
Aboriginal sexual health workforce be provided to increase the available pool of people with the required skills.

View the report online here at http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detai...0129542915

Download the report here at www.aihw.gov.au/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=60129542912]]>
The success factors, challenges and lessons learnt from the demonstration projects did, however, provide a guide for the development of effective sexual health models in other areas of Australia. The evaluation found, through qualitative data, that the following were the key features of a successful sexual health model:
• consultation with a broad range of stakeholders, including community Elders, youth and health professionals
• engagement and developing partnerships with the community, organisations and services
• culturally appropriate project design and implementation
• flexible and adaptable project design, delivery and implementation
• staff who are respected by the community, are accessible to young people, engage well with young people and are the same gender as the target group
• evaluation techniques that are able to be adapted to local needs.

The recruitment and retention of staff was one of the most significant challenges faced by the projects. The evaluation therefore proposed that greater training and support for the
Aboriginal sexual health workforce be provided to increase the available pool of people with the required skills.

View the report online here at http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detai...0129542915

Download the report here at www.aihw.gov.au/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=60129542912]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1012 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:07:05 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1012
How Facebook is helping Aboriginal youth in NSW learn about sexual health and other matters relating to personal responsibility.
From Matthew Rodgers AH&MRC
Facebook is playing a key role in the AH&MRC’s It’s Your Choice, Have a Voice: Rights, Respect and Responsibility campaign and helping to empower young Aboriginal people to make informed choices about sexual health and related issues.
Over the course of 2011, the It’s Your Choice Have a Voice: Rights, Respect and Responsibility campaign was rolled out to 14 communities in NSW and reached some 4,000 young people aged 12-19 years. The campaign included hip-hop workshops, music workshops, salsa workshops and Deadly Styles dance performances. Events were hosted in partnership with Indigenous Hip-hop Projects (IHHP), local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) and Local Health Districts (LHDs).
Other key partners in rolling out the campaign were Aboriginal Sexual and Reproductive Health Workers and other Aboriginal Health Workers based in ACCHSs.
“At the start of the campaign we considered what would be the best way to involve young people in the program, because our focus was young Aboriginal people 12-19 years old,” says Dina Saulo, AH&MRC Project Officer, Sexual and Reproductive Health. “We decided we needed a Facebook page because that was where our target group was and determined that was the best way to interact with them.”
The AH&MRC provided pre-campaign workshops and support during the implementation phase of It’s Your Choice Have a Voice and also created and moderated social media over the course of the campaign’s roll-out to communities in NSW.
“It was six weeks in duration, with three days in each community and three workshops a day, so we were busy and on the road the whole time,” Saulo says. “While we were on the road working in one community, the social media aspect of the program was a great way to let people know where and when the next workshop was going to be.”
Saulo says social media was a natural fit for the campaign because the focus was on young people, who were eager to take photos and videos at the workshops they attended. “The reason why we have so much interaction with young people on our Facebook page is that we were encouraging them to join our network as we were doing the hip hop workshops with them,” she says.
“We’d say to the kids who attended, ‘Get on Facebook, tag yourself in photo and see the videos we’ve put up.’. We’ve generated a lot of content to put on there from the campaign, and that’s why so many young people visit the page.”
It also helps that Aboriginal people are well represented on social media sites, which many use to keep in touch with family and friends. “There are lots of Aboriginal people on Facebook in general, and from our target age group in particular,” Saulo says. “We found that a lot of people who weren’t participating in the campaign were liking our page and checking out our content because they had friends and family members who were taking part.”
Not surprisingly, the chief challenge the Sexual and Reproductive Health team faced with regard to Facebook was the time and resources required to manage everything, especially while on the move from town to town.
“The amount of time that social media took up was incredible, but it was one of the main drivers of the campaign and definitely a key reason why it was so successful,” Saulo says.
“Young people want their photos and videos instantly available to them – that’s what social media is about,” she says. “This generation wants things instantly so that’s what we do.
According to Saulo, a typical day on the It’s Your Choice, Have a Voice campaign went something like this: The team would host up to three workshops in the community and as soon as the they were finished, team members would upload about 10 photos from that day’s workshops and then catalogue the rest of the photos and videos into a specific area. Next, the team would provide updates about where the campaign would be in the following days. Lastly, team members would answer questions and respond to user comments.
“As soon as we were done, we would do it all again the next day,” Saulo says. “It was a full time job.”
As a result, Saulo says that when thinking about the allocation and funding and resources for campaigns there needs to be serious consideration given to how much time the social media side of things takes up.
“We didn’t realise just how much work it was going to be,” she says. “But we had to monitor the Facebook page constantly, because obviously young people were using it and interacting with us. We haven’t had any major issues with it so far, thankfully, but it is an ongoing process that requires constant attention.”
Due to the fact that the campaign was aimed at young people, a high level of vigilance was required to ensure only appropriate content was posted on the page and that all interactions were within acceptable boundaries.
“We put our profanity blocker up on high, so we never had any bad language on our wall,” Saulo says. “A lot of the young people also asked to add us as friends, but you have to have boundaries. Neither AH&MRC staff nor the dancers were allowed to add anyone from the workshops as friends.”
Saulo also claims that while privacy and appropriateness were concerns, when it comes to interacting with people on social media, consistency is the key to success. “Consistency is everything,” she says. “Be consistent in the amount you upload. Be consistent in the way you talk to people, so they feel like it is one person communicating with them rather than several different people.”
According to Saulo, young people actually noticed when different people were administrating the page, which necessitated the AH&MRC having to ensure a consistent tone was maintained in all interactions. “It’s all about knowing who your target audience is, which means working out what your online persona will be during the planning stages, before you go online,” Saulo says.
Similarly, the information the was fed back to the AH&MRC from Facebook’s usage statistics proved to be very useful, both for those running the workshop and the organisations which were the campaign’s funding partners.
“Age, geography, sex, these kind of statistics were very useful,” says Saulo. “The geographical information we received sorted data according to all the little communities we went to, so we could look at all the places we’d been and see how many people from those communities liked our page.”
The Facebook page was also a useful tool for enabling funding bodies track the progress of the campaign. “It was a good way of feeding back to our funders,” says Saulo. “It was good to be able to provide them with the numbers for things like YouTube views, SoundCloud listens and other information that proved how effective we’d been in reaching the youth in these particular communities.”
Clearly, Facebook helped the It’s Your Choice Have a Voice campaign to achieve all this and more. The program was evaluated in 2012 and judged to have met all key performance indicators, leading to it being refunded for another two years.

click on this link to view the full article

from http://nacchocommunique.com/category/sexual-health/]]>
How Facebook is helping Aboriginal youth in NSW learn about sexual health and other matters relating to personal responsibility.
From Matthew Rodgers AH&MRC
Facebook is playing a key role in the AH&MRC’s It’s Your Choice, Have a Voice: Rights, Respect and Responsibility campaign and helping to empower young Aboriginal people to make informed choices about sexual health and related issues.
Over the course of 2011, the It’s Your Choice Have a Voice: Rights, Respect and Responsibility campaign was rolled out to 14 communities in NSW and reached some 4,000 young people aged 12-19 years. The campaign included hip-hop workshops, music workshops, salsa workshops and Deadly Styles dance performances. Events were hosted in partnership with Indigenous Hip-hop Projects (IHHP), local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) and Local Health Districts (LHDs).
Other key partners in rolling out the campaign were Aboriginal Sexual and Reproductive Health Workers and other Aboriginal Health Workers based in ACCHSs.
“At the start of the campaign we considered what would be the best way to involve young people in the program, because our focus was young Aboriginal people 12-19 years old,” says Dina Saulo, AH&MRC Project Officer, Sexual and Reproductive Health. “We decided we needed a Facebook page because that was where our target group was and determined that was the best way to interact with them.”
The AH&MRC provided pre-campaign workshops and support during the implementation phase of It’s Your Choice Have a Voice and also created and moderated social media over the course of the campaign’s roll-out to communities in NSW.
“It was six weeks in duration, with three days in each community and three workshops a day, so we were busy and on the road the whole time,” Saulo says. “While we were on the road working in one community, the social media aspect of the program was a great way to let people know where and when the next workshop was going to be.”
Saulo says social media was a natural fit for the campaign because the focus was on young people, who were eager to take photos and videos at the workshops they attended. “The reason why we have so much interaction with young people on our Facebook page is that we were encouraging them to join our network as we were doing the hip hop workshops with them,” she says.
“We’d say to the kids who attended, ‘Get on Facebook, tag yourself in photo and see the videos we’ve put up.’. We’ve generated a lot of content to put on there from the campaign, and that’s why so many young people visit the page.”
It also helps that Aboriginal people are well represented on social media sites, which many use to keep in touch with family and friends. “There are lots of Aboriginal people on Facebook in general, and from our target age group in particular,” Saulo says. “We found that a lot of people who weren’t participating in the campaign were liking our page and checking out our content because they had friends and family members who were taking part.”
Not surprisingly, the chief challenge the Sexual and Reproductive Health team faced with regard to Facebook was the time and resources required to manage everything, especially while on the move from town to town.
“The amount of time that social media took up was incredible, but it was one of the main drivers of the campaign and definitely a key reason why it was so successful,” Saulo says.
“Young people want their photos and videos instantly available to them – that’s what social media is about,” she says. “This generation wants things instantly so that’s what we do.
According to Saulo, a typical day on the It’s Your Choice, Have a Voice campaign went something like this: The team would host up to three workshops in the community and as soon as the they were finished, team members would upload about 10 photos from that day’s workshops and then catalogue the rest of the photos and videos into a specific area. Next, the team would provide updates about where the campaign would be in the following days. Lastly, team members would answer questions and respond to user comments.
“As soon as we were done, we would do it all again the next day,” Saulo says. “It was a full time job.”
As a result, Saulo says that when thinking about the allocation and funding and resources for campaigns there needs to be serious consideration given to how much time the social media side of things takes up.
“We didn’t realise just how much work it was going to be,” she says. “But we had to monitor the Facebook page constantly, because obviously young people were using it and interacting with us. We haven’t had any major issues with it so far, thankfully, but it is an ongoing process that requires constant attention.”
Due to the fact that the campaign was aimed at young people, a high level of vigilance was required to ensure only appropriate content was posted on the page and that all interactions were within acceptable boundaries.
“We put our profanity blocker up on high, so we never had any bad language on our wall,” Saulo says. “A lot of the young people also asked to add us as friends, but you have to have boundaries. Neither AH&MRC staff nor the dancers were allowed to add anyone from the workshops as friends.”
Saulo also claims that while privacy and appropriateness were concerns, when it comes to interacting with people on social media, consistency is the key to success. “Consistency is everything,” she says. “Be consistent in the amount you upload. Be consistent in the way you talk to people, so they feel like it is one person communicating with them rather than several different people.”
According to Saulo, young people actually noticed when different people were administrating the page, which necessitated the AH&MRC having to ensure a consistent tone was maintained in all interactions. “It’s all about knowing who your target audience is, which means working out what your online persona will be during the planning stages, before you go online,” Saulo says.
Similarly, the information the was fed back to the AH&MRC from Facebook’s usage statistics proved to be very useful, both for those running the workshop and the organisations which were the campaign’s funding partners.
“Age, geography, sex, these kind of statistics were very useful,” says Saulo. “The geographical information we received sorted data according to all the little communities we went to, so we could look at all the places we’d been and see how many people from those communities liked our page.”
The Facebook page was also a useful tool for enabling funding bodies track the progress of the campaign. “It was a good way of feeding back to our funders,” says Saulo. “It was good to be able to provide them with the numbers for things like YouTube views, SoundCloud listens and other information that proved how effective we’d been in reaching the youth in these particular communities.”
Clearly, Facebook helped the It’s Your Choice Have a Voice campaign to achieve all this and more. The program was evaluated in 2012 and judged to have met all key performance indicators, leading to it being refunded for another two years.

click on this link to view the full article

from http://nacchocommunique.com/category/sexual-health/]]> http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1011 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:11:27 +0000 http://washn.org.au/forums/showthread.php?tid=1011 A male sexual health/public health nurse is needed for our sexual health programme at Ngaanyatjarra Health Service.
Late applications will be accepted if contact is made with HR manager.
Please see the attachment for more information

submitted by
Annie Tangey
Coordinator Sexual Health Programme
Ngaanyatjarra Health Service
PO Box 644 (58 Head st)
Alice Springs
NT 0871
Ph 08 89501737
Fax 08 89534581

  MensPublicSexualHealthNgaanyatjarraHealth.pdf (Size: 66.95 KB / Downloads: 15) ]]> A male sexual health/public health nurse is needed for our sexual health programme at Ngaanyatjarra Health Service.
Late applications will be accepted if contact is made with HR manager.
Please see the attachment for more information

submitted by
Annie Tangey
Coordinator Sexual Health Programme
Ngaanyatjarra Health Service
PO Box 644 (58 Head st)
Alice Springs
NT 0871
Ph 08 89501737
Fax 08 89534581

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