Theme C Symposium Session 5 - Reaching overseas-born men who have sex with men (MSM) for HIV research and prevention: What next?
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| Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
| 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Grand Lodge (Level 1) |
Details
Australia is seeing rapid gains in HIV prevention however access and equity issues are emerging. HIV diagnoses in men who have sex with men (MSM) who are born overseas are either stable or possibly increasing, while diagnoses among Australian-born MSM are decreasing.
This session focuses on:
• What researchers, organisations and clinics have done to reach overseas-born MSM
• What lessons we can learn from previous engagement activities (what worked, what didn’t, and why?)
• Exploring the question of what we need to do next.
Speaker
Dr Benjamin Bavinton
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute
Opening remarks and setting the scene
4:30 PM - 4:40 PMBiography
Benjamin has worked in the field of HIV prevention, policy and research for nearly 15 years both in Australia and internationally. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Kirby Institute
A/Prof Limin Mao
Associate Professor
Centre for Social Research in Health
Monitoring individual changes or shifting social norms: triumphs and tribulations of conducting HIV surveillance amongst gay Asian men
4:40 PM - 4:55 PMBiography
Dr Limin Mao is at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH) at UNSW. Her training in Medicine, Public Health (Epidemiology), and Social Sciences (Education and Psychology) equips her with a range of perspectives and she has extensive experience conducting, analysing, and interpreting cross-sectional surveys and cohort studies.
Ms Aditi Sharma
Community Engagement Officer
Centre For Culture Ethnicity & Health
Why one size does not fit all, working with CALD MSM: acknowledging the intersectionalities that prevent good health and place them at risk
4:55 PM - 5:10 PMBiography
Alison is the Co-Manager of the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health and Manager of the Multicultural Health and Support Service. Alison has worked extensively in local Government and the community sector. Alison is passionate about understanding and addressing the unique disadvantages faced by multicultural communities around sexual health.
Dr Nicholas Medland
Researcher
Kirby UNSW
Why isn't biomedical HIV prevention protecting newly-arrived overseas born men who have sex with men? The failure of Australia's clinical health service delivery models to adapt to the new landscape of HIV prevention and care
5:10 PM - 5:25 PMBiography
Dr Nick Medland is a sexual health physician at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Royal Melbourne Hospital and a postdoc researcher at the Kirby Institute Surveillance, Research and Evaluation Program. His research interests include tracking progress toward HIV treatment as prevention goals and international HIV treatment scale-up.
Mr Tim Chen
Community Health Promotion Officer - Asian Gay Men's Project
ACON
Beyond translation – developing a comprehensive strategy for engaging overseas-born MSM in health promotion
5:25 PM - 5:45 PMBiography
Mr Matthew Vaughan
Director HIV & Sexual Health
ACON
Beyond translation – developing a comprehensive strategy for engaging overseas-born MSM in health promotion
5:25 PM - 5:45 PMBiography
Matthew is the Principal Planner for the Engagement Strategies Unit at ACON. He leads the strategy and development of the Ending HIV campaign, which seeks to virtually eliminate HIV in NSW by 2020. The campaign has spanned 5 years and is arguably ACON’s most successful HIV prevention initiative to date.
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion - Ben Bavinton, Limin Mao, Nicholas Medland, Alison Coelho, Matthew Vaughan and Tim Chen
5:45 PM - 6:00 PMBiography
Chair
Benjamin Bavinton
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute
Rick Varma
Staff Specialist, A/Director
SYDNEY SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE
