15C. ASRH Abstracts Session: Social, political & cultural aspects: Sex education: What works and for whom?
Tracks
Track 3
Thursday, September 18, 2025 |
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Speaker
Ms Jordan Murray
Senior Program Manager
NSW Health (STI Programs Unit)
“I was very much thrown in the deep end”: The reality of preparing to deliver sexuality education, perspectives from pre-service and recent graduate teachers
Biography
Jordan Murray is a Senior Program Manager at the NSW STI Programs Unit and brings more than 10 years of marketing and communications experience to her public health practice. Jordan has a passion for infectious diseases, health promotion and really good post campaign evaluation reports.
Dr Horas Wong
Senior Lecturer
University of Sydney
Interprofessional Collaboration to Enhance SRHR Education: Co-designing a Teaching Toolkit for Nursing and Social Work University Educators
Biography
Horas Wong is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney and a sexual health nurse with clinical and research expertise in sexual and reproductive health and rights. His work centres on marginalised communities, leading interdisciplinary initiatives that advance culturally responsive and inclusive SRHR education, policy and practice.
Dr Alexandra James
Research Fellow
Australian Research Centre In Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
Sex Education as Women’s Work: The Gendered Dimensions of Relational Labour
Biography
Dr Alexandra James is a Research Officer at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University. She is a sociologist specialising in areas of gender and sexuality studies, human-technological interaction, and public health.
Ms Maddison Stratten
Health Promotion Officer
ISLHD HIV & Related Programs Unit
ON THE COUCH: PODCASTING AS AN INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION TOOL
Biography
Maddison Stratten is a health promotion officer with the Caddyshack Project in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District HIV and Related Programs (HARP) unit. Maddy has a passion for empowering and connecting marginalised communities with consistent sexual and reproductive health messages.
Prof Jennifer Power
Principal Research Fellow
Australian Research Centre In Sex, Health And Society, La Trobe University
Trans and non-binary young people’s perspectives on relationships and sexuality education
Biography
Prof Jennifer Power is a Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at la Trobe University.
Ms Maddison Stratten
Health Promotion Officer
ISLHD HIV & Related Programs Unit
COLLABORATION IN SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION STUDENT PLACEMENTS: A CROSS-SECTION OF STUDENTS AS A PRIORITY POPULATION
Biography
Maddison Stratten is a health promotion officer with Caddyshack Project in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District HIV and Related Programs (HARP) unit. Maddy has a passion for empowering and connecting marginalised communities with consistent sexual and reproductive health messages.
