12B. HIV&AIDS Invited Speaker Session: Epidemiology, Prevention & Public Health: Revisiting condoms in the era of biomedical HIV prevention
Tracks
| Wednesday, September 16, 2026 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Details
Since PrEP’s introduction, HIV prevention in recent years has largely focused on biomedical HIV prevention such as PrEP and TasP. This session aims to discuss the extent to which condoms and other behavioural risk reduction strategies are still used, and the tension and opportunities for these strategies to complement each other.
Learning Objectives
- To outline the current state of condom use.
- To describe how health promotion and research incorporate condom use into practice and research design.
- To discuss tensions between behavioural risk reduction with biomedical prevention after normalisation of PrEP and U=U.
- To assess the impact of shifting community practices by different key populations.
Speaker
Prof Martin Holt
Professor
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
Breaking down the Combination in Combination HIV prevention.
2:00 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Martin’s expertise is in HIV prevention, particularly with gay and bisexual men. He studies trends in sexual behaviour, and conducts social and behavioural research on HIV, sexual health and the use of biomedical prevention methods. For the last three years his team has been assessing the impact of COVID-19 on gay and bisexual men’s behaviour, and now his team is setting up a project to understand community perceptions of and reactions to monkeypox, including willingness to be vaccinated and change behaviour.
A/Prof Peter Saxton
Burnett Foundation Aotearoa Fellow
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Sexual mixing by HIV combination prevention status
2:15 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
Peter is an Associate Professor in the School of Population Health, University of Auckland. He has a 20 year career in HIV prevention theory, research and policy. Current projects include HIV behavioural and epidemiological surveillance, PrEP, HPV and gonorrhoea vaccines and blood donation policy.
Mrs Shauna Hall
Nurse Practitioner -Sexual Health/HIV S100
Gold Coast Sexual Health Service
Talking about condoms in clinical setting
2:30 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Shauna Hall, Nurse Practitioner/ S100 HIV/Hep B
Studying and working in public health/ Sexual Health and HIV specialty for over 20 years. Passionate about the delivery of person- centred care for PLHIV.
Formal education: Master of Women’s health/Public health, Nurse practitioner, (UniMelb) Graduate Diploma addictive behaviours (Monash)
– current ACNP sponsorship – Primary care UniMelb.
Working 11 years with MSHC now currently employed at Gold Coast Sexual Health Service – NP.
Enjoying the sea change.
Mr. Rodrigo Olin German
Head of Services and Outreach
Burnett Foundation Aotearoa/GNP+
Challenges of Promoting Condoms in Community Setting
2:45 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Mx Mish Pony
CEO
203/1 Erskineville Road
Condom negotiation among sex workers
3:00 PM - 3:15 PMBiography
Mish Pony (they/them) is the Chief Executive Officer of Scarlet Alliance, Australia’s peak body for sex workers. With more than 15 years of experience advocating for trans, queer, and sex worker health and rights, Mish brings deep community knowledge and a strong commitment to self-determination, equality, and social justice.
