Abstracts 13: Reimagining our SRH systems, services and care - Online / telehealth solutions - Practice
Tracks
Track 1
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Narrabeen |
Speaker
Ms Maddison Stratten
Health Promotion Officer
ISLHD HIV & Related Programs Unit
International Students’ Perspective of an online Sexual and Reproductive Health Hub
8:30 AM - 8:42 AMBiography
Maddison Stratten is a health promotion officer with the HIV and Related Programs (HARP) unit in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District and a co-leader for NSW Play Safe Programs International Students. Maddy has a passion for empowering and connecting marginalised communities with consistent sexual and reproductive health messages.
Ms Genevieve Lilley
Registered Nurse
Ballarat Community Health Centre
Prof Christy Newman
Professor
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
Sustaining sexual and reproductive health through COVID-19 restrictions: qualitative interviews with Australian clinicians
8:54 AM - 9:06 AMBiography
Christy Newman (they/them) is Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW, and has worked in partnership with community, government, and clinical services for almost two decades to understand the social dimensions of bloodborne viruses, sexual and reproductive health, and queer, bi+ and trans health and wellbeing.
Dr Jacqueline Coombe
Research Fellow
The University Of Melbourne
Design And Implementation of Resources to Support Chlamydia Management in General Practice: The Management of Chlamydia Cases in Australia Study
9:06 AM - 9:18 AMBiography
Dr Jacqueline Coombe is a Research Fellow, working on a NHMRC Partnership Grant which aims to develop a model for strengthening chlamydia case management in general practice. She has extensive expertise in conducting qualitative research, particularly regarding experiences engaging with the healthcare system to access sexual and reproductive healthcare.
Mx Kat Byron
Health Promotion Manager
Sexual Health And Blood Borne Virus Unit, Cdc Darwin, Nt Health
Story of AHP (Aboriginal Health Practitioner) led sexual health workshops
9:18 AM - 9:30 AMBiography
Kat’s longstanding dedication to sexual health has seen them work experience in peer-led organisations across Aboriginal Community Control, HIV and youth organisations around Australia for over 15 years. They are currently completing a Graduate Diploma of Sexology at Curtin University and continue to apply the principals of peer-led approaches in work in the Health Promotion team of Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus unit alongside Natasha.
Ms Natasha Tatipata
Aboriginal Health Practitioner
Sexual Health And Blood Borne Virus Unit, Cdc Darwin, Nt Health
Story of AHP (Aboriginal Health Practitioner) led sexual health workshops
9:18 AM - 9:30 AMBiography
Natasha is a Wuthathi, Ngarrindjeri woman born and raised on Larrakia country.
Natasha has completed over 15 years of Aboriginal Health Practitioner service delivery, she has two children and loves being an Aboriginal Health Practitioner.
Her most recent project is a strategic workforce development series that targets all Aboriginal workforces and supporting them to build on their existing skills that improve their communities wellbeing by providing practical, culturally informed sessions that are designed to address appropriate management of Sexually transmitted infections as well as the shame and stigma related to sexual health, and to build the confidence in her workforce to talk about sexual health with young people.
Dr. Putu Duff
Senior Advisor Epidemiology
Esr
Sexually transmitted infections and the risk of coinfection: a population-based cohort
9:30 AM - 9:42 AMBiography
Putu Duff is an epidemiologist working primarily on STI surveillance at ESR. As a scientist-epidemiologist, Putu's previous research has focused on the structural determinants of sexual and reproductive rights among marginalized populations in Canada and South-East Asia.
Mr Callum Thirkell
Epidemiologist
ESR
Sexually transmitted infections and the risk of coinfection: a population-based cohort
9:30 AM - 9:42 AMBiography
Callum is an Epidemiologist at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), working primarily on STI surveillance. Callum also works half-time doing field epidemiology training in Papua New Guinea alongside colleagues in Australia.
Chairperson
Catherine O'Connor
Senior Visiting Fellow
The Kirby Institute
Tiffany Phillips
Research Fellow
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre