Abstracts 6: SRH for adolescents and young people - Condoms and contraception: a holistic approach to understanding young people's sexual and reproductive health
Tracks
Track 3
Monday, September 18, 2023 |
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Collaroy |
Speaker
Dr Jessie Sutherland
ARC Research Fellow
The University Of Newcastle, Australia
Determining the fertility knowledge of Australia’s adolescents
2:00 PM - 2:12 PMBiography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science at the University of Newcastle. My research vision is to eliminate preventable infertility on a global scale. I am striving towards this through determining the underlying causes of female infertility, alongside improving fertility knowledge in young people.
Dr Sylvia Kauer
Research Fellow
Australian Research Centre For Sex, Health And Society
Young people’s experiences of early sexual initiation in Australia: findings from the 2021 Secondary Schools and Sexual Health Survey
2:12 PM - 2:24 PMBiography
Sylvia Kauer works at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University in Melbourne on the National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health.
Dr Elke Mitchell
Senior Research Fellow
The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
Young People’s Abortion Trajectories in Papua New Guinea
2:24 PM - 2:36 PMBiography
Elke Mitchell is a Senior Research Fellow at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. Her work focuses on the social and behavioural aspects of sexual, reproductive and maternal health, HIV, neglected tropical diseases, and other public health issues, with a particular focus on Fiji and Papua New Guinea
Ms Nadia Son
Research Assistant
Queensland University Of Technology
"I Think Subconsciously That Stigma Is Still Mentally Telling Us That Sex Is Shameful”: A Youth-Led Research Project.
2:36 PM - 2:48 PMBiography
Ms Nadia Son has a background in community development and public health. As an emerging researcher, she has a particular interest in health promotion, and in the optimisation of health services and outcomes to promote the wellbeing of culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
Ms Alice Borthwick-Peters
Sexual And Reproductive Health Promotion Coordinator
Genwest
Culturally Safe Sexuality Education for Newly Arrived Migrant and Refugee Young People
2:48 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Alice Borthwick-Peters (she/her) is a sexologist, sexuality educator and intimacy coordinator. In her role as a Sexual and Reproductive Health Co-ordinator at GenWest she helps to develop and facilitate comprehensive sexuality education workshops which aim to affirm the importance of body acceptance, pleasure, consent and gender equity.
Ms Sarah Lorrimar
Team Leader - Sexual and Reproductive Health
Genwest
Culturally Safe Sexuality Education for Newly Arrived Migrant and Refugee Young People
2:48 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Sarah Lorrimar is the Sexual and Reproductive Health Team Leader at GenWest. She is a qualified Sexologist and sexuality educator. Founded on gender equity, Sarah's work includes tailored sexuality and relationship education with communities in Melbourne’s west. Sarah holds a Bachelor in Science (Health Promotion) and Postgraduate Diploma of Sexology.
Ms Shania Eddy
Aboriginal Educator
Sexual Health Quarters
Working the Mooditj way
3:00 PM - 3:12 PMBiography
Shania is a proud Gomeroi woman.Shania works as an Aboriginal Educator delivering strengths-based respectful relationships and sexual health education workshops to young people, in metro, regional and remote WA, and delivers professional development workshops Shania is involved in SHQ’s Aboriginal Advisory Committee and co-leads the LGBTIQA+ Reference Group.
Chairperson
Melissa Kang
Co-head, General Practice Clinical School
University of Sydney
Hanna Saltis
PhD Candidate
Curtin University