Jennifer Power
Biographic Data
| ID | 3582289 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Power |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Power |
| SIGNATURE | POWER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6566-3214 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 78 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 125 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 78 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Students’ perceptions of relationships and sexuality education in Australian schools from 2013 to 2024
Objective: To examine the receipt and perceived relevance of relationships and sexuality education (RSE) over time among secondary school students in Australia. Design: Data from four waves of the Australian Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health were included (2013, 2018, 2021, and 2024). Setting: Anonymous, periodic, cross-sectional surveys of secondary students aged 14–18 years and living in Australia. Method: Data from 13,860 students…
Sexual literacy and parents’ confidence to discuss sex and relationships with children and adolescents in Australia
Parents play a fundamental role in educating their children, including younger children and teenagers, about sex and relationships. These conversations often involve complex and sensitive topics, which many parents find challenging due to limited knowledge, low confidence, or discomfort. This study investigated whether parents with higher sexual literacy – defined as the ability to seek and assess information to support sexual wellbeing and commu…
From initial awareness to sustained involvement: Using social and behavioral stage models to better understand engagement in HIV cure efforts in the Netherlands, France, Australia, and sub-saharan Afr…
HIV remains a persistent global health challenge, emphasizing the urgent need for an effective cure. Meaningful engagement of affected communities is essential for advancing HIV cure efforts. Using stage theories of behavior change, this paper investigated engagement as a dynamic process. Engagement was highlighted with five interconnected stages: awareness, perceived relevance, decision-making, participation, and sustained involvement. These sta…
Transactional Intimacy and Structural Vulnerability: Compensated Dating among LGBTQA + Youth in Japan
Very little is known about the practice of compensated dating among LGBTQA + youth in Japan. This is a critical gap in research, as compensated dating (enjo kōsai) is more commonly reported among young people experiencing economic hardship, social exclusion, or housing instability. LGBTQA + youth in Japan are disproportionately affected by structural vulnerabilities, yet their experiences remain underexamined in national data. This study examines…
Drinking, risk, and care: A narcofeminist analysis of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women’s alcohol consumption and safety practices in Australia
Social ecologies of vaping: A pattern oriented longitudinal qualitative analysis of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women’s changing e-cigarette use
Background E-cigarette use is common among lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women, yet limited research has explored the influences on vaping practices in this group. This article draws on a longitudinal study of LBQ women’s nicotine use in Australia.Methods Using a social ecological model of health, we examine changes in vaping among 19 LBQ women and non-binary people aged 21–63 years. Participants took part in three semi-structured interviews…
Differences in LGBTQ young people’s mental health, wellbeing, and community involvement by residential location
Associations between school-based relationships and sexuality education and young people’s sexual experiences
This study explored the relationship between sexual health indicators and the receipt of, and perceived relevance of, school-based sexuality education. Multiple regression analyses were conducted using data from 4,189 14- to 18-year-olds who participated in a cross-sectional Australian study. Receiving sexuality education was significantly associated with decreased STI risk, decreased experiences of unwanted sex, and better STI knowledge. High pe…
Sex education on the newsfeed: Exploring young people’s incidental exposure to information about sex and relationships
With the increased use of data-driven algorithmic curation of social media content and online advertising, young people are increasingly likely to come across content related to sex, sexuality and relationships that they have not searched for (i.e. non-intentional or incidental exposure). This study sought to explore incidental exposure to content about sex, sexuality and relationships among young people in Australia and considers both the applic…
The diverse but common definitions of sex for young people in Australia
Relationships and sexuality education is a key strategy for promoting safe sex and respectful relationships during adolescence. Understanding the ways in which young people define sex is critical to ensuring a shared understanding between sexual health educators and students. Young people aged 14–18 years (N = 6,043) who participated in a large-scale cross-sectional Australian study were asked to indicate whether various sexual practices (e.g. va…
The relationship between access to peer support programs and quality of life among people living with HIV in Australia
Peer support services for people living with HIV (PLHIV) serve varying functions and are a unique resource for support. Peer support programs are considered an important strategy for achieving better quality of life (QoL) for PLHIV and there has been substantial investment in provision of such programs. The present study asks whether being connected to other PLHIV is associated with better QoL for PLHIV in Australia and; whether involvement in fo…
‘Synced as a couple’: Responsibility, control and connection in accounts of using wireless sex devices during heterosex
While most research on digital sex toys to date has focussed on their affordances and marketing, or issues of data governance and privacy, research on user experience is limited. This article centres the accounts of 11 interviewees who used digital sex devices within mostly heterosexual relations, and often for remote partnered sex. We demonstrate how digital sex toys offer creative potential and possibilities for sexual pleasure and connection, …
Psychological, social and cultural influences on smoking among lesbian, bisexual and queer women
This article identifies factors contributing to the ongoing socio-cultural relevance of smoking for some LBQ women in Australia. These specific psychological, social and cultural contexts remain salient for LBQ women's smoking and must be factored into smoking cessation campaigns and programme designs for this population. Tailored messaging that emphasises alternative self-care strategies and the benefits of quitting in the context of supportive …
Sexual self-representation in digital media
The question of how people represent themselves as sexual beings in a digital context has been of concern for some time – not only to researchers, but also to journalists, policymakers, health prof
Queering vaping: A qualitative analysis of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women’s E-cigarette use in Australia
Vaping is a dynamic, contested queer practice, reflecting LBQ women's negotiations of identity, community, and agency within restrictive policy environments. Policy and public health strategies must consider the queer socio-cultural meanings and community practices that shape vaping, to avoid reinforcing stigma and unintended harms to LGBTQ+ communities
Beyond dental dams: A critical review of recent research on lesbian, bisexual and queer women's sexual health
This paper presents findings from a critical review of literature on the sexual health of lesbian, bisexual, queer, and other sexuality-diverse (LBQ+) women. The review aimed to understand how LBQ + women's sexual health is framed in current research and the impact of this framing on recommendations for future research and practice. We also explored how holistic definitions of sexual health are applied in research. A narrative synthesis of litera…
Posttraumatic stress and growth in a sample of LGBTQA+ survivors of conversion practices
Posttraumatic stress and growth in a sample of LGBTQA+ survivors of conversion practices
Women's Help-Seeking and Service Experiences: Sexual Revictimization in Regional and Rural Areas
While literature on sexual revictimization is extensive, data on women's help-seeking and service experiences in regional/rural areas is scarce, particularly within Australia. This paper aims to fill this gap by examining the help-seeking journeys of victim/survivors of sexual revictimization in regional and rural Victoria, Australia. Using a material feminist approach, semi-structured interviews with victim/survivors ( N = 11) were analyzed to u…
Missing voices: Building women living with HIV’s meaningful engagement in HIV clinical and cure research
Women living with HIV are consistently under-represented in HIV clinical trials, including cure trials. Little is known about how cisgender women living with HIV in Australia perceive HIV cure research, their level of trust in research institutions/staff, and factors salient to participation in HIV cure trials. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with women living with HIV and clinicians working with women living with HIV to investigate mot…
The Intersection of HIV and Migration: Conceptualising Quality of Life Among Asian‐Born Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV in Australia
This qualitative study aimed to understand how migration experiences shape wellbeing and quality of life (QoL) for Asian‐born men who have sex with men (MSM) who are living with HIV in Australia, and to identify relevant support needs. Drawing from intersectionality theory, this paper reports findings from semi‐structured interviews with Asian‐born MSM ( n = 9), as well as key informants working in the HIV sector ( n = 9, total n = 18). Data were…
Mental Health Practitioners' Knowledge of LGBTQA+ Conversion Practices and Their Perceptions of Impacts on Survivors
The aims of this study were to identify Australian mental health practitioners' knowledge of what LGBTQA+ conversion practices are and their perceptions of impacts on survivors. We interviewed 18 mental health workers from a range of clinical modalities who were practicing in Australia. We used reflexive thematic analytic techniques to identify themes that characterized Australian mental health practitioners' knowledge of LGBTQA+ conversion pract…
Digital sexual literacy: The potential for online spaces to support sexual literacy among young people
Introduction Health literacy is defined as the capacity, resources and insight to seek information, ask critical questions and be an advocate for one’s health. Sexual literacy is framed in similar terms, relating to the capacity to navigate emotionally and physically safe sexual encounters and to hold a critical and assertive stance on relationship dynamics, gender and consent. In this paper, we present findings from a qualitative study that expl…
Typologies of alcohol and other drug‐related risk among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (trans) and queer adults
Sex on screens: The language of sexting and amateur pornography
Frequently referred to as 'sexting' or 'amateur pornography', digital sexual images and videos form an increasingly common part of adult sexual relationships. However, the vocabulary available to speak about these practices is limited, with 'sexting' often associated with young people in negative terms. This study is based on 23 interviews with adults in Australia who are 25 years and older. It explores the language adults employ to discuss and c…
Understanding the distribution of recent deliberate self-harm among young LGBTQ+ australians
Helping Women and Protecting the Self: The Challenge of Emotional Labor in an Abortion Clinic
Religious trauma and moral injury from LGBTQA+ conversion practices
Religion-based LGBTQA + conversion practices frame all people as potential heterosexuals whose gender aligns with their birth sex (in a cisgender binary model of male and female sexes). Deviation from this heterosexual cisgender social identity model is cast as curable ‘sexual brokenness’. However, research shows conversion practices are harmful, and particularly associated with increased experiences of abuse, mental health diagnoses, and suicida…
Family matters: Transgender and gender diverse peoples’ experience with family when they transition
This paper reports the findings of a qualitative Australian study where 13 transgender or gender diverse adults were interviewed about family relationships. The findings indicate the degree to which participants were concerned with protecting family members from the perceived disruption to family life that transitioning can bring about. Protecting family relationships, however, often occurred at the expense of the transgender or gender diverse pe…
Parenting and Australian trans and gender diverse people: An exploratory survey
Growing numbers of Australian trans and gender diverse people desire to become parents, yet many who do so experience a lack of support and recognition. This article reports on an online survey completed by 160 trans or gender diverse people. The survey included general demographic questions, in addition to questions related to (1) current parenting arrangements, (2) modes of family formation, (3) the desire to have children in the future, and (4…
Making publics in a pandemic: Posthuman relationalities, 'viral' intimacies and Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed sexual relationships into sharp focus as strict containment measures, including physical distancing and 'stay at home' restrictions, were initiated to control the spread of the virus. Governments in some jurisdictions prevented contact between non-cohabiting sexual partners (except for couples in pre-existing relationships), while community organisations recommended people avoid casual sexual encounters. This arti…
Social Connectedness Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents Living in Metropolitan and Regional and Rural Areas of Australia and New Zealand
This article explores lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) parents’ sense of connection to their families, friends, and communities. The study compares LGBT parents who live in inner metropolitan areas with those living in outer metropolitan and regional and rural areas. We also look at experiences of discrimination and being out about sexuality in various community settings. Data for this article were drawn from the Work, Love, Play st…
Bisexual Parents and Family Diversity: Findings From the Work, Love, Play Study
This article reports on findings from the Work, Love, Play study, an Australian/New Zealand study of same-sex attracted parents. There were 48 parents in this study who identified as bisexual. There was a diversity of contexts in which people in this sample were parenting: heterosexual relationships, same-sex relationships, coparenting with ex-partners or nonpartners, and sole parenting. A large number of these bisexual parents had experience of …
Rites of belonging: Grief, memorial and social action
Since the first panels of the Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt were officially launched in Sydney in 1988, it has become a widely recognised memorial to people who have died from AIDS. This paper discusses how AIDS Memorials, namely the AIDS Quilt and the annual Candlelight Vigils, have challenged the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS through creating public space for the expression of grief. The paper draws on the idea of 'social movement frames', demon…
Affirmation, Friendship, and Volunteerism: Understanding and Facilitating what Makes LGBTQA+ Young People in Australia Feel Good About Themselves
Introduction Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or asexual (LGBTQA+) young people are at heightened risk of suicidality and psychological distress. Interventions in various forms are required to address this issue, which should be informed by the strengths, capacity and insight of LGBTQA+ young people. Methods An online survey was promoted to LGBTQA+ young people (aged 14–21) via targeted social media advertising and community organisation diss…
All the dykes I know drink beer: Sexuality and gender performance through alcohol consumption among lesbian, bisexual, and queer women in Australia
This article explores the relationship between gender, sexuality and alcohol consumption among lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women in Australia. On average, LBQ women consume alcohol at a higher rate than heterosexual women, yet the use of alcohol and its gendered meanings in this population remain under-explored. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 42 cisgender women, 10 transgender women, and 8 non-binary people who identify as le…
Out in Suburbia: Associations between residential location, mental health, and community connectedness among LGBTQ Australians
This article critically examines the contemporary applicability of homonormativity in understanding LGBTQ experiences in outer suburban Australia. Representing a departure from urban-rural dichotomies in queer geographical research, this study enriches our understanding of LGBTQ life in suburban areas. Drawing on a comprehensive national survey encompassing 6835 LGBTQ adults in Australia, the research provides novel quantitative insights into the…
Demographic predictors of experiences of homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender-diverse and queer-identifying (LGBTIQ) young people in Australia
Homelessness among young lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender-diverse and queer-identifying (LGBTQ+) persons is highly prevalent and constitutes a structural risk to health and future life chances. However, the distribution of homelessness burden is among different LGBTQ+ subgroups is poorly understood. An Australia-wide cross-sectional online survey was conducted involving 6,481 LGBTQ+ participants aged 14–21 years during 2019. Single-predictor…
Supporting LGBTQA+ peoples’ recovery from sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts
Objective This paper reports on a critical survivor-driven study exploring how Australian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and asexual (LGBTQA+) adults attempt recovery from religious Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Change Efforts (SOGIECE), and what supports they find useful in this process. The study privileged the critical communal lens of self-titled survivors of perspectives through its reference gro…
Religious Conversion Practices and LGBTQA + Youth
Introduction Multiple jurisdictions are debating responses to United Nations calls for banning attempts at conversion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA +) peoples’ identities to fit religious norms. This paper aimed to examine Australian LGBTQA + youths’ experiences and outcomes of religious conversion practices attempting to change or suppress their gender or sexuality. It explored how attending conversion practic…
Gay and bisexual dads and diversity: Fathers in the Work, Love, Play study
This paper reports on findings from the Work, Love, Play (WLP) study, an Australian/New Zealand study of same-sex attracted parents. There were 88 fathers who responded to the WLP survey. There was a diversity of contexts in which these men had become parents and were currently parenting: 34 (39%) had become parents while in a previous heterosexual relationship, 20 (23%) were parenting children who had been conceived via surrogacy in the context …
Mental Health Practitioners' Knowledge of LGBTQA+ Conversion Practices and Their Perceptions of Impacts on Survivors
The aims of this study were to identify Australian mental health practitioners' knowledge of what LGBTQA+ conversion practices are and their perceptions of impacts on survivors. We interviewed 18 mental health workers from a range of clinical modalities who were practicing in Australia. We used reflexive thematic analytic techniques to identify themes that characterized Australian mental health practitioners' knowledge of LGBTQA+ conversion pract…
I don't think my torso is anything to write home about: Men's Reflexive Production of 'Authentic' Photos for Online Dating Platforms
This paper explores men’s use of dating apps with an emergent body image focus, addressing cisgender, heterosexual men’s feelings about dating app profile pictures. Drawing from interviews with 15 cisgender, heterosexual men residing in Australia about their use of dating applications including Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble, this paper examines how cisgender, heterosexual men construct their dating app profile pictures, and the decisions they make ab…
Changes in Sexuality Education Teacher Training Since the Release of the Australian Curriculum
From Stranger to Family or Something in Between: Donor Linking in an Era of Retrospective Access to Anonymous Sperm Donor Records in Victoria, Australia
In June 2015, the state of Victoria, Australia retrospectively opened its sperm and egg donors’ records, becoming only the second jurisdiction in the world to do so and the first where substantial pre-legislative records are available and stored in a central register. The new legislation gave donor-conceived adults and donors who were conceived or donated under conditions of anonymity (ie prior to 1988) the right to apply to the state’s Central R…
Women's Help-Seeking and Service Experiences: Sexual Revictimization in Regional and Rural Areas
While literature on sexual revictimization is extensive, data on women's help-seeking and service experiences in regional/rural areas is scarce, particularly within Australia. This paper aims to fill this gap by examining the help-seeking journeys of victim/survivors of sexual revictimization in regional and rural Victoria, Australia. Using a material feminist approach, semi-structured interviews with victim/survivors ( N = 11) were analyzed to u…
The Intersection of HIV and Migration: Conceptualising Quality of Life Among Asian‐Born Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV in Australia
This qualitative study aimed to understand how migration experiences shape wellbeing and quality of life (QoL) for Asian‐born men who have sex with men (MSM) who are living with HIV in Australia, and to identify relevant support needs. Drawing from intersectionality theory, this paper reports findings from semi‐structured interviews with Asian‐born MSM ( n = 9), as well as key informants working in the HIV sector ( n = 9, total n = 18). Data were…
Psychological distress mediates the link between bullying and truancy in Australian LGBQ+ adolescents with experiences of homelessness
Homelessness is a high prevalence experience among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ+) youth, and potentiates both significant morbidity and future homelessness. While educational attainment is cited as a structural solution to homelessness, limited research exists on homeless LGBQ+ youths' schooling experiences. A nationwide, cross-sectional survey involving 4,370 cisgender LGBQ+ participants aged 14–21 was conducted to address this gap. R…
Because it’s who I am’: Self-determination of LGBTQ adults with intellectual disability
The normalisation of sexual violence revictimisation in regional and rural areas: Our failure to respond
Sexual revictimisation has devastating consequences for victim/survivors, yet there is limited research exploring women's experience of revictimisation in regional/rural areas. Using a community‐based participatory research (CBPR) approach, this paper reports on a qualitative study that employed a material feminist lens and Nixon's theory of “slow violence” to explore women's lived experiences of sexual revictimisation. In‐depth interviews were c…
Perceptions and Cultural Practices of Vaping Among Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women in Australia
Background The rising prevalence of vaping poses new challenges and opportunities for health policy and public health interventions. Given that, historically, smoking has been more prevalent among lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women than other women, this study explores LBQ women’s perceptions and experiences of vaping. Methods Sixty LBQ women and some non-binary people (aged 18–72) participated in in-depth qualitative interviews between May…
Helping Women and Protecting the Self: The Challenge of Emotional Labor in an Abortion Clinic
Absent sexual scripts: Lesbian and bisexual women's knowledge, attitudes and action regarding safer sex and sexual health information
Despite recent evidence demonstrating that lesbian and bisexual women are at risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there is a common perception that STIs cannot be transmitted between women. This paper reports on a study in which a self-report questionnaire, completed by over 300 lesbian and bisexual women and a comparison group of heterosexual women, was undertaken to determine lesbian and bisexual women's levels of knowledge about the…
Rites of belonging: Grief, memorial and social action
Since the first panels of the Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt were officially launched in Sydney in 1988, it has become a widely recognised memorial to people who have died from AIDS. This paper discusses how AIDS Memorials, namely the AIDS Quilt and the annual Candlelight Vigils, have challenged the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS through creating public space for the expression of grief. The paper draws on the idea of 'social movement frames', demon…
Ageing with HIV: Health and psychosocial well-being of older gay men
Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are living longer, into older age, and therefore presenting a host of new challenges for health and social service providers. However, not all PLWHA are likely to experience similar transitions into older age. In particular, research has yet to fully investigate the health and psychosocial well-being of older HIV-positive gay men. Drawing from an A…
Understanding resilience in same-sex parented families: The work, love, play study
This study will make an important contribution to the existing research on same-sex parented families. Strengths of the study design include the longitudinal method, which will allow understanding of changes over time within internal family relationships and social supports. Further, the mixed method design enables triangulation of qualitative and quantitative data. A broad recruitment strategy has already enabled a large sample size with the inc…
New choices, new families: How lesbians decide about motherhood
Nancy J. Mezey, Baltimore, MD, The John Hopkins University Press, 2008, 187 pp., US$25.00 (paperback), ISBN 0-8018-9000-4 The social construction of choice is a favoured topic among sociologists an
Achess – The Australian study of child health in same-sex families: Background research, design and methodology
ACHESS aims to be the largest study of its kind and will for the first time produce a detailed quantitative analysis of Australian children with same-sex attracted parents. By inviting participants to take part in further research it will also establish a valuable cohort of children, and their families, to launch future waves of research that will help us better understand the health and wellbeing of children with same-sex attracted parents
Bisexual Parents and Family Diversity: Findings From the Work, Love, Play Study
This article reports on findings from the Work, Love, Play study, an Australian/New Zealand study of same-sex attracted parents. There were 48 parents in this study who identified as bisexual. There was a diversity of contexts in which people in this sample were parenting: heterosexual relationships, same-sex relationships, coparenting with ex-partners or nonpartners, and sole parenting. A large number of these bisexual parents had experience of …
Gay and bisexual dads and diversity: Fathers in the Work, Love, Play study
Gay and bisexual dads and diversity: Fathers in the Work, Love, Play study
This paper reports on findings from the Work, Love, Play (WLP) study, an Australian/New Zealand study of same-sex attracted parents. There were 88 fathers who responded to the WLP survey. There was a diversity of contexts in which these men had become parents and were currently parenting: 34 (39%) had become parents while in a previous heterosexual relationship, 20 (23%) were parenting children who had been conceived via surrogacy in the context …
Parent-reported measures of child health and wellbeing in same-sex parent families: A cross-sectional survey
Australian children with same-sex attracted parents score higher than population samples on a number of parent-reported measures of child health. Perceived stigma is negatively associated with mental health. Through improved awareness of stigma these findings play an important role in health policy, improving child health outcomes
Social Connectedness Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents Living in Metropolitan and Regional and Rural Areas of Australia and New Zealand
This article explores lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) parents’ sense of connection to their families, friends, and communities. The study compares LGBT parents who live in inner metropolitan areas with those living in outer metropolitan and regional and rural areas. We also look at experiences of discrimination and being out about sexuality in various community settings. Data for this article were drawn from the Work, Love, Play st…
Imagining parenthood: The possibilities and experiences of parenthood among transgender people
This paper reports on a qualitative study exploring the ways in which transgender adults imagine a place for parenthood in their lives, and/or the ways they have negotiated parenthood with their transgender identity. A total of 13 transgender adults (including parents and non-parents) were interviewed with respect to their thoughts and experiences about family, relationships and parenting. The study sought to understand the possibilities for pare…
Building healthcare workers' confidence to work with same-sex parented families
This article reports on a qualitative study of barriers and access to healthcare for same-sex attracted parents and their children. Focus groups were held with same-sex attracted parents to explore their experiences with healthcare providers and identify barriers and facilitators to access. Parents reported experiencing uncomfortable or anxiety-provoking encounters with healthcare workers who struggled to adopt inclusive or appropriate language t…
The birth of a genetics policy: Social issues of newborn screening
Based on a five-year research project (which won the Prix Le Monde for academic research in France), Joelle Vailly’s book is an intricate and multidimensional account of the introduction of newborn
Parenting and Australian trans and gender diverse people: An exploratory survey
Growing numbers of Australian trans and gender diverse people desire to become parents, yet many who do so experience a lack of support and recognition. This article reports on an online survey completed by 160 trans or gender diverse people. The survey included general demographic questions, in addition to questions related to (1) current parenting arrangements, (2) modes of family formation, (3) the desire to have children in the future, and (4…
Use of antiretroviral treatment among people living with HIV in Australia between 1997 and 2012
Current international targets aim for 90% of people diagnosed with HIV to be on antiretroviral treatment (ART). This paper aims to identify sociodemographic and attitudinal factors associated with ART non-use over time in three samples of Australian people living with HIV (PLHIV). Data for this paper were derived from an Australian cross-sectional survey of PLHIV that was repeated at three different time points: 1997, 2003, and 2012. There were a…
Eradicating hepatitis C: The need for a public health response
Hepatitis C is a global public health issue affecting 150-170 million people worldwide, and over 227,000 Australians with an increasing morbidity resulting from the infection. The Australian Government funded access through the national health scheme to Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) medication for all people with hepatitis C, regardless of disease staging or mode of transmission to eradicate hepatitis C in Australia. The availability of these dru…
Family matters: Transgender and gender diverse peoples’ experience with family when they transition
This paper reports the findings of a qualitative Australian study where 13 transgender or gender diverse adults were interviewed about family relationships. The findings indicate the degree to which participants were concerned with protecting family members from the perceived disruption to family life that transitioning can bring about. Protecting family relationships, however, often occurred at the expense of the transgender or gender diverse pe…
Development and validation of PozQoL: A scale to assess quality of life of PLHIV
The PozQoL scale has been tested in a diverse sample of adult PLHIV living in Australia, demonstrating very good reliability and validity. The insights from PLHIV and other stakeholders supported the balancing of statistical rigour and conceptual accuracy. The scale is now ready to be implemented and field-tested across a range of community, support and healthcare programs for PLHIV. This will make a significant contribution to the evaluation and…
A critical discourse analysis of sexuality education in the Australian curriculum
This article examines the sexuality education component of the national Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education (AC:HPE) with a focus on sexuality education discourses. A critical discourse analysis explored official AC:HPE documents in relation to sexuality education; the sexuality education discourses present within these documents; teacher roles and expectations associated with each discourse; and Australia’s broader social contex…
Understanding the Prevalence of Smoking Among People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in Australia and Factors Associated with Smoking and Quitting
From Stranger to Family or Something in Between: Donor Linking in an Era of Retrospective Access to Anonymous Sperm Donor Records in Victoria, Australia
In June 2015, the state of Victoria, Australia retrospectively opened its sperm and egg donors’ records, becoming only the second jurisdiction in the world to do so and the first where substantial pre-legislative records are available and stored in a central register. The new legislation gave donor-conceived adults and donors who were conceived or donated under conditions of anonymity (ie prior to 1988) the right to apply to the state’s Central R…
A perfect storm of intervention? Lesbian and cisgender queer women conceiving through Australian fertility clinics
Amendments to various state laws have made it easier for cisgendered lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) women to access Australian fertility clinics. When women conceive through clinics, they generally use intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilisation (IVF). IUI is cheaper and requires less invasive medical intervention than IVF. A recent survey found that almost 60% of Australian cisgendered LBQ women who conceived with clinical assis…
Bisexuals’ Experiences of Mental Health Services: Findings from the Who I Am Study
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