The (CERSH) Rural Sexual Health Conference 2015
 

PROGRAM

Please be aware that only presentations from those speakers who gave permission are available below:

SEXrurality Conference

TUESDAY 21 JULY 2015

9.00am - 9.30am

Registration and welcome tea and coffee

9.30am -
12.15pm

Opening Ceremony and Plenary 1

Chair: Associate Professor Jane Tomnay, CERSH

9.30am -
9.40am

Welcome to Country
Nikita Charles, Descendant of the Dja Dja Wurrung People

 

Welcome and Official Opening

9.40am - 
9.50am

Welcome to the Conference and Department of Rural Health Overview
Professor Julian Wright, Professor of Medicine, Chair of Department of Rural Health & Director of Medical Student Education                            

9.50am -
10.00am

Ms Mary-Anne Thomas, Victorian Government, Parliamentary Secretary for Health

10.00am -
10.10 am

Ms Louise Galloway, Senior Advisor, Population Health Policy and Programs, Department of Health and Human Services

10.10am -
10.20am

Ms De Gilby, Manager, Public Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Loddon Mallee Region

10.20am -
10.30am

Overview of the Work of CERSH
Associate Professor Jane Tomnay, Director of the Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health, The University of Melbourne

Presentation

10.30am -
11.00pm

Transforming Sexuality Cultures through Sexual Ethics
Professor Moira Carmody, Sexualities and Genders Research Group, University of Western Sydney

Presentation                                                         

11.00am -
11.15am

Morning tea break

11.15am -
11.45am

Faith and Progressive Sexuality Education: Unsettling Associations
Associate Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen, Faculty of Education, Monash University                                                                                                 

11.45am -
12.15pm

Border Sexualities and Relationships: Beyond the Binaries of Ethnic/Non-ethnic and Gay/Straight
Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Faculty of Health, Deakin University

Presentation

12.15pm -
1.00pm

Lunch and poster viewing

1.00pm -
2.30pm

Ethics, Culture and Relationships Workshop

 

Developing Innovative Service Systems for Rural Sexual Health Proffered Papers

Chairs:
Ms Kylie Stephens CERSH and Ms Jenny Walsh, ARCSHS

Chairs:
Dr Alana Hulme Chambers and Ms Kate Deed, CERSH

1.00pm -
2.30pm

Workshop facilitated by Prof. Moira Carmody
Putting Sexual Ethics into Practice with Young People.

Can We Decentralise Abortion Services In Victoria? A Case Study of Collaboration in Rural Victoria.
Stephens K, Hardiman A,  Allanson S, Steele A,  Moore P

The Evolution of Integrating Medical Termination of Pregnancy into a Rural Primary Health Care Setting: What We Have Learnt?
Coelli L & Orr C

Presentation

Improving Access to Effective Contraception through Innovative Systems for Implant Insertion and PregnancyTest Follow-up.
McNamee K, Pearson S, Inness C, Johnson M

Presentation

Want to Do Research in General Practice? Your Practice Manager Can Help.
Wood A, Smyth E, Vaisey A,  Hocking J, Temple-Smith M

Presentation

Supporting Trans and Gender Diverse Young People.
Birkinshaw Z

Presentation

Healthy Mallee Schools Project.
Down T

Presentation

Taking Care of Me
Wallis S, Forrester S, Lloyd D, Metcalf M, Stanbrook L, Stevens D

Presentation

Discussion and debate

2.30pm -
3.00pm

Afternoon tea break

3.00pm -
4.30pm

Interactive Panel Discussion

Exploring Ethics in Rural Sexual Health: Reflections on our Practice


Facilitators: Ms Kylie Stephens (CERSH)  and Prof. Jayne Lucke (ARCSHS)

Panel Members:

Dr Siobhan Bourke (CERSH), Dr Alana Hulme Chambers (CERSH), Mr Teddy Cook (ACON), Ms Jessica Dean (The Nookie Project), Ms Selena Gillham (Gippsland Women's Health), Ms Natalie Hendry (La Trobe University), Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli (Deakin University), Assoc. Prof. Mary Lou Rasmussen (Monash University), Ms Suzanne Wallis (Goulburn Valley Health)

4.30pm

Close of day one

4.30pm -
5.30pm

Poster viewing, welcome drinks and nibbles

5.30pm -
6.30pm

Ilbijerri Theatre Company - North West of Nowhere Performance and Conversation

6.45pm
onwards

Conference dinner

WEDNESDAY 22 JULY 2015

8.15am -
8:45am

Welcome tea and coffee

8.45am -
10.45am

Opening and Plenary 2

Chair: Dr Alan Crouch, CERSH

8:45am -
9.15am

Professor Kerry Arabena, Indigenous Health Equity Unit, The University of Melbourne
Preconception: A Time to Make Equity Gains?

9.15am -
9:45am

Ms Belinda Duarte, Director, Korin Gamadji Institute
Are We There Yet? – What Are the Foundations of Community Engagement?

9.45am -
10.15am

Ms Lauren Coelli, Clinic 35, Gateway Health, Wodonga
Approaches to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Young People around Sexual Health

10.15am -
10.45am

Black Border Ensemble
What we really think

10.45am -
11.15am

Morning tea break

11.15am -
12.45pm

Rural Sexual Health Research

 

Ilbijerri Theatre Company Workshop: The Role of the Arts in Sexual Health Education - An Interactive Experience

Chairs: Ms Lauren Coelli, Gateway Health, and  Ms Amie Bingham, The University of Melbourne

Chair: Dr Alan Crouch, CERSH         Facilitator: Ms Kamarra Bell-Wykes, Ilbijerri Theatre Company


11.15am -
12.00pm

Trends in Prescription of the Levonorgestrel Intra-Uterine Device: Associations with Age and Patient Location.
Bingham A, Garrett C, Kavanagh A, Keogh L, Bentley R, Hocking J

Presentation

 

12.00pm -
12.15pm

Rural - Urban Differences in Use and Access to Contraception for Young Australian Women.
Patrick K, Ezer P, Loxton D, Harris M, Bateson D, Stewart M, Lucke J

Presentation

12.15pm -
12.30pm

“Yeah, Why Not?” Evaluating the Acceptability of Chlamydia Testing in General Practice to Young People Living in Rural Australia.
Vaisey A, Yeung A, Bingham A, Temple-Smith M, Guy R, Wood A, Smyth E, Lorch R, King M, Ford B, Hocking J

Presentation

12.30pm -
12.45pm

Risk of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease from Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea among Australian Sexual Health Clinic Attendees.
Goller J, Fairley C, Bradshaw C, De Livera A, Chen M,  Guy R, Simpson J, Hocking J

12.45pm -
1.30pm

Lunch and poster viewing Optional Special Interest Group Lunch Meeting: Supporting Rural Women Experiencing Unplanned Pregnancy and Abortion. Facilitated by Dr Paddy Moore (The Royal Women’s Hospital) and Kylie Stephens (CERSH). Room TBA

1.30pm -
3.00pm

Rural Sexual Health Research

 

Community Engagement Yarning Circle

Chairs: Ms Lauren Coelli, Gateway Health and  Ms Amie Bingham, The University of Melbourne

Chairs: Prof. Kerry Arabena and Ms Karyn Ferguson, The University of Melbourne

1.30pm -
1.45pm

Piloting Repeatable and Sustainable Strategies for Post-Vaccine Monitoring of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Geno-Prevalence in The Australian Population.
Machalek DA, Garland SM, Hocking J, Kaldor J, Kong M, Chen M, Bateson D, McNamee K, Skinner SR, Cornall AM, Tabrizi SN

Friendly Possums and Cabbages - Developing a Book for Victorian Aboriginal Families on Talking to your Kids about Sex.
Walsh J, Hood T, Onus-Williams T, Stephens K, Briggs V

1.45pm -
2.00pm

Sex in the Bush! Exposing the In’s and Out’s of Rural Young People’s Ideas about Sex.
Longhitano A , Bourke L , Tomnay J

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Deadly Sexy Health: Sexual Health Promotion in the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Setting.
Byron K, Onus-Williams T, Waples-Crowe P, Bamblett A

2.00pm -
2.15pm

Translating Technology-Based Interventions in Community Practice: Evaluation of a Gippsland Sexual Health SMS Program.
Wright, C, Leinberger K, Lim, M

A Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health Campaign Providing Clinical Education and Health Promotion Activities in 2015 for Aboriginal Health Services and Communities in the Western District of Victoria.
Whitton B, Kinsey R, Waretini N, Toppin W, Connelly M, Byron K, Onus- Williams T, Steele A

2.15pm -
2.30pm

“No Strings Attached, No Feelings Involved”: Exploring Casual Sexual Encounters in Female Australian University Students.
Judge C, Geilings D, Temple-Smith M, Kauer S

Yarning Cultural Integrity.
Waples-Crowe P and Crouch A

2.30pm -
2.45pm

Rolling in the Hay: What Urgent Care Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Are Available in Rural Victoria and Are They Adequate?
Morton CC, Tomnay JE, Kauer SD, Walker JG

Found in Translation.
McIntosh, L, Love P and Crouch A

2.45pm -
3.00pm

Relationship Diversity and Implicit Stigma in Rural Victoria.
Kirkman L, Fox C, Dickson-Swift V

Presentation

Yarning Together: General Discussion on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Engagement around Sexual Health.

3.00pm -
3.15pm

Afternoon tea break

3.15pm -
3.30pm

Conclusions and Key Themes