Blood Borne Viruses/Sexually Transmissible Infections research program
Blood Borne Viruses/Sexually Transmissible Infections research program
This webpage provides information on the outcomes of research relating to blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections in Victoria, funded by the Department of Human Services. The Victorian research will contribute to the vast range of research in this area of health that has also been conducted by other national and state centres.
Any findings of this research are intended for informational purposes only, and do not reflect Departmental or Victorian Government policy. This information is provided on the basis that persons accessing the webpage undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content.
| Topic | Access to HIV prevention information among selected culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Victoria |
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| Investigators | Stephen McNally and Sophie Dutertre |
| Organisation | Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | February 2006 |
| Research report |  Access to HIV prevention information among selected culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Victoria (499kb, pdf) |
| Topic | An integrated response to reduce the spread of HIV amongst Vietnamese Australian Injecting Drug Users in Victoria: Surveillance/Epidemiology research component |
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| Investigators | Margaret Hellard, et al |
| Organisation | Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Epidemiology & Social Research Unit, Melbourne Australia |
| Completion date | August 2004 |
| Research report | http://www.epi.burnet.edu.au/ |
| Topic | An investigation of hepatitis C and commercial body piercing in Victoria – (a report on infection control practices and knowledge of hepatitis C virus among body piercing practioners in Victoria) |
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| Investigators | Margaret Hellard, et al |
| Organisation | Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Epidemiology & Social Research Unit, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | June 2002 |
| Research report | http://www.epi.burnet.edu.au |
| Topic | An outreach program for sexually transmitted infection screening in street workers using self-administered samples |
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| Investigators | A. N. Morton, et al |
| Organisation | Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | June 2000 |
| Research report | An outreach program for sexually transmitted infection screening in street workers using self-administered samples (123kb, pdf) |
| Topic | Determination of acute phase hepatitis C virus infection |
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| Investigators | Eric Gowans |
| Organisation | Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Epidemiology & Social Research Unit, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | July 2004 |
| Research report | Determination of acute phase hepatitis C virus infection (74kb, pdf) |
| Topic | Factors influencing decisions to seek treatment for a suspected sexually transmissible infection |
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| Investigators | Professor Marian Pitts, et al |
| Organisation | Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | May 2002 |
| Research report | Factors influencing delay in treatment seeking for a suspected sexually transmissible infection (74kb, pdf) |
| Topic | Health Act Audit (A new approach to assessment of public health risk in skin penetration establishments) |
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| Investigators | Joanna Murone, et al Ron Cross, et al |
| Organisation | City of Whittlesea, Melbourne, Australia Hobsons Bay City Council, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | June 2001 |
| Research report | Health Act Audit (318kb, pdf) Health Act Audit - Categories and summary of results (98kb, pdf) Environmental Health Officers Guidelines for using the Health Act Audit for skin penetration premises (115kb, pdf) |
| Topic | Hepatitis A,B and C in Juvenile Justice Clients in Custody in Melbourne - (Hepatitis A, B and C and risk behaviours in detained adolescent offenders) |
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| Investigators | Andrew Lovett, et al |
| Organisation | Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | August 2004 |
| Research report | Hepatitis A,B and C in Juvenile Justice Clients in Custody in Melbourne (476kb, pdf) |
| Topic | Hepatitis C and initiation into injecting drug use in a rural setting |
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| Investigators | John Fitzgerald, et al |
| Organisation | Department of Criminology, Sociology Program, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | October 2003 |
| Research report | http://www.bodydrugsworld.unimelb.edu.au/hepc.html |
| Topic | HIV in Men who Have Sex with Men - (a report of a case control study of an incident of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men) |
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| Investigators | Tim Read, et al |
| Organisation | Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Epidemiology & Social Research Unit, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | March 2004 |
| Research report | http://www.epi.burnet.edu.au |
| Topic | HIV in Victoria – Estimates and Projections of the HIV Epidemic in Victoria |
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| Investigators | Jane Hocking, et al |
| Organisation | Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Epidemiology & Social Research Unit, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | August 2002 |
| Research report | HIV in Victoria – Estimates and Projections of the HIV Epidemic in Victoria (178kb, pdf) |
| Topic | Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey |
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| Investigators | Dr Paul Van de Ven |
| Organisation | National Centre in HIV Social Research, Australia |
| Completion date | October 2004 |
| Research report | http://nchsr.arts.unsw.edu.au Note: Annual reports of the Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey along with other research reports are listed on this website. |
| Topic | Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis genitourinary infection in attendees at clinics of Family Planning Victoria – (adolescence and other risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis genitourinary infection in women in Melbourne, Australia) |
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| Investigators | Henrietta Williams, et al |
| Organisation | Family Planning Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | September 2002 |
| Research report | Prevalence of Chlamydia Trachomatis genitourinary infection in attendees at clinics of Family Planning Victoria (147kb, pdf) |
| Topic | Psychological and social factors associated with uptake and maintenance of clinical treatment for hepatitis C |
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| Investigators | Professor Marian Pitts, et al |
| Organisation | Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | June 2004 |
| Research report | Psychological and social factors associated with uptake and maintenance of clinical treatment for hepatitis C (197kb, pdf) |
| Topic | Randomised controlled trial of a brief behavioural intervention for reducing hepatitis C virus risk practices among injecting drug users |
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| Investigators | Thamizan Tucker, et al |
| Organisation | Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | July 2003 |
| Research report | Randomised controlled trial of a brief behavioural behavioural intervention for reducing hepatitis C virus risk practices among injecting drug users (381kb, pdf) Available from the Turning Point website |
| Topic | Rates of gonorrhoea in asymptomatic men who have sex with men, validation of a new testing method |
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| Investigators | Nicholas Medland, et al |
| Organisation | Victorian AIDS Council, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | Expected completion October 2004 |
| Research report | Pending |
| Topic | Recent Seroconverters Study |
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| Investigators | Sean Slavin and Professor Marian Pitts |
| Organisation | Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | Expected completion April 2005 |
| Research report | The contemporary context of HIV infection in Victoria, Australia (195kb, pdf) |
| Topic | Slipping through the NET: an innovative HIV/gonorrhoea education, research and evaluation strategy |
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| Investigators | Rosey Cummings, et al |
| Organisation | The Alfred Hospital, Victorian HIV/AIDS Service, Infectious Diseases University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | October 2003 |
| Research report | "Slipping through the net": a cutting edge HIV/gonorrhoea education strategy (604kb, pdf) |
| Topic | Survey of harms in Victorian prisons |
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| Investigators | Penny Heale, et al |
| Organisation | Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date | April 2003 |
| Research report | http://www.justice.vic.gov.au |