Sexual behaviour and related knowledge among a representative sample of secondary school students between 1997 and 2008

Agius, Paul A.; Pitts, Marian; Smith, Anthony M. A.; Mitchell, Anne

doi:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00593.x

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“…17,18 The questionnaire was also broadly based on other similar questionnaires such as the Australian Study of Sex Health and Relationships 19 and the Australian Secondary School Students Survey. 20 At the end of each survey collection, we checked the validity and completeness of the survey. No changes were made to the survey based on these audits.…”

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“…It is the first national cross-sectional survey among Aboriginal people aged [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] years. This paper reports on the design and methods of the study as well as basic demographics of study participants.…”

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“…Other studies of behaviour, knowledge and health service access among the Australian Aboriginal population are generally grouped in two categories: those studies with incidental recruitment of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which are often samples too small to be reported separately; 19,20 or local studies with less generalisability to the total Aboriginal population aged 16-29 years.…”

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Methods of a national survey of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people regarding sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses

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Bryant

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: To describe the methods and basic demographics of participants in a national survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) people specific to sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses. Methods: A national cross‐sectional survey of Aboriginal people aged 16–29 years in all Australian jurisdictions between 2011 and 2013 conducted at Aboriginal community events. Questions comprised demographic information, knowledge, risk behaviours and health service utilisation. Questionnaires were completed on personal digital assistants (PDAs). Results: A total of 2,877 people at 21 unique community events completed the questionnaire. A total of 59% of participants were female, median age was 21 years and more than 60% were single at the time of the survey. Just over half the participants were resident in an urban area (53%) and 38% were from a regional area. Aboriginal health organisations played an important role in implementing the research. PDAs were found to be an acceptable method for collecting health information. Conclusion: This survey has recruited a large representative sample of Aboriginal people aged 16–29 years using a methodology that is feasible, acceptable and repeatable. Implications: The methodology provides a model for ongoing monitoring of this population as programs and policies are implemented to address young Aboriginal people's STI and BBV risks.

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Methods of a national survey of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people regarding sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses

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Wand

et al. 2016

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…Although data on generational changes in sexual behaviors is limited, initial studies in both Europe and the U.S. suggest that the age of sexual debut has decreased and the lifetime number of sexual partners has increased over the past several decades (Agius et al, 2010; Aral et al, 2005; Bajos et al, 2010; Herlitz, 2009; Satterwhite et al, 2007; Turner et al, 1995). For example, studies in the U.S. suggest the proportion of women who reported having sex before age 18 increased from <10% in 1900–1920’s to 25% during the 1930–40’s, 45% in 1950–60’s, and 60% in the 1970’s (Turner et al, 1995).…”

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The role of HPV in head and neck cancer and review of the HPV vaccine

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2011

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Recent data demonstrate that human papillomavirus also plays a role in cancers other than ano-genital cancers, specifically head and neck cancers, and non-cancerous conditions such as recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. As more and more information about the role of infection in non-cervical diseases is amassed, additional questions about whether prophylactic human papillomavirus vaccines will effectively prevent these conditions are raised. This article reviews the epidemiology of oral human papillomavirus infection and the role of human papillomavirus in head and neck cancers. In addition, it will review the known clinical indications for human papillomavirus vaccination, and highlight other potential clinical targets for the vaccine that have not yet been demonstrated in clinical trials but for which there is biologic plausibility.

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“…We also assume that sexual behaviour as captured by ASHR will not change substantially over the next 50 years or so. This may soon prove to be an unrealistic assumption in view of the recent data suggesting that sexually active young people have an increasing number of sexual partners [17]. …”

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The potential impact of HPV-16 reactivation on prevalence in older Australians

Korostil

Regan

2014

BMC Infect Dis

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BackgroundSome regional cross-sectional human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA prevalence data show an increase in prevalence in older women, the reasons for which are as yet unknown. A recently published study suggests that the increase may be at least partly due to reactivation of latent HPV in menopausal women.MethodsWe developed a dynamic mathematical model of HPV-16 transmission to estimate the key consequences of hypothetical HPV-16 reactivation in the Australian heterosexual population. We only consider a worst case scenario with regard to reactivation in the Australian setting when all women who are latently infected reactivate and, wherever feasible, we choose model parameter values which may lead to a more pronounced reactivation. The ongoing National HPV vaccination program covering both women and men is incorporated in the model.ResultsWe estimate that about 1 in 10 women and men who appear to have cleared HPV-16 infection may be latently infected. The prevalence of HPV-16 in older Australian women will increase by a factor of up to 3.1 between now and 2025 which will be accompanied by an increase by a factor of around 1.9 in older men. However, the long-term impact of the HPV vaccination is not significantly altered by reactivation.ConclusionsIf the reactivation hypothesis we consider is substantiated, the public health response should be focused on further improvement of cervical screening coverage for older women. Our study also highlights the urgent need for surveillance of HPV prevalence in older Australians.

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Sexual behaviour and related knowledge among a representative sample of secondary school students between 1997 and 2008

Cited by 37 publications

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Methods of a national survey of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people regarding sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses

Methods of a national survey of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people regarding sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses

The role of HPV in head and neck cancer and review of the HPV vaccine

The potential impact of HPV-16 reactivation on prevalence in older Australians

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