Our Projects

Attitudes of the HIV workforce to emerging HIV prevention technologies

This survey examines the attitudes of clinicians, policy makers, activists and health promotion workers to classic, community initiated, emerging and promising HIV biomedical prevention technologies: condom use, sero

The aims of this project were to conduct a pilot study of an online survey of (1) young people exposed to injecting, to examine their knowledge regarding hepatitis C prevention and transmission, and to examine the factors associated with high/low levels of knowledge, and (2) of young people more

This project will examine HIV and STI testing routines and assess covariates of testing among gay men in NSW.

Funding Agency

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health

Australian Government Department of Health

The QUICKIE project was a two-year study (from 2006 to 2008) funded by NSW Health.

The aim of this study was to test (1) the feasibility and effectiveness of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) for further implementation in the prospective studies in Australia; (2) the representativeness of the RDS sample, and (3) the new data collection instrument.

Across the 2012-13 summer festival’s season, a sexual health promotion initiative by New South Wales Health -- the NSW Festivals Initiative --targeted young people in four music festivals in the state of NSW.

Online representations of the changing science of HIV prevention

Over the past few years, HIV prevention research generated hotly debated scientific claims.

Using new technologies, such as SMS reminders, to improve HIV clinical care, including keeping clinical appointments and increasing adherence to HIV treatment, is an emerging area.