Sexual health and relationships in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (GOANNA)

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

• Time frame:

  1 July 2010 - 31 July 2013

Overview

The project aim is to provide new evidence to inform health policy and practice in the areas of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood borne viral infections (BBVs) in Australian Indigenous communities.

A total of around 3,000 young Indigenous people (aged 16-29 years) will be surveyed at cultural events across Australia between 2010 and 2013 as part of the project. Information will be gathered on the young people's:

• knowledge of STIs and BBVs
• risk behaviour in relation to STIs and BBVs
• health service access in relation to STIs and BBVs.

Project staff anticipate that the results of the project will form the basis of a resource that can be used to:

• raise the profile of Indigenous sexual health on health policy and Indigenous community agendas
• inform clinical and public health practice
• form a baseline from which to assess changes in the sexual health of young Indigenous people.

Abstract adapted from The Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society

Contacts

Mr Andrew Nakhla
Program Coordinator
The Kirby Institute
The CFI Building
Corner Boundary and West Streets
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Ph: (02) 9385 0900
Fax: (02) 9385 0920
Email: anakhla@kirby.unsw.edu.au

Links

• View information: Sexual health and relationships in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (GOANNA)
• View website: The Kirby Institute