Knowledge on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBVs) is constantly changing as new information emerges - and this program provides an update on these, particularly HIV and hepatitis C.

Produced in collaboration with the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM).

This broadcast covers:

• Current epidemiology, screening and testing guidelines.
• Practical techniques for best practice.
• Treatment, monitoring and management issues.
• Available resources and services.
• Culturally appropriate ways of discussing sexually transmitted diseases and blood borne viruses with Indigenous people.
• Issues affecting health workers in rural, remote and urban settings.

There is a two-part case study, which looks at STI screening and testing in a clinical setting and opportunities for prevention in these settings.

— Chair: Dr Norman Swan, Presenter of the Health Report on ABC Radio National.
— Professor Cindy Shannon, Indigenous Health Division, Royal Brisbane Hospital.
— Dr Mark Wenitong, Senior Medical Officer, WuChoppen Health Service, Cairns.
— Mr Bruce Forrest, Clinical Health Consultant Aboriginal Sexual Health, Greater Murray Health Service, NSW.
— Mr Warren Miller, Men's Sexual Health Worker, Ceduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service, SA.
— Dr David Bradford, Director Sexual Health Clinic, Cairns.
— Ms Chicquita Peel, Aboriginal Sexual Health Educator, Dept of Health & Community Services, Darwin NT.
— Ms Glenda Jessop, Community Member, Sydney.

100 minutes.

This program was first broadcast on 25 March 2003 and was repeated on 23 March 2004.

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- Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM)
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
- Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal
- Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH)

— The National Indigenous Australians’ Sexual Health Strategy 1996-97 to 2003-04 and Implementation Plan, IASHC Secretariat Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.
— Better Health Care, Studies in the Successful Delivery of Primary Health Care Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care 2001.
— HIV Futures II Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with HIV, Willis J., McDonald K., Saunders M. and Grierson J. Monograph series Number 30, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne 2002.
— The Management of HIV/AIDS a resource guide for Primary health care organisations, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care 2000.
— ASHM Directory of HIV, Hepatitis and Related Services, ASHM, updated annually.
— HIV/Viral Hepatitis: a guide for primary care, ASHM 2001.
— HIV Management in Australasia: a guide for clinical care, ASHM 2003.

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