The Low Down
The Low Down is a resource about sexual health and relationships for young people under 25 years old. The resource was developed in plain English for young people from a non-English speaking background.
Working towards gender equality in rural Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea: Community health survey findings
Reference
Smith, H., Botfield, J. R., Soares, M., Hagoma, R., Cheng, Y., & McGeechan, K., 2019, Working towards gender equality in rural Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea: Community health survey findings, Pacific Journal of Reproductive Health, 1(9) 506-512Survey of men's knowledge and attitudes towards sexually transmissible infections and contraception
Research status
Completed
Overview of Study
In 2014, Family Planning NSW, in partnership with the national online dating website ‘RSVP’, conducted an anonymous online survey among male online dating users to investigate their experiences, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding contraceptive use and sexually transmissible infections (STIs). In total, 3781 responses were collected.
Safety, risk and wellbeing on digital dating apps
Research status
Completed
Overview of Study
Since the introduction of dating and hook-up apps, these social and sexual networking sites have been a familiar feature of young people’s lives, creating new opportunities for connection, interaction and communication; and giving rise to new risks as well as practices of self-care. However, a great deal remains to be learnt about users’ consumption and patterns of use, in order to inform Australian sexual health and relationship organisations’ education and health promotion delivery in relation to the app environment.
Purity, Privacy and Procreation: Constructions and Experiences of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Assyrian and Karen women living in Australia
Reference
Ussher J, Rhyder-Obid M, Perz J, Rae M, Wong T, Newman P, 2012, Purity, Privacy and Procreation: Constructions and Experiences of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Assyrian and Karen women living in Australia, Sexuality & Culture, 16(4) 467-485Resources for teachers of sexual health
Links to additional useful sexual health education and information resources
Community Education
The health promotion team at Family Planning Australia are available to visit your school or service (or have you over to one of our clinics), to talk about a range of related topics with groups.
Our staff are skilled in delivering information about these sensitive topics in a way that promotes safety and comfort for the participants. Our team are experts in delivering sessions to people from culturally and linguistically diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people with disability, and young people (under 30 years).
Healthy relationships: The importance of healthy relationships in sexual health
This brochure is for anyone in a relationship who wants tips to make sure their relationship is healthy, and to learn to recognise the signs of an unhealthy relationship.
I think this relationship is moving off track
Having a relationship can be a great experience, but maintaining a relationship may not always be easy. Check out this factsheet for more advice on this topic.
Having difficulty finding someone right for me
This is a factsheet written for Under 25s about relationships. This page also has links to other interesting factsheets on this topic from the Reachout website.
