A sexual health strategy for Australia — time for action
D. J. Chan A C and D. L. Bradford BA Albion Street Centre, 150–154 Albion Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia.
B Doll’s House Sexual Health Clinic, The Esplanade, PO Box 902, Cairns, Qld 4870, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: chander@sesahs.nsw.gov.au
Sexual Health 1(4) 197-199 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH04008
Submitted: 12 March 2004 Accepted: 9 September 2004 Published: 21 December 2004
Abstract
Australia still does not have a national sexual health strategy. Sexually transmissible infections such as chlamydia continue to plague the community, and the incidence of HIV is increasing. But a cohesive sexual health strategy cannot merely be disease-focussed, it must include the broader social and cultural aspects of sexual behaviour and sexuality. We propose a public health framework for the development of a national sexual health strategy that will bring Australia in line with the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
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