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Study Protocol: 6th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health, 2018

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2019
Introduction: Since 1992 the Australian Government has funded a periodic national survey of HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infection (STI) knowledge and sexual risk behavior among secondary school students.
Christopher Fisher   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sex and gender in asthma

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Review, 2021
Asthma is a heterogenous disease, and its prevalence and severity are different in males versus females through various ages. As children, boys have an increased prevalence of asthma.
Nowrin U. Chowdhury   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Method: Intention to claim a Medicare rebate among women receiving private Victorian pregnancy termination services

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2004
Objectives: To determine the proportion of women who have pregnancy terminations as private patients in Victoria who do not intend to claim a procedure fee rebate from Medicare, to compare characteristics of women who intend to submit a Medicare claim ...
Carolyn Nickson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The mental health benefits of relationship formalisation among lesbians and gay men in same‐sex relationships

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objectives: To examine links between same‐sex relationship formalisation – such as registered domestic partnerships and commitment ceremony unions – and mental health among lesbians and gay men, after controlling for differences in other relationship ...
Emily Bariola   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Centralized and Decentralized Delivery of Transgender Health Care Services: A Systematic Review and a Global Expert Survey in 39 Countries

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
IntroductionTransgender health care is delivered in both centralized (by one interdisciplinary institution) and decentralized settings (by different medical institutions spread over several locations).
Andreas Koehler   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sex and Gender and Sex

open access: yesMare Nostrum, 2020
This article challenges some of the prevailing notions pertaining to non-binary sex and fluid gender in modern academia. Beginning with a look at the history of the sex vs. gender debate, it turns to the study of genetics to determine how binary sex is, overturning many current beliefs about the biological bases of multiple sexes.
openaire   +2 more sources

Impact of sex and gender on COVID-19 outcomes in Europe

open access: yesBiology of Sex Differences, 2020
Background Emerging evidence from China suggests that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is deadlier for infected men than women with a 2.8% fatality rate being reported in Chinese men versus 1.7% in women.
C. Gebhard   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Falling through the cracks: the gap between evidence and policy in responding to depression in gay, lesbian and other homosexually active people in Australia

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2012
Objective: To examine the evidence for a national policy response to depression among gay, lesbian and other homosexually active people in Australia. Methods: A literature review using database searches on depression among non‐heterosexual people then a ...
Marina Carman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hepatitis B knowledge and associated factors among people with chronic hepatitis B

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objective: To assess hepatitis B knowledge among people with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in Australia. Methods: People with CHB in three Australian jurisdictions completed a self‐administered questionaire, including 24 hepatitis B knowledge questions ...
Behzad Hajarizadeh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Considering how biological sex impacts immune responses and COVID-19 outcomes

open access: yesNature reviews. Immunology, 2020
A male bias in mortality has emerged in the COVID-19 pandemic, which is consistent with the pathogenesis of other viral infections. Biological sex differences may manifest themselves in susceptibility to infection, early pathogenesis, innate viral ...
E. Scully   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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