2022 Program

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This one-day conference will provide opportunities for professional development and networking across research, clinical management and prevention, to ensure best practice and policy. The day’s program focuses on strengthening the linkages between sexual health and reproductive health services and rights. The program will explore population-based approaches to sexual and reproductive health particular for those affected by violence and LGBTQI people. We will also examine SRH across the life span and an integrated approach to the provision of contraception and abortion care.

The conference will involve short presentations from national and international experts who will provide a vision for the future of reproductive health. This will be followed by panels and debates with key stakeholders who will explore the merits of these insights for policy and practice in Australian and New Zealand contexts.

More information coming soon…

Monday 29 August

9:00 – 9:15

Welcome to Country

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Opening address

Anisa Nandaula

9:15 – 10:30

Session 1 – Contraception and abortion, an integrated approach

Chair: Catriona Melville

9.15 – 9.20am – Chair introduction

9.20 – 9.40am – Re-thinking contragestion Sharon Cameron

9.40 – 9.55am – Abortion and contraception in New Zealand’s primary care sector (with positive framing): the “needs more work”, the “good enough” and the “blooming fantastic” Emma Macfarlane

9.55 – 10.10am – Panel discussion: How can we move this agenda forward? Emma Macfarlane, Erin McBride, and Melanie Tulloch

10.10 – 10.30am – Interactive question time

10:30 – 11:00

Morning tea

11:00 – 12:30

Session 2 – Sexual and reproductive health across the continuum and lifespan

Chair: Caroline Harvey

11.00 – 11.20am – Sexual and reproductive health for adolescents Melissa Kang

11.20 – 11.35am – Contraception and libido Terri Foran

11.35 – 11.50am – Menopause and sexual and reproductive health in primary care Karen Magraith

11.50 – 12.10pm – Panel discussion: How can we move this agenda forward? Melissa Kang, Karen Magraith, and Penny Kenchington

12.10 – 12.30pm – Interactive question time

12.30 – 13.30

Break / Networking Events / Exhibition

13:30 – 15:00

Session 3 – Integrating sexual and reproductive health for LGBTQI people

Chair: Bec Reynolds

1.30 – 1.50pm – The look and feel of truly LGBTIQ inclusive sexual and reproductive care Ruth McNair

1.50 – 2.05pm – TBC Rocky Byrne and Dylan Barrett

2.05 – 2.20pm – Gender & Sexual-Reproductive & HIV integrated Health Care Service at Stonewall Medical Centre
Fabiola Martin

2.20 – 2.40pm – Panel discussion: How can we move this agenda forward? Bec Reynolds, Ruth McNair, Rocky Byrne, Dylan Barrett, and Fabiola Martin

2.40 -3.00pm – Interactive question time

15:00 – 15:30

Afternoon tea

15:30 – 17:00

Session 4 – Integrating sexual and reproductive health for gender based violence prevention, support and care

Chair: Eleanor Freedman

3.30 – 3.50pm – Reproductive Coercion and Abuse: Impacts on health and implications for practice Nicola Sheeran

3.50 – 4.05pm – What do we know about the experience of the medical-forensic examination after sexual assault from the patient’s perspective? Mary Stewart

4.05 – 4.20pm – An integrated approach to preventing gender based violence Elizabeth McLindon

4.20 – 4.40pm – Panel discussion: How can we move this agenda forward? Nicola Sheeran, Mary Stewart, Elizabeth McLindon, and Lydia Mainey

4.40 – 4.50pm – Interactive question time

16:50 – 17:00

Ruby Prosser Scully

17:00 – 18:30

Wine and Cheese Networking

Emergency Contraception Panel