Doing ‘IT‘

#63 7th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health

In this episode Dr Jennifer Power talks about the 2022 National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health from Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at LaTrobe University.
Dr Power talks through some key statistics from the survey as well as providing perspective on why we are so keen to know how much sex young people are having.
Resources:
See Dr Jennifer Power, LaTrobe University profile. See lots of research from Australian Research Centre in Sex Health and Society. See 7th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health. For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

#62 Dr Jacqui Hendriks on parental support of RSE.

In this episode Dr Jacqui Hendriks talks about her recent research. Jacqui has led the First national survey of Australian parents and their attitudes towards relationships and sexuality education in schools.
Resources:
See Dr Jacqui Hendriks Curtain University bio. See research: Support for school-based relationships and sexual health education: a national survey of Australian parents. For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

#61 Families and Assisted Reproduction.

In this episode, two families share their stories of making babies using Assisted Reproductive Technology. Sue and Linda explain some of the process and how they decided to talk to their children about it. Their children, Emily and Elsie, talk about what they understand about how they were conceived.
Resources:
SHV have free teacher resources to assist with classroom teaching of Assisted Reproduction. These were developed with the support of Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA)
For more about SHV, go to @ shvic.org.au.

#60 Dr Agli Zavros-Orr on Intersex Advocacy

In this episode, chair of Intersex Human Rights Dr Agli Zavros-Orr speaks of their advocacy work and their lived experience as a person born with an intersex variation. Young people often ask us how bodies can be different. Agli helps explain the diversity of human sex characteristics.
Resources:
See more at Intersex Human Rights Australia. Find Agli’s research at research gate.
See book Raising Rosie for families.
For more about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

#59 eSafety and Online Sexual Content

Part 7 of 7. eSafety. Australia’s Online Safety Regulator.
This series of podcasts is produced with the support of the Office of the eSafety Commissioner.
We will look closely at how young people might engage with sexual content online and how parents and carers can get involved in this discussion.
In this episode Sharon Trotter Education Manager of Education, Prevention and Inclusion talks about the scope of eSafety and the role that they have in prevention of harm online.
See eSafety at https://www.esafety.gov.au/. Sexual Health Victoria at https://shvic.org.au/ 

#58 eSafety and Online Sexual Content

Part 6 of 7. Pornography.
This series of podcasts is produced with the support of the Office of the eSafety Commissioner.
We will look closely at how young people might engage with sexual content online and how parents and carers can get involved in this discussion.
In this episode Dr Zahra Stardust talks about the cultural context of pornography and how consent is vital for its production and distribution. Vanessa Hamilton speaks about her experiences in talking to families about young people, sex and pornography.
See bio for Zahra Stardust. See Talking the Talk (Vanessa Hamilton)
See  Mind The Gap eSafety research.
See eSafety at https://www.esafety.gov.au/. Sexual Health Victoria at https://shvic.org.au/ 
 

#57 eSafety and Online Sexual Content

Part 5 of 7. Sexting.
This series of podcasts is produced with the support of the Office of the eSafety Commissioner.
We will look closely at how young people might engage with sexual content online and how parents and carers can get involved in this discussion.
In this episode Dr. Kath Albury and SHV Health Promotion Officer Zara, discuss the language and context of young people sharing sexual pictures.
See Youth Law Australia for legal information. See Dr Kath Albury, Swinburne University.
See eSafety at https://www.esafety.gov.au/. Sexual Health Victoria at https://shvic.org.au/ 

#56 eSafety and Online Sexual Content

Part 4 of 7. What is grooming?
This series of podcasts is produced with the support of the Office of the eSafety Commissioner.
We will look closely at how young people might engage with sexual content online and how parents and carers can get involved in this discussion.
In this episode Detective Superintendent Jayne Crossling talks about what grooming is and how the police go about education and investigations.
Grooming can be reported through Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation. Also AFP Child Protection Operations (CPO) team. See also Think U Know educational resources.
See eSafety at https://www.esafety.gov.au/. Sexual Health Victoria at https://shvic.org.au/ 

# 55 eSafety and Online Sexual Content

Part 3 of 7. Inappropriate.
This series of podcasts is produced with the support of the Office of the eSafety Commissioner.
We will look closely at how young people might engage with sexual content online and how parents and carers can get involved in this discussion.
In this episode we will discuss the word inappropriate. Greg from eSafety talks through the classification system and Fida talks about the appropriateness of RSE in faith based schools.
More about the Australian classification system. See information about Fida Sanjakdar.
See eSafety at https://www.esafety.gov.au/. Sexual Health Victoria at https://shvic.org.au/ 

#54 eSafety and Online Sexual Content

Part 2 of 7. Curriculum.
This series of podcasts is produced with the support of the Office of the eSafety Commissioner.
We will look closely at how young people might engage with sexual content online and how parents and carers can get involved in this discussion.
In this episode listen to educators talk about how the curriculum includes opportunities to deliver sessions around esafety and sexual content.
Find the Resilience Rights and Respectful Relationships curriculum on FUSE.
See more about Bec Martin and Evolve Education.
See eSafety at https://www.esafety.gov.au/. Sexual Health Victoria at https://shvic.org.au/