Annual Report 2007 - Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

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The majority of gonococcal infections occur in MSM.Males - Gono by site 2007(YTD = 192)1211 1110Ur9 9 9An864876 6 6 655 5 544 43 3 3 3 3387ThAn/UrAn/ThUr/ThFPUUr/Th/An202 2 22 2 2 2 2 2 211 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DECFemales - Gono by site 2007(YTD = 12)2.521.5121 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1CxThCx/ThHVSCx/Th/AnCx/Ur0.50JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC8
OUTREACH SERVICESIn 2007, 9 nurses were engaged in outreach work, providing STI/BBV screening for higher risk communities such asmen who access Sex-on-Premises Venues (SOPVs) and street based sex workers. A total of 506 offsite consultationswere conducted for 415 males, 88 females and 3 transgender clients.Sex on Premises VenuesOur outreach team continued weekly or second weekly visitsto six SOPVs in Melbourne where confidential STI testing wasprovided for MSM.There were 395 consultations performed for 258 individualclients with 182 new clients registered for this service during2007. The service has been well received by clients andsupported by venue proprietors. With additional funding fromthe Victorian Department of Human Services, in response toVictoria’s rising syphilis and HIV rates among MSM, there areplans to increase this service during the coming year.Street Sex Worker ProgramClinics for the SSW continue to operate weekly in collaborationwith the Inner South Community Health Service’s ResourcingHealth and Education (RhED) program in St Kilda. In 2007,there were 111 consultations with 52 SSW, which included 25new clients. Of these clients, 88 were female, 20 were maleand 3 were transgender.Melbourne Sexual Health Centre’s Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander Sexual HealthProgram:2007 has been an exciting year for MSHC’s continuingcommitment to the improvement of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander sexual health. We have consolidated ourprevious working partnerships with the Victorian AboriginalCommunity Controlled health Organisation (VACCHO) andseen the secondment of a sexual health nurse to work aspart of the VACCHO team for 9 months. MSHC has workedwith VACCHO to provide clinical guidance and support to thesexual health and blood borne virus team throughout thedevelopment of the team’s strategic direction.Prison InitiativeMSHC has been involved in the Department of HumanServices funded Victorian Public Health PrisonerInitiative. The project was launched in December 2005and aims to strengthen policies and practices in relationto the management of BBV and STIs in Victorian adultcorrectional facilities.MSHC has provided three nurses who have beenworking in the prisons with existing primary health careproviders. Since the initiative began there has beenconsiderable progress in the uptake of Hepatitis Bvaccination, education and professional developmentof prison nurses, the establishment of BBV/STIclinics in metropolitan prisons and the developmentof clinical management guidelines for BBVs andSTIs.9
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Page 19 and 20: SURVEY POPULATIONRespondents record
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