Research Projects
The lack of comprehensive sexuality education in schools and the stigma around adolescents' sexual activity prevents adolescents from accessing...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
This project will explore adolescent’s and young people’s lived experiences of reproductive coercion (RC) through in-depth qualitative interviews....
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
Internationally, in an attempt to increase accessibility, improve continuation, and reduce costs, there is a move to provide a wider range of...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
FemTech (female technologies) startups in Australia are developing innovative solutions to support women's health, including sexual and...
Supervisor: Dr. Olena Ivanova
This project will explore how South Asian women experience reproductive coercion (RC), with a focus on the influence of cultural norms, gender...
Supervisor: Professor Danielle Mazza AM
There has been an increase in online prescription services offering access to contraception methods without having to physically meet with a medical...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
Young people aged 15–24 in Australia are increasingly turning to digital health tools, such as period trackers, fertility apps, and sexual health...
Supervisor: Dr. Olena Ivanova
Young women aged 18–24 in Australia are increasingly using FemTech tools, such as period trackers and sexual health platforms, to manage their sexual...
Supervisor: Dr. Olena Ivanova
Primary care clinicians including general practitioners, nurse practitioners and practice nurses have a key role in meeting the needs of women’s...
Supervisor: Dr Sharon James
This project will explore how women perceive and recognise different forms of reproductive coercion (RC), focusing on explicit, implicit, and tacit...
Supervisor: Professor Danielle Mazza AM
Registered community pharmacists have been able to dispense medical abortion medicines (MS-2 Step) to individuals with a prescription in Australia...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
This project will use cognitive interviews with adolescents and young people to refine a scale designed to measure reproductive coercion (RC). The...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
General practice is pivotal in the management of care for patients across the lifespan. General practice represents an ideal setting where...
Supervisor: Dr Sharon James
Community pharmacist have the potential to provide accessible health services to adolescents and the potential to improve adolescent’s access to...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
Pharmacists' provision of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services has expanded from mainly dispensing medications to including services...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
Once a registered medical practitioner has prescribed medical abortion medicines, also known as MS-2 Step, an individual must access a community...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects up to one in seven Australian women by the age of 44. It is a significant public...
Supervisor: Dr Satish Melwani
International students often face challenges such as cultural differences, language barriers, employment, and housing issues after moving to a new...
Supervisor: Dr Satish Melwani