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Cairns Sexual Health Service

Locality: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 4226 4769

Address: Cairns North Community Health 4870 Cairns, QLD, Australia

Website: www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland/html/shealth

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25.01.2022 Please join us in saying a huge thank you to the amazing team here at Sexual Health for setting up and running the Cairns North Drive Through Fever Clinic in the last few months. We have achieved this while also maintaining our usual workload... no small feat!!! We now hand the baton over to the team from the Cairns Hospital and wish you all the best! Well done everyone!!!

24.01.2022 Our wonderful HIV access team nurses during this HIV awareness week. Education regarding HIV is essential in ending stigma and discrimination in people living with HIV. Testing at cairns sexual health is free, easily accessible AND you might get to see one of these lovely ladies

24.01.2022 Some members of our team this morning workshopping the Regional Information Via electronic Record, a new Medical Record database which will be coming to our clinic soon! RIVeR will help us to provide an even more streamlined & efficient service to our clients and we are excited to be a part of this new initiative!!!

23.01.2022 Check out this new site: Lady Peeps! Brought to you by our friends at True Relationships & Reproductive Health

23.01.2022 Some of our team had a wonderful warm welcome at Mareeba hospital this morning. Providing sexual health education to Health Workers, school based youth health nurses and community nurses. We loved your enthusiasm, thank you for having us!

23.01.2022 Rocking our HIV t-shirts at a course in Cairns we have: in the first photo Kaniesha Woodbridge, from Toowoomba Base Hospital and Vanessa Deakin from Pormpuraaw. In the second photo is Brett Coleman also from Pormpuraaw, and Kim Clemments from Ingham TAIHS (Townsville Aboriginal & Islander Health Service).

22.01.2022 Sometimes its hard to find the words...

22.01.2022 WERE HIRING! Are you keen to make a real difference in the community? We are looking for a dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advanced Health Worker to join our team. The Advanced Health Worker provides culturally safe and effective sexual health service delivery and program management that focuses on health promotion, prevention, early detection and management of sexual health problems, HIV and STIs with men, women and young people in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to provide a high standard of care to support the delivery of an efficient and effective sexual health programs as part of the Cairns Sexual Health team. Identified position. To apply, and for more information click here: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-CAH352437 or talk to Morgan Dempsey or Sandra Soki ph 07 4226 4769

21.01.2022 World Hepatitis Day 28 July Here is some of the team from ATODS with their fab waiting room display! Ask the team about getting your hep C treated, or ask for a free Fibroscan with them to check your liver health :) You can get a Digital Kit for your waiting room for World Hepatitis Day at https://www.hepqld.asn.au/2020-whd-digital-kit/

21.01.2022 Have a listen up! Who can recognise the voice over? Yes its Advanced Health Worker Sandra Soki: she works in our team and has family connections to Bamaga and Torres Strait, and grew up in Thursday Island, now living in Cairns. True Education thank you for inviting us on to this syphilis health promotion project.

20.01.2022 The 'Fruity Friday' tradition continues at Cairns Sexual Health Service with Lauren, Sam, Enda and Matt looking gorgeous against the backdrop of our citrus decor!

19.01.2022 Too Easy Australia, 2013

18.01.2022 Black Pride. Coming up in November! Haus Of BlackStar

18.01.2022 The HOT NORTH Antimicrobial Academy is a 9-month program for 12 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander health care workers (pharmacists, doctors, nurses or Aboriginal Health Practitioners) to lead and advocate on safe prescribing and advocacy. This is to ensure that remote living Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are included in national efforts to address antimicrobial use and resistance. Monthly zoom lectures, mentors and a face to face in Darwin. In the photo below (taken in pre COVID times) you will spot Dr Trent Yarwood (back row, second from the right) who works part time in our team at Sexual Health, and is very passionate about the Academy and supporting this training :) Apply through the link below.https://www.hotnorth.org.au//antimicrobial-academy-for-ab/

17.01.2022 Nice work Apunipima Cape York Health Council and Dr Mark Wenitong!

17.01.2022 U=U is a nifty way to remember that HIV is Untransmissible when the HIV virus is Undetectable. Mark, as a person living with HIV, speaks about this. https://www.qldworldaidsday.org.au/

17.01.2022 Come along to the World AIDS Day Vigil on Tuesday December 1 at 6pm. The Western Event Lawn on the Esplanade is next to the lagoon, opposite the Night Markets. Candles will be provided.

17.01.2022 https://www.overdoseday.com/

17.01.2022 This is a nifty site for young people to access sexual health info: https://stipu.nsw.gov.au/sexual-health-promotion/play-safe/

16.01.2022 We are very proud to have worked together with Lara and Darren to produce this clip about subdermal estradiol implants (feminising hormones). In this clip Lara shares her experiences of this procedure and the implants. Thank you for sharing with us Lara In the comments section below we also have a clip with Dr Darren Russell performing the procedure. The clips have been made in order to teach doctors how to do this procedure, and to share the perspective of the person receiving the implant. Both clips are available with further information on ACON's Trans Hub website https://www.transhub.org.au/clinicians/feminising-hormones thank you ACON and the local film production company who helped us.

16.01.2022 We had Wearing It Purple cake today to show support and inclusion to rainbow young people in our community

15.01.2022 Much respect and thanks to the people who have shared their personal stories to inspire and educate us all.

14.01.2022 FREE online training event by ASHM: Hepatitis C in Drug and Alcohol Settings. This online training course will provide participants with the skills, knowledge and confidence to increase the management of HCV in alcohol and other drug settings. This course is for: Addiction medicine physicians, general practitioners, nurse practitioners and other clinicians who work in the drug and alcohol sector.... Date: Saturday 05 December 2020, 10:00am - 1:00pm (AEDT) By the end of this training, participants will be able to: Describe risk factors for HCV, enabling discussions with clients around prevention and harm reduction Screen, order and interpret tests appropriately to diagnose chronic HCV infection Describe the recommended pre-treatment assessment, including liver disease staging Determine the appropriate antiviral therapy for treatment of HCV and explain treatment to patient Implement monitoring and post-treatment follow-up recommendations

14.01.2022 Calling all Sistergirl, Brotherboy, LBGTIQ+ young people!!! Come along to our mini health career expo this Wednesday afternoon. Register with the ticket link in the event or phone Rhondda on 4226 4769

13.01.2022 Make yourself a cuppa and sit down today, World Hepatitis Day with the CHAT community magazine! Full edition here: https://www.cairnshepc.com/

13.01.2022 Moved your client group work or events to virtual? You might get some tips from this awesome resource

13.01.2022 It's HIV Awareness Week and we are starting by offering you HIV Awareness bags! Let us know in the comments or by private message - we have 14 to give away to FNQ folks. The bag includes pens, red ribbons, and snazzy tea towels so that you can raise awareness in your kitchen! The week culminates in the World AIDS Day Vigil Tuesday 1 December.

13.01.2022 How cute is Orla? She belongs to Libby who is the clinical nurse consultant for our HIV Access Team

12.01.2022 Todays sexual health outreach at the inpatient Mental Health unit is brought to you by Laura, our Public Health Nurse at the Queensland Syphilis Surveillance System and Michelle our Contact Tracing Clinical Nurse Consultant. Cairns Sexual Health and Tropical Public Health are working collaboratively to make sexual health services more freely available and accessible to all.

12.01.2022 Who is coming to Queer Career for Pride tomorrow Wednesday 28th!?! See you at 3pm or just after school Follow the signs to the event space at Cairns North (we will be downstairs under the trees for snacks and signing in, then moving to a large room on site). Be prepared to sit on comfy yoga mats (small number of seats if your olds are coming with you). The elves are decorating the snack bags with bling and sweet whispers Please stay home if you are feeling unwell. Don’t forget to register on our event link further down the page (limited numbers due to COVID safe planning). Chat to Rhondda for more info ph 42264769 [email protected]

12.01.2022 TRANSform is a trans-led, long-term research project. Trans and gender diverse people like Alex (he/him) are involved in every stage of the research. Are you i...nterested in participating in TRANSform: An Australian Longitudinal Gender Health Project? Step 1: For more info and to enrol go to www.bit.ly/transformau Step 2: Keep an eye on your email for surveys relevant to you, research updates, and your $5 gift voucher. We currently have two sub-surveys running as part of TRANSform: - Pain experiences (including pelvic pain) in trans men and trans masculine people using testosterone - The relationships between estradiol concentrations, risk indicators and wellbeing outcomes in trans women and trans feminine people For further info about the Trans Health Research Group go to https://www.transresearch.org.au/ TRANSform is approved by Austin Health Ethics Committee and is also endorsed by ACON and Thorne Harbour Health. (Image description: A photo of Alex (he/him), a young man with black hair, black glasses and a black leather jacket. The image also includes the Trans Health Research and TRANSform logos and reads Nothing about us without us: Trans research by trans people) #trans #transgender #genderdiverse #genderdiversity #nonbinary #transisbeautiful #genderresearch

12.01.2022 It's Trans Awareness Week, leading up to Transgender Day of remembrance this Friday. We have a special announcement this week: our new G Clinic! Here is Raylene, lead nurse for planning this project: "We have exciting news. We are trialing a booked appointment clinic for our Trans*, gender diverse, Brotherboy and Sistergirl clients. We will have both a nurse and a doctor clinic available for 30-minute booked appointments every Wednesday mornings from 08.30am 12noon.... The doctor clinic can be used for a medical review, scripts, hormone implants and the nurse clinic for hormone injections and routine bloods, as an example. You can have sexual health checks and chats with us, and we offer many self collected tests as well. The aim of this clinic is to provide improved access, reduced waiting times and continuity of care for our clients. It will be a dynamic clinic in which we will continually review and shape the service to the needs of our clients. I hope you can utilise this clinic and we value any feedback you may have. If you would like to make a booking, please phone Cairns Sexual Health Service on 4226 4769. Book into the G clinic with either the nurse or the doctor. Alternatively, feel free to continue to use our walk-in service if that works better for you." See more

11.01.2022 Stevie (who belongs to our nurse Sam) is bringing you todays message

11.01.2022 Check out this awesome poster made by and for young people (an abridged version is shown here, click the link for the full version) https://theyepproject.org.au//what-they-dont-tell-us-guy/

11.01.2022 Dr Brittany and Dr Lauren rocking their tropical Friday fashion today!

10.01.2022 2 Spirits ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ADVENTUROUS MEN, RELATIONSHIPS, HIV PREVENTION & TREATMENT. Incentive voucher for participants time. Get involved creating community resources, Wed 5 August 11am to 1pm, on zoom.... Are you Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander? Do you want to be part of helping your communities in Far North QLD? Do you want to be a part of a co-design process? Come join our Think Tank. To register visit https://us02web.zoom.us//tZ0tcuCrqDMoE9BeJYCZHy3Bc9jTRmhEc

10.01.2022 Is it training event? Is it a musical? Or, is it a bunch of crazy people raiding a dress up box? YES, ITS ALL OF THESE THINGS! Each year we look forward to running our free professional development event Sex Essentials, and each year around 230 of you turn up to be part of the learning and the fun. Sadly this year Sex Essentials is a no go but as soon as its safe we will be announcing our next big all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza! ... All you *Essentially Sexy* people will hear about it on our Facebook page, so watch this space! In the meantime here is a throwback to some of our previous events.

09.01.2022 Job opportunity in the sexual health sector. This is an opportunity to assist in the coordination and conduct of an NHMRC funded research study to be implemented in Far North Queensland and based in Cairns.

08.01.2022 Today we acknowledge International Overdose Awareness Day. Its a very sad day of remembrance for many of us and our families and friends, as over 4 people die of unintentional overdose in Australia every day (Australias Annual Overdose Report 2019). This post below from our friends at the Qld Injectors Health Network (QuIHN) offers some really great tips for overdose prevention, including having Naloxone available for people at risk. You can get Naloxone free at Cairns S...exual Health Service (injection or nasal spray) to have on hand Naloxone is a short-acting medicine that can temporarily reverse an overdose caused by opioid drugs (like heroin, or strong painkillers that contain morphine or oxycodone). A dose of Naloxone can help a person to breathe properly and regain consciousness after theyve had too much of an opioid drug. Even if Naloxone is used, an ambulance should still be called by phoning triple zero (000). See more

08.01.2022 World Hepatitis Day is coming up! Tuesday 28 July is World Hepatitis Day zoosh your waiting room up with a fabulous poster by Hepatitis Queensland! We have been supplied with a few extra posters, and some very cute t-shirts as well contact us if you would like a poster or t-shirt, or local World Hepatitis Day newsletter (by and for community members) ph Rhondda Lewis on 42264761, or [email protected] For a digital kit click here: https://www.hepqld.asn.au/2020-whd-digital-kit/ Rhondda & Sandi are pictured with the promo gear! Hepatitis Queensland

08.01.2022 Interview with Dr Darren Russell for World Hepatitis Day. Thanks JCU!

06.01.2022 White Ribbon Day is a chance for the Australian community to come together and say no to violence against women. Here is an opportunity to expand your knowledge with free online training. The Prevention of Violence Against Women for Workplaces course will further develop your understanding of the causes, types and impact of gendered violence. It will also provide some practical information to help you speak up and take action against this type of violence and abuse within your workplace.

06.01.2022 COVID-19 TESTING CLINICS UPDATE: the Cairns North clinic has moved to Portsmith. There are other options too:

06.01.2022 Congrats to CQ Sexual Health on their new facebook page - like and share!

06.01.2022 Today's skeery spky message is brought to you by Batty (Max's familiar)

05.01.2022 Treasure is our data manager, and just to change it up from all the puppies and cats that we show off on the page, she has sent us her chooks! Here we have: Cloaky, Pendles, Daisy, Dusty, Jackie and Dirty-Bird! "The Girls" have an important sexual health message for you

04.01.2022 Wear It Purple Day is coming up! Friday 28th August. Wear it Purple strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for rainbow young people. https://www.wearitpurple.org/wear-it-purple-day-2020

04.01.2022 Opportunity available for work with Headspace: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group Member Young Person (18-25 year old)

02.01.2022 FREE WORKSHOP (virtual option) by Qld Childrens Gender Service. Topic: Providing safe, empowering and inclusive environments for young people who identify as transgender, gender diverse or non-binary is essential to optimising their physical and emotional well-being and education outcomes. This exciting line up of guest speakers will provide psychological, legislative and lived experience perspectives on how inclusive practice can support achieving equity in health and education outcomes for trans and gender diverse youth.

01.01.2022 *FREE STUFF * FREE STUFF * FREE STUFF* Check out these spiffy new syphilis testing & treatment lanyard cards developed by our Contact Tracing CNC Michelle Andrews To get one of these bad boys for free... simply answer the following question & PM your answer, role & address to our page! ... What is the name given to the specific type of sore that can sometimes be seen in early syphilis? Good luck!