#79 8th Australian Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health with Dr Jennifer Power

About this episode

Leon from SHV interviews Dr Jennifer Power about the 2024 Australian Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health.

In this episode, Leon from SHV speaks to Professor Jennifer Power about the results from the 2024 Australian Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health (SSASH) survey from Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at LaTrobe University. The study explores young people’s experiences of sex, relationships, sexual health and school-based relationships and sexuality education (RSE). Dr Power talks through some key statistics from the survey as well as how people can potentially support young people and their sexual health. Resources: You can find more information about Dr Power here: Jennifer Power | About | La Trobe University Learn more about the work of ARCSHS here: Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University The results of the 8th Australian Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health can be found here: 8th Australian survey of secondary students and sexual health, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Our work, Sexual health and wellbeing, La Trobe University For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au. Follow SHV on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. Contact us directly at…

People in this episode

Host: Leon

Guest: Dr Jennifer Power

Topics covered

• sexual health
• youth education
• relationships
• survey results
• supporting young people

Keywords

• sexual health
• youth
• relationships
• education
• survey
• statistics
• support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, SHV

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