CSIRO Publishing blank image blank image blank image blank imageBooksblank image blank image blank image blank imageJournalsblank image blank image blank image blank imageAbout Usblank image blank image blank image blank imageShopping Cartblank image blank image blank image You are here: Journals > Sexual Health   
Sexual Health
Journal Banner
  Publishing on sexual health from the widest perspective
 
blank image Search
 
blank image blank image
blank image
 
  Advanced Search
   

Journal Home
About the Journal
Editorial Committee
Contacts
Content
Online Early
Current Issue
Just Accepted
All Issues
Online Early
Special Issues
Sample Issue
For Authors
General Information
Instructions to Authors
Submit Article
Open Access
For Referees
Referee Guidelines
Review Article
Annual Referee Index
For Advertisers
For Subscribers
Subscription Prices
Customer Service
Print Publication Dates

blue arrow e-Alerts
blank image
Subscribe to our Email Alert or RSS feeds for the latest journal papers.

red arrow Connect with us
blank image
facebook   youtube

red arrow Interview with Kit Fairley
blank image
Hear Kit Fairley speak about what is sexual health.

 

Article << Previous     |     Next >>   Contents Vol 9(2)

Clients’ views on a piloted telemedicine sexual health service for rural youth

Cameryn C. Garrett A , Maggie Kirkman A B , Marcus Y. Chen C D , Rosey Cummings C , Candice Fuller C , Jane Hocking A , Jane E. Tomnay E and Christopher K. Fairley C D F

A Centre for Women’s Health, Gender and Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia.
B The Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia.
C Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Hospital, 580 Swanston Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia.
D Sexual Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia.
E Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health, Rural Health Academic Centre, The University of Melbourne, 49 Graham Street, Shepparton, Vic. 3630, Australia.
F Corresponding author. Email: cfairley@mshc.org.au

Sexual Health 9(2) 192-193 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH11022
Submitted: 10 February 2011  Accepted: 20 June 2011   Published: 30 March 2012


 
 Full Text
 PDF (68 KB)
 Export Citation
 Print
  
Abstract

Background: Given the high rate of sexually transmissible infections among young people and limited rural access to specialist healthcare, an Australian telemedicine service was piloted. Clients’ views were investigated. Methods: All clients aged 15–24 were given a questionnaire. A sub-sample was interviewed. Results: The service was used by 25 rural youths aged 15–24; 18 returned the questionnaire, 4 were interviewed. All had a telephone consultation. They reported being satisfied with the service; most preferred the telemedicine service to consulting a doctor in person. Conclusions: Online video consultations for sexual health may not yet be accep to young people in Australia.

Additional keywords: Australia, sexually transmissible infections, video consultations.


References

[1]  Department of Health and Ageing. National notifiable diseases surveillance system: number of notifications of chlamydial infection, Australia, 2010 by age group and sex. Woden, ACT: Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government; 2010. Available online at: http://www9.health.gov.au/cda/source/Rpt_5.cfm [verified February 2011].

[2]  Quine S, Bernard D, Booth M, Kang M, Usherwood T, Alperstein G, et al Health and access issues among Australian adolescents: a rural–urban comparison. Rural Remote Health 2003; 3: 245.
| CAS | PubMed |

[3]  Stewart FJ, Rosenthal DA. Rural and urban female secondary school students’ attitudes towards and use of primary care services. Aust J Rural Health 1997; 5: 126–31.
CrossRef | CAS | PubMed |

[4]  Warr D, Hillier L. ‘That’s the problem with living in a small town’: privacy and sexual health issues for young rural people. Aust J Rural Health 1997; 5: 132–9.
CrossRef | CAS | PubMed |

[5]  Moffatt JJ, Eley DS. The reported benefits of telehealth for rural Australians. Aust Health Rev 2010; 34: 276–81.
CrossRef | PubMed |

[6]  Kopel H, Nunn K, Dossetor D. Evaluating satisfaction with a child and adolescent psychological telemedicine outreach service. J Telemed Telecare 2001; 7: 35–40.
CrossRef | PubMed |

[7]  Pesamaa L, Ebeling H, Kuusimaki M-L, Winblad I, Isohanni M, Moilanen I. Videoconferencing in child and adolescent telepsychiatry: a systematic review of the literature. J Telemed Telecare 2004; 10: 187–92.
CrossRef | PubMed |

[8]  Starling J, Rosina R, Nunn K, Dossetor D. Child and adolescent telepsychiatry in New South Wales: moving beyond clinical consultation. Australas Psychiatry 2003; 11: S117–21.
CrossRef |

[9]  Booth ML, Bernard D, Quine S, Kang MS, Usherwood T, Alperstein G, et al Access to health care among Australian adolescents young people’s perspectives and their sociodemographic distribution. J Adolesc Health 2004; 34: 97–103.
| PubMed |


   
 
    
Legal & Privacy | Contact Us | Help

CSIRO

© CSIRO 1996-2013