A study of "chop chop" (illicit tobacco) use
An investigation of illicit tobacco use - its prevalence, economic impact and the motivations and perceptions of consumers. More ...
Access to health and support services by post-release prisoners
lessen the effect of these outcomes on the individual and the community. In addition to mapping services available in Victoria and collecting evidence of effective service provision nationally and internationally, this project will follow 150 people recently released from prison to examine enablers and barriers to effective health and support service provision for this population. More ...
Australian Trial for Acute Hepatitis C (ATAHC)
A study of the efficacy of treatment of acute hepatitis C with pegylated interferon More ...
Braybrook Needle & Syringe Program: Evaluation of the establishment of a secondary site
Evaluation of the implementation of the Braybrook secondary NSP. More ...
Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)
The aims of the EDRS include to examine patterns of ERD use and ERD markets and to identify emerging trends in the ERD market that may require further investigation. More ...
Hepatitis C Virus Enhanced Surveillance
Enhanced surveillance of newly acquired cases of HCV in Victoria. More ...
HITS
The purpose of the HITS program is to improve the capacity of GPs working in low case load clinics to discuss issues of sexual health and sexual risk behaviour with MSM, improve HIV/STI testing, management and referral, and develop clinical practices that are MSM welcoming. More ...
HIV in Victoria's African Communities: Reducing Risks and Improving Care
This project will yield more understanding of the factors that influence the exposure of African immigrants to HIV infection, and their access to timely HIV testing, optimum treatment for HIV, adequate social support and information regarding HIV and STI. More ...
HIV Prevention Initiatives Evaluation
On behalf of Burnet Institute and the Department of Human Service; we are undertaking an evaluation to asses the effectiveness of current HIV prevention initiatives. More ...
HIV Sero-Prevalence Study
Using innovative HIV saliva testing protocols, we will use community-based recruitment at gay venues to estimate for the first time in Australia the number of homosexually active gay men with HIV. More ...
Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS)
The IDRS is a national, annual illicit drug monitoring system intended to serve as a strategic early warning system, identifying emerging trends of local and national concern in illicit drug markets. More ...
Immunological, virological & behavioural factors influencing HCV among IDUs (networks II)
A longitudinal cohort study of HCV in the social networks of young injecting drug users More ...
Impact of email and SMS on young people's sexual health: a randomised controlled trial
Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll - Big Day Out 2006 results and information. More ...
QUIHN Mix-up
On behalf of the Queensland Injecting Health Network (QuIHN) and Queensland Health, we are evaluating the Mix-Up Project. More ...
S5: SMS for Safer Sex and SunSmart
The S5 project aims to use text messages to promote safer sex and sun protection to young Victorians More ...
Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll - Big Day Out Studies
A survey of the sexual risk behaviour and drug use of young men & women interviewed at the Big Day Out More ...
Sexual Health Diaries
A trial comparing SMS, online and paper for sexual health data collection More ...
SMS 2008
This study aims to use SMS to reach a large group of young people potentially at risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). More ...
Suck It And See....
Suck it and See is the first community-based prevalence study in Victoria that is trying to estimate what percentage of gay men have HIV and to better understand the spread of HIV. More ...
The Australian Collaboration for Chlamydia Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance (ACCESS)
ACCESS involves the establishment of six separate chlamydia sentinel surveillance networks, each providing unique information on testing uptake and prevalence of chlamydia infection in a range of priority populations. More ...
The Injecting-Related Injuries and Diseases (IRID) Project
An exploratory study into the nature and prevalence of non-viral injecting-related injury and disease among Australian injecting drug users. More ...
Victorian Primary Care Network for Sentinel Surveillance of BBVs and STIs
The implementation of a sentinel surveillance system complements the current passive surveillance system by providing accurate prevalence and incidence data, which will enable the monitoring of trends in infections and behaviours contributing to observed trends. More ...
HIV/AIDS surveillance
CEPHR has been contracted to carry out surveillance for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Victoria for the Department of Human Services since 1990. More ...