Assortative Sexual Mixing by Age, Region of Birth, and Time of Arrival in Male-Female Partnerships in Melbourne, Australia.

Background: Patterns of sexual mixing may be influenced by demographic factors where individuals show a preference for partners with particular traits and may have different levels of risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infection transmission. We aimed to explore age differences and mixing by region of birth among male-female partnerships.

Methods: Male-female partnerships who presented to Melbourne Sexual Health Centre in Australia between 2015 and 2019 were investigated.

Patterns of Sexual Practices, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Other Genital Infections in Women Who Have Sex with Women Only (WSWO), Women Who Have Sex with Men Only (WSMO) and Women Who Have Sex with Men and Women (WSMW): Findings from a Sexual Health Clinic in Melbourne, Australia, 2011-2019.

Despite rises in sexually transmitted infection (STI) notifications among Australian women in the last decade, limited STI surveillance data exist specifically for women who have sex with women. This study aimed to compare differences in sexual practices and positivity for STIs and other genital infections among women who have sex with men only (WSMO), women who have sex with women only (WSWO), and women who have sex with men and women (WSMW), and whether these changed over time. In this retrospective repeated cross-sectional study, women attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre for the first time between 2011 and 2019 were categorized as "WSMW," "WSWO," or "WSMO" according to self-reported sexual practices in the previous 12 months.

Sexual mixing patterns among male–female partnerships in Melbourne, Australia.

Background: Individuals who have both opposite- and same-sex partners have the potential to pass sexually transmitted infections (STIs) between high- and low-risk populations. Our aim was to examine assortative sexual mixing in terms of same-sex activity among male-female partnerships.

Methods: This was a retrospective repeated cross-sectional study of male-female partnerships attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) from 2015 to 2019.

Measuring the impact of a burns school reintegration programme on the time taken to return to school: A multi-disciplinary team intervention for children returning to school after a significant burn injury.

Introduction: Returning to school can be a major step for burn-injured children, their family, and staff and pupils at the receiving school. Previous literature has recognised the difficulties children may face after a significant injury and factors that may influence a successful reintegration.

Aim: A regional paediatric burns service recognised that some patients were experiencing difficulties in returning to school.