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Welcome!

Welcome to the web-site for the Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre (VAC/GMHC).

 
Health Educator

Two Positions (1 2yr fixed term contract & 1 permanent full-time)

The Health Promotion Team delivers a range of preventative and health promotion strategies to meet the HIV-related health promotion needs of gay men, homosexually active men, people living with HIV/AIDS and other at risk and/or affected communities.

The successful applicants will be part of a multi-disciplinary Health Promotion Team and be required to participate fully in the program of activities undertaken by the Team in response to the current HIV/AIDS epidemic in Victoria. The vacancies we are seeking to fill will have a focus on health promotion campaigns and evaluation. Experience in health promotion and education practice is essential prerequisites for the positions. Individuals with a demonstrated track record in health promotion and/or social marketing in unrelated fields are encouraged to apply. The position may also require working outside conventional working hours.

The positions are full time at 38 hrs per week.
The applicants must address the selection criteria within the position description.

Applications close 5.00pm Monday 30 November 2009 and should be marked ‘Confidential Recruitment’ addressed to: Boris Bistrovic, VAC/GMHC, 6 Claremont St, South Yarra 3141.

Position Description and Information for Applicants

 
Now available: HIV Tests & Treatments 2009 Edition
HIV Tests and Treatments 2009, describes the currently available antiviral drugs for the treatment and management of HIV infection. It also describes some common tests used to monitor the health of people with HIV, and how these tests can be used to help you look after your health, or make decisions about starting, stopping or changing antiviral treatments.

This booklet is designed for all people with HIV, whether you have been recently diagnosed, or have known about your HIV positive status for some time. The information enclosed is designed to help you:

• understand how HIV antiviral treatments work, and what HIV drugs are currently available;
• understand the different tests which might be suggested by your doctor to help monitor your health; and
• work with your doctor to agree on the most appropriate HIV treatment and management strategy for you – whether this is with or without antiviral drugs.

For more information or if you would like a copy of the book, please contact Jill Young on 9865 6700 or email resources@vicaids.asn.au

Alternatively, go to the AFAO website at www.afao.org.au and download a copy there.
 
Will you be one of the 10,000 men?

A new study called Myriad: The 10,000 Men Project is asking gay men what motivates them to take part in research on sex, relationships and health.

This pilot survey will help plan a large-scale online study that will follow the social and sexual lives of gay and bisexual men in Australia.

We want to know what would make the study more attractive to participants and what technical features of an online study would help them stay involved over time. So it’s your chance to have your say.

As well as finding out how many men are willing to join the project, the pilot survey will ask how much time participants are prepared to give, what type of personal information they are willing to share and which health and lifestyle issues they would like included in the full study.

Even if you are unsure or unlikely to join the full study, the researchers would like to hear from you too.

The survey can be accessed through the study website at myriad10000men

The study is a joint project of the University of New South Wales and La Trobe University.

 
Web-Site Content Warning


Please note that sections of this web-site contains explicit language, information, and images of a sexual nature, which may inadvertently cause offence to some people.

Children should only view this web-site with an adult's supervision.

Information on this web-site is provided as general advice. Where appropriate, further advice should be sought from a medical practitioner.

 
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Copyright © VAC/GMHC all rights reserved.

These materials (including without limitation all articles, text, images, logos, compilation and design) are Copyright © 2001-2005 VAC/GMHC. VAC/GMHC materials may be copied and distributed for non commercial purposes only, provided that any material copied remains intact and that all copies include the following notice in a clearly visible and prominent position: “Copyright © 2001-2005 VAC/GMHC. All rights reserved.” These materials may not be copied or redistributed for commercial purposes or for compensation of any kind without written permission from the Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men’s Health Centre Inc. If you have any questions about these terms, and you would like to e-mail us, please click here.

 
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SYPHILIS ALERT

Infectious syphilis rates are increasing rapidly in Victoria with more than one person being diagnosed every day.

This is more than double the rate in 2006 and more than thirty times the rate in 2000.

Most of these diagnoses are in gay men and other men who have sex with men.

If you are having sex with men, we recommend that you have a syphilis test every three months during the current outbreak.

For more information, please click here. (PDF 73KB)

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