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Follow the links below to find information on safe sex and how to protect yourself and your partner.
Reviewed January 2009
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Emergency contraception
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Queensland Health
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Emergency contraception can be used to prevent pregnancy after sex.
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Oct 2009
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Unprotected sex
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Queensland Health
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Sometimes people feel that having unprotected sex enhances their experience of intimacy with their partner. While this may be the case, unprotected sex can involve risks. These include unintended pregnancies, and the transmission of sexually transmissible infections (STIs).
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Oct 2009
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Genital herpes - can you have a sexual relationship?
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Queensland Health
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The herpes simplex virus causes genital herpes. There are many types of herpes viruses. Both herpes simplex type 1 (HSV1) and herpes simplex type 2 (HSV2) can infect the genital area. HSV1 commonly causes 'cold sores', and tends to occur in the upper half of the body, mainly around the lips and mouth.
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Oct 2009
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HIV - women
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Queensland Health
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The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that can lead to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The number of women with HIV infection and AIDS has been increasing worldwide. Stereotypes associated with AIDS can prevent women, and their healthcare providers, from seeing themselves at risk for HIV infection. AIDS is not a gay or straight or a male or female disease. AIDS is a human disease.
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Oct 2009
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Safe sex
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Better Health Channel
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'Safe sex' is having sexual contact while minimising the risk that you will get a sexually transmissible infection (STI). Sexual contact that doesn't involve the exchange of semen, vaginal fluids or blood between partners is considered to be safe sex. If used correctly, condoms can dramatically reduce the risk of most sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy.
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Aug 2009
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Are you ready for sex?
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Young people can feel a lot of pressure to have sex. Friends may tell you they're all doing it (sometimes even if they're not), and you see it on the TV and in the movies. You might also feel pressured by a particular person,
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Aug 2009
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HIV and women - safe sex
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Better Health Channel
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Safe sex is important to protect women from a range of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In relationships where one partner is HIV positive and the other is not, safe sex is still possible. Talk with your doctor, health worker or AIDS organisation about how you can practice safer sex.
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Jul 2009
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HIV and AIDS
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Better Health Channel
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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV is spread by sexual intercourse without a condom and by sharing needles, syringes and other injecting equipment. HIV can also be spread by blood transfusion, but the risk is extremely low in developed countries. It may take several years from HIV infection to the development of AIDS. There is no vaccine or cure for HIV or AIDS, but drug treatments and other therapies can manage HIV-related illnesses and AIDS.
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Jul 2009
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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STI stands for Sexually Transmitted Infection. An STI is passed from one person to another during sexual contact.
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Jun 2009
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Facts about sex
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inspire foundation
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It is easy to be confused about sex. There are so many mixed messages and myths surrounding it - it is not easy to tell what is right and what is not. This factsheet sets the record straight on some of the most common questions.
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Jun 2009
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HIV testing
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Better Health Channel
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Early testing, detection and treatment for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) can help people with HIV to stay healthy and delay the onset of complications including AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). Treatment aims to control HIV and support the infected person's immune system. A blood test can show if you have HIV.
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May 2009
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Dams
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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A dam, or dental dam, can be used during oral sex - involving contact between the mouth and labia, vagina or anus - to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It is a thin sheet of latex that covers the genital area.
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Feb 2009
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Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) is a serious health problem for women. It can cause infertility (inability to get pregnant) due to scarring of the fallopian tubes.
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Feb 2009
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Safe sex
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The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
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Sex can be part of any stage of a woman's life. Many women may not have a partner, some may be in same-sex relationships or may have a partner with ill health.
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Dec 2008
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Safe partying
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Inspire Foundation
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Wanting to go out and party is a normal rite of passage for most young people. There are a few simple things that you can do to have fun in a safe way. Check out this fact sheet for more info.
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Oct 2008
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Safer sex
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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If you're sexually active or thinking about having sex, information that will help you make the right choices. it's really important to make sure it is safer sex.
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Oct 2008
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Aboriginal health - sexually transmissible infections
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Better Health Channel
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Indigenous Australians have a higher rate of sexually transmissible infection (STI) than the rest of the community. The most common STIs among Aboriginal people include chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis. Sex education, safe sex and condom use can be difficult messages to spread.
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Sep 2008
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Prevention of AIDS and HIV
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to information about how to prevent HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection and AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).
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Sep 2008
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