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Research InterestsAssociate Professor Juliet Richters | | (Position Details) | | Phone 02 9385 1945 | | Email | | Qualifications BA, MPH, PhD |
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| School of Public Health and Community Medicine | |
| | Broad Research Areas | |
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Epidemiology
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| Surveys
Sexual Health
Social determinants of health
Research methods
Psychosocial Issues
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| | | | Research Interests | |
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My research, both quantitative and qualitative, centres on the analysis of social (especially sexual) practice, taking a social constructionist approach within a realist empirical framework. I do both representative-sample survey research and in-depth qualitative studies, with a special interest in the relation between social interaction and material context. Topics include STI prevention, contraception, condoms and condom use, prisons, and sexuality and sexual practice. I am keen to supervise postgraduate research and ILP projects on such topics as: o Sex and contraception o Lesbian and bisexual women’s health (survey data available) o Sexual health and attitudes of prisoners (data available) o The portrayal of sex offenders in the media o Conceptualisation of sexual disorders, problems and offences and the effectiveness of treatment o Material context and regulation of illicit activity (e.g. parks, train stations) o Lay concepts of disease transmission, especially in sex
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| | | | ILP Research Interests (Will supervise ILP students) |
| Contraception
Population
Sex Behaviour
Social Sciences
Surveys
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| | | | Teaching Interests | |
| Social epidemiology
Survey methodology
Questionnaire design
Qualitative research
Alternative empirical methods such as observation
Philosophy of social science and public health
Literature review and critical use of published evidence
Scientific publishing, especially journals | |
| | | | Society Memberships & Professional Activities | |
| Full Member, International Academy of Sex Research
Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
Full Member, International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society
Sexual Health Society of NSW
Society of Editors NSW
Member, NSW Ministerial Advisory Committee for HIV/AIDS and STIs Health Promotion Subcommittee
Member, NSW Sexually Transmitted Infections Program Unit Advisory Group
Editorial Board member, Journal of Sex Research, Reproductive Health Matters (London) and Sexual Health (Melbourne) | |
| | | | Funding Sources | |
| National Health and Medical Research Council
NSW Health
Justice Health
Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | |
| | | | Thesis topics for current UNSW Medicine postgraduate research students |
- Adult accounts of organised child sexual abuse in Australia
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Richters, J., & Rissel, C. (2005). Doing it down under: The sexual lives of Australians. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Richters, J., Donovan, B., Gerofi, J., & Watson, L. (1988). Low condom breakage rate in commercial sex. Lancet, 2, 1487–1488.
Richters, J. (1994). Researching condoms: the laboratory and the bedroom. Reproductive Health Matters, 3, 55–62.
Richters, J., Gerofi, J., & Donovan, B. (1995). Why do condoms break or slip off in use? An exploratory study. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 6, 11–18.
Richters, J., Donovan, B., & Gerofi, J. (1995). Are condoms the right size(s)? A method for self-measurement of the erect penis. Venereology, 8, 77–81.
Richters, J. (1997). Doing HIV social research: travelling in two cultures [editorial]. Venereology, 10, 214–216.
Richters, J., Bergin, S., Lubowitz, S., & Prestage, G. (2002). Women in contact with Sydney’s gay and lesbian community: sexual identity, practice and HIV risks. AIDS Care, 14, 193–202.
Richters, J., Hendry, O., & Kippax, S. (2003). When safe sex isn’t safe. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 5, 37–52.
Smith, A.M.A., Rissel, C.E., Richters, J., Grulich, A.E. & de Visser, R.O. (2003). Sex in Australia: The rationale and methods of the Australian Study of Health and Relationships. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public, 27, 106–117.
Richters, J., Grulich, A.E., de Visser, R.O., Smith, A.M.A., Rissel, C.E. (2003). Sex in Australia: Sexual difficulties in a representative sample of adults. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 27, 164–170.
Richters, J., Grulich, A.E., de Visser, R.O., Smith, A.M.A. & Rissel, C.E. (2003). Sex in Australia: Autoerotic, esoteric and other sexual practices engaged in by a representative sample of adults. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 27, 180–190.
Richters, J., Grulich, A.E., de Visser, R.O., Smith, A.M.A. & Rissel, C.E. (2003). Sex in Australia: Contraceptive practices among a representative sample of women. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 27, 210–216.
Richters, J., Grulich, A., Ellard, J., Hendry, O., & Kippax, S. (2003). HIV transmission among gay men through oral sex and other uncommon routes: Case series of HIV seroconverters, Sydney. AIDS, 17, 2269–2271.
Grunseit, A., Richters, J., Crawford, J., Song, A., & Kippax, S. (2005). Stability and change in sexual practices among first-year Australian university students (1990–1999). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34, 555–566.
Richters, J., de Visser, R.O., Rissel, C.E., & Smith, A.M.A. (2006). Sexual practices at last heterosexual encounter and occurrence of orgasm in a national survey. Journal of Sex Research, 43, 217–226.
Richters, J., Smith, A.M.A., de Visser, R.O., Rissel, C.E., & Grulich, A.E. (2006). Circumcision in Australia: Prevalence and sexual health effects. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 17, 547–554.
Yap, L., Butler, T., Richters, J., Kirkwood, K., Grant, L., Saxby, M., Ropp, F., & Donovan, B. (2007). Do condoms cause rape and mayhem? The long-term effects of condoms in New South Wales’ prisons. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 83, 219–222.
Richters, J. (2007). Through a hole in a wall: Setting and interaction in sex-on-premises venues. Sexualities, 10, 275–297.
Richters, J., de Visser, R. O., Grulich, A. E., Rissel, C. E., & Smith, A. M. A. (2008). Demographic and psychosocial features of participants in bondage and discipline, ‘sadomasochism’ or dominance and submission (BDSM): Data from a national survey. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 5, 1660–1668.
Merghaty Khoei, E., & Richters, J. (2008). Concepts of sexuality and health among Iranian women living in Australia. Australian Family Physician, 31, 190–192.
Pitts, M. K., Ferris, J. A., Smith, A. M. A., Shelley, J. M., & Richters, J. (2008). Prevalence and correlates of three types of pelvic pain in a nationally representative sample of Australian women. Medical Journal of Australia, 189, 138–143.
Ferris, J. A., Smith, A. M. A., Pitts, M. K., Richters, J., Shelley, J. M., & Simpson, J. (2008). Secular trends in sexagenarians: Data from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Health and Relationships [letter]. BMJ, 337, 367.
Richters, J. (2009). Bodies, pleasure and displeasure. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 11, 225–236.
Page, A., Taylor, R., Richters, J., Shaw, J., Taylor, J., Cunningham, A., & Mindel, A. (2009). Upstairs and downstairs: Socio-economic and gender interactions in herpes simplex virus type 2 seroprevalence in Australia. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 36, 344-349.
Pitts, M. K., Ferris, J. A., Smith, A. M. A., Shelley, J. M., & Richters, J. (2009). Prevalence and correlates of three types of pelvic pain in a nationally representative sample of Australian women [letter]. Medical Journal of Australia, 190(1).
Smith, A. M. A., Ferris, J. A., Simpson, J. M., Shelley, J., Pitts, M., & Richters, J. Cannabis use and sexual health. Journal of Sexual Medicine. Early View doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109. 2009.01453.x.
Peer-reviewed journal articles in press
Ferris, J. A., Pitts, M. K., Shelley, J. M., Simpson, J., Ryall, R., Richters, J., & Smith, A. M. A. National prevalence of urogenital pain and prostatitis-like symptoms in Australian men using the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptoms Index (NIH-CPSI). BJU International. Accepted 9 April 2009.
Smith, A., Lyons, A., Ferris, J., & Richters, J. Are sexual problems more common in men who have had a vasectomy? A population-based study of Australian men. Journal of Sexual Medicine. Accepted 31 August 2009.
Ferris, J. A., Richters, J., Pitts, M. K., Shelley, J. M., Simpson, J., Ryall, R. & Smith, A. M. A. Circumcision in Australia: Further evidence on its effects on sexual health and wellbeing. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. Accepted 15 September 2009.
Book chapters
Richters, J., & Kippax, S. (2000). Condoms for anal sex. In: Mindel, A., ed., Condoms (pp. 132-146). London: BMJ Books.
Richters, J. (2006). Orgasm. In: S. Seidman, N. Fischer, & C. Meeks (Eds.), Handbook of the new sexuality studies: original essays and interviews (pp. 107–113). Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge.
Recent reports
Richters, J. (2008). Oral sex and young people. Social Research Briefs 9. Sydney: National Centre in HIV Social Research. Available at http://nchsr.arts.unsw.edu.au/pdf%20reports/SRB09.pdf
Richters, J., Butler, T., Yap, L., Kirkwood, K., Grant, L., Smith, A., Schneider, K., & Donovan, B. (2008). Sexual health and behaviour of NSW prisoners. Sydney: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales.
Recent conference papers
Richters, J., de Visser, R., Grulich, A., Rissel, C., & Smith, A. (June 2007). Participation in BDSM sex: perversion, evidence of psychological damage, or just a hobby? Data from a national survey. Presented to Dis/Organised Pleasures, 6th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Sexuality and Culture in Society, Lima, Peru. The abstract was included in a special issue of Culture, Health & Sexuality (9, suppl. 1, June 2007) comprising a selection of the highest-scoring abstracts submitted to the conference.
Richters, J. (February 2008). Male circumcision. Invited presentation at (Re)constructing sex: A forum on genital modification, Somatechnics Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney.
Richters, J., Butler, T., Yap, L., Kirkwood, K., Grant, L., & Donovan, B. D. (July 2008). Men in prison in New South Wales: Consensual and coercive sex. Presented to Population Health Congress, Brisbane.
Richters, J., Smith, A. M. A., Ferris, J., Pitts, M., Shelley, J., & Simpson, J. (September 2008). Circumcision in Australia: Further evidence on its effects on sexual health and wellbeing from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Health and Relationships. Presented to Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth.
Richters, J., Donovan, B., Butler, T., Yap, L., Schneider, K., Grant, L., & Smith, A. M. A. (September 2008). Sexually transmissible infection and blood-borne virus history and sexual health knowledge among prisoners in New South Wales. Poster presented at Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth.
Richters, J., Ferris, J., Smith, A. M. A., Pitts, M., Shelley, J., & Simpson, J. (September 2008). Agreements about sexual exclusivity and subsequent concurrent partnering in Australian couples: The Australian Longitudinal Study of Health and Relationships. Presented to Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth.
Smith, A., Richters, J., Ferris, J., Pitts, M., Shelley, J., & Simpson, J. (September 2008). Relative sexual frequency, sexual satisfaction and sexual difficulties in Australian couples: Insights from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Health and Relationships. Presented to Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth.
Ferris, J., Pitts, M., Smith, A., Richters, J., Shelley, J., & Simpson, J. (September 2008). Australian men and chronic pelvic pain: Comparative results of the National Institute of Health chronic prostatitis symptoms index (NIH-CPSI) and the CPP scale using data from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Health and Relationships. Presented to Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth.
Ferris, J., Smith, A. M. A., Pitts, M. K., Shelley, J., Richters, J., & Simpson, J. (September 2008). Young adults, sexual behaviour and multiple relationship partners: Data from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Health and Relationships. Presented to Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth.
Clayton, S., Richters, J., May, S., & Eulate,V. (September 2008). Exploring lesbian health: Behaviours in community-connected lesbians and same-sex-attracted women in Sydney. Poster presented at Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth.
Page, A., Taylor, R., Richters, J., Shaw, J., Taylor, J., Cunningham, A., & Mindel, A. (September 2008). Upstairs and downstairs: Socio-economic and gender interactions in herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) seroprevalence in Australia. Presented to Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth.
Shelley, J., Ferris, J., Smith, A., Pitts, M., Richters, J., & Simpson, J. (September 2008). Changes in lifetime probability of abortion for Australian women: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Health and Relationships. Presented to Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth.
Richters, J. (August 2009). Who’s cheating? Agreements about sexual exclusivity and subsequent concurrent partnering in Australian couples. Presented to UNSW Research Showcase, Sydney. | |
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