mattblakk | Affirming Sexual & Gender Diversity in Public Health Project

Do you want better services in health care? Do you want your same sex
attracted and gender diverse friends to be treated fairly when they go
to hospital? Do you want your
partner acknowledged and supported when you have an accident and need
to go to emergency?

If you answer yes to one of these questions - you are interested in
supporting this research. Keep reading.

Affirming Sexual & Gender Diversity in Public Health Project

Volunteer your time for a Private Interview or Focus Group being held
in the third week of March - yes, that's next week, between the 21st
and 23rd of March 2005!!

Interviews are being held at the Royal North Shore Sydney Health
Hospital Campus - so you need to arrange your own travel to the
location.

We are looking for NSCCH employees who identify as either opposite sex
attracted, transgender or same sex attracted (yes, that's everyone) who
wish to share their experiences of sexual & gender diversity in public
health.

We are also looking for people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender and/or intersex who has accessed public health care services
- in general - and wants to share their experiences.

To volunteer return this email, give a couple times you can make an
interview between 9am and 6pm on the 21st to 24th of March 2005. You
call also ring me on 02 9858 7854 or Dr Randolph Bowers, Chief
Investigator, at 02 6773 3681. You should be able to get one of us & if
you don't leave a message & we'll get back to you ASAP.

Further Information:

Project Approval Numbers:
NSCCHEthics: Protocol 0311-225M
UNEthics: HE03/208

The aims of the research are:

1. To investigate experiences of health care services of
patients/clients who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and/or
intersex
2. To investigate experiences of providing health care services to
patients/clients who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and/or
intersex patients/clients
3. To improve health care access by people from sexual and
genderminorities.

We need participants - Public Health employees & clients/patient
populations as specified above. This may be our only chance at
articulating this queer research opportunity, so we must make it the
best we possibly can.

Distribute this email as often as possible to your networks, much
appreciated.

Kind regards,

Michael West
Health Access Consultant
HIV & Sexual Health Promotion Unit
Northern Sydney Central Coast Health
- South of the Hawkesbury
37 Fourth Ave, Eastwood N.S.W 2122

pH 02 9858 8754 / 0402 892 058
Fax 02 9858 7987
mdwest@doh.health.nsw.gov.au