Background: Influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations reduce adverse health outcomes in older adults. The Australian National Immunisation Program (NIP) provides free seasonal influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations for adults ≥65 y. Guidelines recommend all adults ≥65 y receive one dose of...

Current indications are that increasing numbers of Australians are moving to commercial offshore surrogacy arrangements — in places including India and Thailand — to satisfy their desire to become parents. This is in line with international trends (Rotabi & Bromfield, 2012). This new...

Purpose: A randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the impact of Professional Boundaries for Health Professionals (PBHP) training program on the knowledge, comfort, experience, and ethical decision-making of multidisciplinary practitioners facing client-practitioner boundary...

There is little available in the literature with regard to the use of psychosocial assessment as a screening tool in experimental surgery with human research participants. A psychosocial assessment screening model has been developed to assess potential participants in a phase one clinical trial...

The inclusion of psychosocial assessment models in human experimental research protocol is a new area and has recently been applied to persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Qualitative analysis of six psychosocial assessment interviews, conducted for the purpose of screening potential human...

The training needs of rehabilitation professionals in the area of sexuality and sexual function, particularly following spinal cord injury (SCI) has received little attention in the literature. Specifically, there is negligible theoretical discussion related to staff training needs, as well as a...

Historically, the management of sexuality issues in spinal cord injury rehabilitation has received scant attention as a staff training issue. This has occurred despite evidence in the literature identifying significant barriers to the provision of sexuality rehabilitation. This paper reports on...

While there is evidence to support consideration of client sexuality needs in the provision of rehabilitation services to people with spinal cord injury (SCI), the interdisciplinary team rarely receives training in this area. The current study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a...