Publications

Below is a selection of our publications.

ISCHS 2011-16 Strategic Plan

Inner South Community Health Service is proud to present its Strategic Plan for 2011-16.

This document has been developed at a time of significant change in the primary health care sector, including the launch of a new Metropolitan Health Plan for Victoria and a renegotiated agreement on national health reform.

Annual Report and
Quality of Care Report 2010-11

Inner South Community Health Service is proud to present its Annual Report for 2010-11 and the Quality of Care Report for 2010-11

These reports demonstrate the work and achievements of our service over the last 12 months including stories from our clients.

Your feedback is always important to us and we hope to receive any comments on our report.

Please print the Quality of Care Feedback Form and return to any of our centres.
If you would like to be kept up to date with what is happening at ISCHS, please print our Membership Application Form and return to any of our centres.

Hardcopies are available at any of our sites.

Shining a RhED light: the 2011 Health and
Sex Work Research Symposium

The Inner South Community Health Service inaugural research symposium

On May 25, 2011, Inner South Community Health Service invited members of the research, public health and sex working communities to attend our inaugural research symposium. Presentations spanned several disciplines – including social research, health promotion and epidemiology – and addressed a range of issues concerning the health and wellbeing of sex workers.

A selection of those presentations can be viewed below.

Global Health and Human Rights of Sex Workers

Cheryl Overs, Senior Research Fellow, Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health and Human Rights, Monash University

Working with culturally and linguistically diverse sex workers

Sex worker research with Thai, Chinese and Korean speaking background sex workers in Australia: best practice methodology, reliable outcomes
Jules Kim, Migration Project Manager, Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association
Elena Jeffreys, President, Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association

Establishing language-specific sexual health screening clinics for CALD sex workers
Aileen McConnell, Sexual Health Nurse, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Panel discussion: Engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse sex workers
Jules Kim (Scarlet Alliance), Elena Jeffreys (Scarlet Alliance), Aileen McConnell (MSHC), Dr Naomi Ngo (Manager, Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health)

Sex work and the law

Sex work and law enforcement: Collaborations that work and why
Brigitte Tenni et al, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne

The Ugly Mug Program – A collaborative approach to reduce violence against sex workers
Laura Hickey, Health Education and Support Worker, ISCHS, RhED
Sergeant Kate Sommers, Sex Work Liaison Officer, Victoria Police

Panel discussion: Sex work and the law
Brigitte Tenni (Nossal), Sergeant Kate Sommers (Victoria Police), Laura Hickey (ISCHS, RhED), Jelena Popovic (Deputy Chief Magistrate)

Call to action

Sue White, General Manager, Complex Care and Oral Health, Inner South Community Health Service

The SHANTUSI Project

(Surveying HIV and need in
the unregulated sex industry)

Sex work has been described as the world’s oldest profession. It’s also one of the most maligned and misunderstood. As part of ISCHS’s ongoing commitment to dispelling myths and stereotypes about sex work, and advocating for the health and wellbeing of sex workers, ISCHS recently published research by RMIT academic Dr James Rowe into HIV risk and prevalence in Victoria’s unregulated sex industry.

The research also provided insights into the social determinants that impact the health and wellbeing of sex workers. The research was launched on 25 May 2011, at Inner South Community Health Service’s inaugural Health and Sex Work Research Symposium.

SHANTUSI Call to Action

This document captures the key findings from the SHANTUSI research and puts forward Inner South Community Health Service’s ‘call to action’ to those involved in developing public policy.

SHANTUSI Full Report

Click here for the full report by Dr James Rowe, Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University on behalf of Inner South Community Health Service.

SHANTUSI Executive Summary

Click here for an Executive Summary of the SHANTUSI research conducted by Dr James Rowe, Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University on behalf of Inner South Community Health Service.

Other Publications

Improving Access to Primary Health Care Services for people with serious mental illness Demonstration Project

The target group for this project was clients with a serious mental illness who are case managed either by public mental health services or psychiatric disability rehabilitation and support services.

The aims of the projects were to improve:

Access to service (through screening and identification of physical health needs).
Access to models of care that support identified client needs.

Click here to view the Demonstration Project Report [pdf 0.9 Mg]

Have Your Say – Strategic Planning 2011-16

A consultation paper for the ISCHS 2011-2016 Strategic Plan identifying the major challenges and opportunities ahead.

Click here to view Strategic Issues Paper [pdf 0.5 Mg]

Adolescent violence to parents

This booklet provides a resource for parents who experience violence from their adolescents. It helps parents identify violent behaviours, suggests strategies for dealing with adolescents and provides a contact list of services and agencies that can help parents deal with the traumatic situation they find themselves and their families experiencing.

Click here to view Adolescent violence to parents [pdf 1 Mg]
Click here to view Εφηβική βία κατά των Γονέων [pdf 1 Mg]

It all starts at home

This research paper examines male adolescents’ abuse and violence to their sole parent mothers.

It gathers qualitative data from ten women, from a range of cultural backgrounds to gain a comprehensive understanding of their experiences of the abuse and violence from their sons.

Click here to view It all starts at home [pdf 1 Mg]

Listening to what matters

Listening to What Matters reports on the experience of women (ex) partners of men who attended the Men’s Responsibility Program (MRP) at the Inner South Community Health Service (ISCHS) between July 2006 and July 2007. The women’s experiences confirm those of other women who have experienced abuse and violence.

Click here to view Listening to what matters [pdf 1 Mg]

Client Survey