Research
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Research is critical to the improvement of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Aotearoa.
Research provides information about inequity and causes of inequity and enables government and service providers to develop evidence-based policies and practices.
Our research and analysis
At Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa, we carry out our own research and surveys and support collaborative work to enhance our understanding of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Aotearoa. Examples of this work include:
- Wāhine Māori experience of contraception services
- Changes in clients' contraceptive use over a decade
- 2023 survey on Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Prevention
- NZ secondary school teacher's perspectives on teaching RSE 2022
- Why Us Survey 2021
- Contraception Use Survey 2020
- Parents’ and Caregivers’ views of Relationships and Sexuality Education 2020
- Young People’s Experiences of Sexuality Education 2019
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Research webinar series
We hold a regular webinar series where we showcase sexual and reproductive health and rights research.
Visit our webinar signup page to find out more about our next webinar and sign up to hear about future events.
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Recordings from previous webinars
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Not another guideline sitting on a shelf: the international guidelines for polycystic ovary syndrome
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The following is a recording from a webinar with Dr Melanie Gibson.
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How Digital Technology is Shaping Lives: What our Research on Menstruation Tracking Apps Tells Us
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The following recording is from a webinar focused on research on menstrual tracking apps.
In this session, Dr Siobhán Healy-Cullen (Senior Lecturer) and Dr Sarah Riley (Professor of Critical Health Psychology) presented How Digital Technology is Shaping Lives: What Our Research on Menstruation Tracking Apps Tells Us, sharing insights into how period tracking apps impact health, privacy, and everyday life.
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He Tapu Te Whare Tangata: Towards the Equitable Elimination of Cervical Cancer in Aotearoa
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The following recording is from a webinar with Dr Anna Adcock.
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Identifying future priorities to improve sexual and reproductive health in Kiribati
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The following recording is from a webinar with Dr Mireta Noere Batio and Dr Elisabeth Poppelwell.
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Early intervention for endometriosis and why it matters
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The following recording is from a webinar with Deborah Bush.
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Insights into SHRH barriers, stigma and solutions in rural Vanuatu
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The following recording is from a webinar with Chloe Morrison.
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Why we need reproductive justice
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The following recording is from a webinar with Professor Tracy Morison, Massey University.
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Wāhine Māori and contraception
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The following recording is from the first webinar in the series, which focused on Wāhine Māori and contraception.
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Research by other organisations
There is a large body of research produced overseas about sexual and reproductive health issues. For example, a US-based study published in the Lancet examines the safety and effectiveness of self-managed early medical abortion.
There has been some good research done about sexual and reproductive health and rights in Aotearoa, including a study on the disparities in use of combined oral contraceptives by ethnicity. However, extensive research has never been prioritised and we still have big gaps in our understanding.
We aim to fill some research gaps with our own research and annual surveys which provide us with useful information about certain sexual health and wellbeing issues.