Journal Articles & Reports

2024

2023

2022

Community of Practice for Action on HIV and Mobility. (2022). Making your Materials Work: A Quick Guide to Developing Culturally Appropriate and Effective HIV Resource Content. Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University.

Smith, A. K. J., Haire, B., Newman, C. E., Cornelisse, V., Kidd, M., Lobo, R., Smith, D., Post, J., & Holt, M. (2022). PrEP in Practice - Research Summary Report: A Qualitative Study Investigating the Perspectives of Clinicians who Prescribe PrEP in Australia. Sydney: UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health. https://doi.org/10.26190/dh7v-gx71

Gray, C., Crawford, G., Maycock, B. & Lobo, R. (2022). Exploring the intersections of migration, gender, and sexual health with Indonesian women in Perth, Western Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(22), 13707. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013707 

Vujcich, D., Brown, G., Durham, J., Gu, Z., Hartley, L., Lobo, R., Mao, L., Moro, P., Pillay, V., Mullens, A. B., Oudith, E., Roberts, M., Wilshin, C. & Reid, A. (2022). Strategies for recruiting migrants to participate in a sexual health survey: Methods, results, and lessons. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12213. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912213 

Vujcich, D., Wilshin C., Lock, E., Reeves, K., & Lobo, R. (2022). Patients' and health care providers' perspectives of sexual and reproductive health services for people with disabilities: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Sythesis, 20(0), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-22-00044

D'Costa, B., Lobo, R., Sibosado, A., Leavy, J. E., Crawford, G., & Ward, J. (2022). Evaluation of the Young, Deadly, Syphilis Free multi-media campaign in remote Australia. PLoS ONE, 17(9), e0273658. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273658

Tobin, R., Crawford, G., Hallett, J., Maycock, B., & Lobo, R. (2022). Utilizing Causal Loop Diagramming to Explore a Research and Evaluation Capacity Building Partnership [Original Research]. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.857918 

Phoo, N., Lobo, R., Vujcich, D., & Reid, A. (2022). Comparison of the ACASI Mode to Other Survey Modes in Sexual Behavior Surveys in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic Literature Review. Journal of medical Internet research, 24(5), e37356. https://doi.org/10.2196/37356

Rajkumar, V., McCausland, K., & Lobo, R. (2022). A rapid review of interventions to increase hepatitis B testing, treatment, and monitoring among migrants living in Australia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19(10), 5947. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105947 

Tobin, R., Crawford, G., Hallett, J., Maycock, B. R., & Lobo, R. (2022). Critical factors that affect the functioning of a research and evaluation capacity building partnership: A causal loop diagram. PLoSONE, 17(1):e0262125. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262125

2021

Mak, D. B., Russell, K., Griffiths, D., Vujcich, D. L., & Strasser, R. (2021). Lessons learned from adapting a remote area health placement from physical to virtual: a COVID-19-driven innovation. International Journal of Medical Education, 12(274–299). doi:10.5116/ijme.61b3.56ee

Wong, H. T. H., Wang, P., Sun, Y., Newman, C. E., Vujcich, D., Vaughan, C., O'Connor, C. C., Jin, D., Ogilvie, E., Zhang, Y., Mao, L., & Carter, A.. (2021). Is sex lost in translation? Linguistic and conceptual issues in the translation of sexual and reproductive health surveys. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2021.2016975

Vujcich, D., Roberts, M., Gu, Z., Kao, S.-C., Lobo, R., Mao, L., Oudih, E., Phoo, N. N. N., Wong, H., & Reid, A.. (2021). Translating best practice into real practice: Methods, results and lessons from a project to translate an English sexual health survey into four Asian languages. PLOS ONE, 16(12), e0261074. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261074

Wong, H. T. H., Jin, D., Wang, P., Sun, Y., Mao, L., Zhang, Y., Ogilvie, E., Vujcich, D., Newman, C., O’Connor, C. C., Vaughan, C., & Carter, A. (2021). Using Videoconferencing Focus Groups in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research With Chinese Migrants in Australia. Qualitative Health Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323211043823 

Vujcich, D., Reid A., Hosny, A., Pillay V., Mao, L., Guy, R., Brown, G., Hartley, L., Roberts, M., Wilshin, C., Lobo, R. (2021). Migrant Blood - borne Virus and Sexual Health Survey 2020 - 2021: Western Australian results. Curtin University. https://566a06e5-b5f7-4968-842a-8779947f9151.filesusr.com/ugd/ed7226_54aed8bf190648009b906b57e1f2cf88.pdf

D’Costa, B., Lobo, R., & Ward, J. (2021). Lessons learned from the implementation of the young deadly free peer education programme in remote and very remote Australian Aboriginal communities. Sex Education, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2021.1879775

Gray, C., Crawford, G., Maycock, B., & Lobo, R. (2021). Socioecological factors influencing sexual health experiences and health outcomes of migrant Asian women living in ‘Western’ high-income countries: A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5), 2469. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052469

Lobo, R., McCausland, K., Bates, J., Selvey, L., Jones, J., Jeffreys, E., Dean, J., & Fitzgerald, L. (2021). Chapter 17 – Lessons learned from Australian case studies of sex workers engaged in academic research about sex worker health, wellbeing and structural impediments. Bell, S., Aggleton, P., Gibson, A. (Ed.). Peer Research in Health and Social Development: International Perspectives on Participatory Research. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Peer-Research-in-Health-and-Social-Development-International-Perspectives/Bell-Aggleton-Gibson/p/book/9780367321390

McCann, J., Crawford, G., Hallett., J. (2021) Sex Workers Outcomes in High-Income Countries of Varied Regulatory Environments: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), 3956. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083956 

2020 

Coci, M., Lobo, R. Fragomeni, S., Garcia, D., Winder, K., Gava, P., Eades, F., Douglas, R., McCloskey, J., & Bevan, J. (2020). ‘I can go in and get freshies because it is healthy for you and makes you feel better’: the increasing Aboriginal peoples’ use of services that reduce harms from illicit drugs project. [Abstract submission]. Joint HIV/AIDS + Sexual Health Conference.

Gray, C., Crawford, G., Lobo, R., & Maycock, B. (2020). Getting the right message: A content analysis and application of the health literacy INDEX tool to online HIV resources in Australia. Health Education Research, 36(1), 61-74. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyaa042

Hendriks, J., Fyfe, S., Doherty, D. A., Jacques, A., Styles, I., Hickey, M., & Skinner, S. R. (2020). Attitudes towards abortion in male and female adolescents with diverse sexual and pregnancy experiences: A cross-sectional study. Sexual Health, 17(1), 77. https://doi.org/10.1071/sh19084

Lobo, R., D'Costa, B., Forbes, L., & Ward, J. (2020). Young deadly free: Impact evaluation of a sexual health youth peer education program in remote Australian communities. Sexual Health, 17(5), 397. https://doi.org/10.1071/sh20069

Lobo, R., McCausland, K., Bates, J., Hallett, J., Donovan, B., & Selvey, L. A. (2020). Sex workers as peer researchers – a qualitative investigation of the benefits and challenges. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2020.1787520

Lobo, R., Rayson, J., Hallett, J., & Mak, D. B. (2020). Risk perceptions, misperceptions and sexual behaviours among young heterosexual people with gonorrhoea in Perth, Western Australia. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 44. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.41

McCausland, K., Lobo, R., Lazarou, M., Hallett, J., Bates, J., Donovan, B., & Selvey, L. A. (2020). ‘It is stigma that makes my work dangerous’: Experiences and consequences of disclosure, stigma and discrimination among sex workers in Western Australia. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2020.1825813

O’Brien, H., Hendriks, J., & Burns, S. (2020). Teacher training organisations and their preparation of the pre-service teacher to deliver comprehensive sexuality education in the school setting: A systematic literature review. Sex Education, 21(3), 284-303. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2020.1792874

Vujcich, D., Wangda, S., Roberts, M., Lobo, R., Maycock, B., Kulappu Thanthirige, C., & Reid, A. (2020). Modes of administering sexual health and blood-borne virus surveys in migrant populations: A scoping review. PLOS ONE, 15(8), e0236821. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236821

2019 

Brown, G., Perry, G., Byrne, J., Crawford, S., Henderson, C., Madden, A., Lobo, R., & Reeders, D. (2019). Characterising the policy influence of peer-based drug user organisations in the context of hepatitis C elimination. International Journal of Drug Policy, 72, 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.05.025

D'Costa, B., Lobo, R., Thomas, J., & Ward, J. S. (2019). Evaluation of the young deadly free peer education training program: Early results, methodological challenges, and learnings for future evaluations. Frontiers in Public Health, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00074

Fraser, H., Bartholomaeus, C., Riggs, D. W., Taylor, N., & Rosenberg, S. (2019). Service provider recognition of the significance of animal companionship among trans and cisgender women of diverse sexualities. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 22(1), 16-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1568577

Ghimire, S., Hallett, J., Gray, C., Lobo, R., & Crawford, G. (2019). What works? Prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses in migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia living in high-income countries: A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(7), 1287. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071287

Gray, C., Crawford, G., Lobo, R., & Maycock, B. (2019). Co-designing an intervention to increase HIV testing uptake with women from Indonesia at-risk of HIV: Protocol for a participatory action research study. Methods and Protocols, 2(2), 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/mps2020041

Gray, C., Lobo, R., Narciso, L., Oudih, E., Gunaratnam, P., Thorpe, R., & Crawford, G. (2019). Why I can’t, won’t or don’t test for HIV: Insights from Australian migrants born in sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(6), 1034. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16061034

Gunaratnam, P., Heywood, A. E., McGregor, S., Jamil, M. S., McManus, H., Mao, L., Lobo, R., Brown, G., Hellard, M., Marukutira, T., Bretaña, N. A., Lang, C., Medland, N., Bavinton, B., Grulich, A., & Guy, R. (2019). HIV diagnoses in migrant populations in Australia—A changing epidemiology. PLOS ONE, 14(2), e0212268. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212268

Heslop, C. W., Burns, S., & Lobo, R. (2019). Stakeholder perceptions of relationships and sexuality education, backlash and health services in a rural town. Sex Education, 20(2), 170-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2019.1634535

Heslop, C. W., Burns, S., & Lobo, R. (2019). ‘Everyone knows everyone’: Youth perceptions of relationships and sexuality education, condom access and health services in a rural town. Sex Education, 19(6), 644-660. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2019.1566120

Rosenberg, S., Tilley, P. J., & Morgan, J. (2019). “I Couldn’t imagine my life without it”: Australian trans women’s experiences of sexuality, intimacy, and gender-affirming hormone therapy. Sexuality & Culture, 23(3), 962-977. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-019-09601-x

Selvey, L. A., McCausland, K., Lobo, R., Bates, J., Donovan, B., & Hallett, J. (2019). A snapshot of male sex worker health and wellbeing in Western Australia. Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1071/sh18166

2018

Collaboration for Evidence, Research & Impact in Public Health. (2018). “I want to test but I’m afraid”: Barriers to HIV Testing for People Born in South East Asia & Sub-Saharan Africa: Final Report. Perth, WA: Curtin University.

Crawford, G., Hallett, J., Barnes, A., Cavill, J., Clarkson, J., & Shilton, T. R. (2018). Twenty years of capacity building and partnership: A case study of a health promotion scholarship program. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 30(2), 281-284. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.32

Crawford, G., Maycock, B., Tobin, R., Brown, G., & Lobo, R. (2018). Prevention of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections in expatriates and traveller networks: Qualitative study of peer interaction in an online forum. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(9), e10787. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.10787

Gray, C., Crawford, G., Reid, A., & Lobo, R. (2018). HIV knowledge and use of health services among people from south-east Asia and sub-Saharan Africa living in Western Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 29(3), 274-281. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.168

Rade, D., Crawford, G., Lobo, R., Gray, C., & Brown, G. (2018). Sexual health help-seeking behavior among migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia living in high income countries: A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(7), 1311. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071311

Selvey, L. A., Hallett, J., McCausland, K., Bates, J., Donovan, B., & Lobo, R. (2018). Declining condom use among sex workers in Western Australia. Frontiers in Public Health, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00342

Selvey, L. A., Lobo, R. C., McCausland, K. L., Donovan, B., Bates, J., & Hallett, J. (2018). Challenges facing Asian sex workers in Western Australia: Implications for health promotion and support services. Frontiers in Public Health, 6(171). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00171

Conference Abstracts

Gray, C., Crawford, G., Lobo, R., Reid, A. (2018). 4.10-P22 HIV knowledge and use of health services among people born in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia living in Perth, Western Australia. European Journal of Public Health, 28(suppl_1). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky048.161 

Gray, C., Crawford, G., Lobo, R., Shearer, J., Narciso, L., Oudih, E., Gunaratnam, P., & Thorpe, R. (2018). 4.10-P23 Barriers and enablers to HIV testing among people born in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia living in Australia. European Journal of Public Health, 28(suppl_1). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky048.162

Gray, C., Crawford, G., Lobo, R., Shearer, J., Narciso, L., Oudih, E., Gunaratnam, P., & Thorpe, R. (2018). 6.5-O7 General practitioner experiences of testing people born in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia for HIV in Australia. European Journal of Public Health, 28(suppl_1). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky047.229

Shearer, J., Gray, C., Crawford, G., & Lobo, R. (2018). 5.5-O8 HIV and mobility in Australia: Creating a coalition and a road map for action. European Journal of Public Health, 28(suppl_1). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky047.191

2017

Gunaratnam, P., McManus, H., Watchirs-Smith, L., McGregor, S., Callander, D., Brown, G., Lobo, R., O'Connor, C., Hellard, M., Medland, N., Lewis, D., Palmer, C., Law, M., Gray, R., Donovan, B., & Guy, R. (2018). People born in non–main English-speaking countries are less likely to start HIV treatment early in Australia: A national cohort analysis, 2014–15. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 77(3), e31-e34. https://doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000001585

Heslop, C. W., Burns, S., Lobo, R., & McConigley, R. (2017). Developing a framework for community-based sexual health interventions for youth in the rural setting: Protocol for a participatory action research study. BMJ Open, 7(5), e013368. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013368

Roberts, M., Lobo, R., & Sorenson, A. (2016). Evaluating the sharing stories youth theatre program: An interactive theatre and drama-based strategy for sexual health promotion among multicultural youth. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 28(1), 30-36. https://doi.org/10.1071/he15096

Reports

Gray, C., Crawford, G., Lobo, R., Shearer, J., Gunaratnam, P., & Thorpe, R. (2017). Barriers to HIV testing among people born in Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: Preliminary Findings. Perth, WA: Curtin University.

Selvey, L., Hallet, J., Lobo, R., McCausland, K., Bates, J., & Donovan, B. (2017). Western Australian law and sex worker health (LASH) study: A summary report to the Western Australian Department of Health. Perth, School of Population Health, Curtin University.

2016

Agu, J., Lobo, R., Crawford, G., & Chigwada, B. (2016). Migrant sexual health help-seeking and experiences of stigmatization and discrimination in Perth, Western Australia: Exploring barriers and enablers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(5), 485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13050485

Crawford, G., Lobo, R., Brown, G., Macri, C., Smith, H., & Maycock, B. (2016). HIV, other blood-borne viruses and sexually transmitted infections amongst expatriates and travellers to low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(12), 1249. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13121249

Crawford, G., Lobo, R., Brown, G., & Maycock, B. (2016). The influence of population mobility on changing patterns of HIV acquisition: Lessons for and from Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 27(2), 153-154. https://doi.org/10.1071/he15042

Lobo, R., Crawford, G., Hallett, J., Laing, S., Mak, D. B., Jancey, J., Rowell, S., McCausland, K., Bastian, L., Sorenson, A., Tilley, P. M., Yam, S., Comfort, J., Brennan, S., & Doherty, M. (2016). A research and evaluation capacity building model in Western Australia. Health Promotion International, 33(3), 468-478. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daw088

Reilly, T., Crawford, G., Lobo, R., Leavy, J., & Jancey, J. (2016). Ethics and health promotion practice: Exploring attitudes and practices in western Australian health organisations. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 27(1), 54-60. https://doi.org/10.1071/he15059

Reports

Community of Practice for Action on HIV and Mobility. (2016). HIV and Mobility in Australia: Road Map for Action: Interim Report Card Two. Perth, WA: Curtin University.

2015

Lobo, R., Mascarenhas, L., Worthington, D., Bevan, J., & Mak, D. B. (2015). Evaluation of the regional nurse-supported hepatitis C shared care program in Western Australia: A mixed methods study. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1055-1

Reports

Community of Practice for Action on HIV and Mobility. (2015). HIV and Mobility in Australia: Road Map for Action: Interim Report Card Two. Perth, WA: Curtin University.

Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre & SiREN. (2015). Sharing Stories Project DVD & Calendar Evaluation.

McCausland, K., & Lobo, R. (2015). YEP Youth Sector Survey Results 2015. Perth, WA: Curtin University.

Hendriks, J., & McCausland, K. (2015). Youth who experience bullying, violence or discrimination due to sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or intersex variation: A review of research instruments in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Perth, WA: Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University.

2014

Brown, G., Ellard, J., Mooney-Somers, J., Prestage, G., Crawford, G., & Langdon, T. (2014). ‘Living a life less ordinary’: Exploring the experiences of Australian men who have acquired HIV overseas. Sexual Health, 11(6), 547. https://doi.org/10.1071/sh13155

Lobo, R., Petrich, M., & Burns, S. K. (2014). Supporting health promotion practitioners to undertake evaluation for program development. BMC Public Health, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1315

Reports

Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research. (2014). Evaluation of the WA Regional Nurse-supported Hepatitis C Shared Care Program. Perth, WA: Curtin University.

Crawford, G., Lobo, R., Brown, G., Langdon, P. (2014). HIV and mobility in Australia: Road map for action. Australia: Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research & Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society.

2013

Comfort, J., & McCausland, K. (2013). Health priorities and perceived health determinants among western Australians attending the 2011 LGBTI Perth pride Fairday festival. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 24(1), 20-25. https://doi.org/10.1071/he12906

Crawford, G., Bowser, N. J., Brown, G. E., & Maycock, B. R. (2013). Exploring the potential of expatriate social networks to reduce HIV and STI transmission: A protocol for a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 3(2), e002581. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002581

Reports

Lobo, R., Chanmugam, M., McCausland, K., Crawford, G., & Robinson, S. Stamp Out Chlamydia 2: Evaluation Report: Final Report for Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT. Bentley, WA: Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research & Curtin University.