An STI epidemic in young people does not signal sexual abuse
- Written by James Ward, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases Research Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
It isn't helpful to jump to conclusions about child sexual abuse.Raj Rabidas/Shutterstock
Over the past two weeks, a number of commentators have called for the removal of Aboriginal children with sexually transmissible infections (STIs) from their families. This has resulted from the wrongful conflating of rates of STI notifications with child...
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