RSE Project Publications
By Theme in Alphabetical Order
Please note that this is not a complete list of RSE Project publications. If you are interested in seeing the complete list, please contact rseproject@curtin.edu.au
Themes include: Bullying, Consent, COVID-19 Impacts, Cultural Considerations, Health Promotion, Menstrual Education, Mental Health, Parent Perspective, Sexual Health, Sexual Assault/Harassment, Teacher Perspective, Youth Crime, and Youth Perspectives.
· Bullying (5)
o Pearce, N., Monks, H., Alderman, N., Hearn, L., Burns, S., Runions, K., Francis, J., & Cross, D. (2024). ‘It’s All About Context’: Building School Capacity to Implement a Whole-School Approach to Bullying. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 6(1), 53-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42380-022-00138-6
o Campbell, M., Hand, K., Shaw, T., Runions, K., Burns, S., Lester, L., &Cross, D. (2023). "Adolescent proactive bystanding versus passive bystanding responses to school bullying: The role of peer and moral predictors." International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 5(4),296-305. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42380-020-00075-2
o Gizzarelli, E., Burns, S., & Francis, J. (2023). "Exploring primary school staff responses to student reports of bullying in Australia: A qualitative study." International Journal of Bullying Prevention. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42380-023-00190-w
o Gizzarelli, E, Burns, S, Francis, J. 2023. School staff responses to student reports of bullying: a scoping review. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 1-10. DOI: 10.1002/hpja.680
o Nelson, H., Burns, S., Munns, A., Kendall., G. (2021). How covert aggression contributes to the power imbalance experienced by children who are bullied. In N. Kaplan Toren. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2020 Oxford Symposium in school-based family counselling. Institute for School-Based Family Counseling.
· Consent (1)
o Hendriks, J., Saltis, H., & Burns, S. (2022). Scoping review to identify principles of best practice for teaching and learning about consent in a school setting. Report prepared for NSW Department of Education. Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University, Australia.
· COVID-19 Impacts (8)
o Saltis, H., Burns, S., & Hendriks, J. (2022). Home alone: Australian single people's sexual and romantic health experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown measures. International Journal of Sexual Health, 34(sup1), 171. https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2022.2017618
o Toller Erausquin, J., Tan, R. K. J., Uhlich, M., Francis, J. M., Kumar, N., Campbell, L., Zhang, W. H., Hlatshwako, T. G., Kosana, P., Shah, S., Brenner, E. M., Remmerie, L., Mussa, A., Klapilova, K., Mark, K., Perotta, G., Gabster, A., Wouters, E., Burns, S., Hendriks, J., … International Sexual Health And REproductive Health during COVID-19 Research Consortium (2022). The International Sexual Health And REproductive Health during COVID-19 (I-SHARE) Study: A Multicountry analysis of adults from 30 countries prior to and during the initial coronavirus disease 2019 wave. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 75(1), e991–e999. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac102
o Blackford, K., K. Birney, S. Sharma, G. Crawford, P. Tilley, S. Winter, and J. Hendriks. (2021). Health promotion and sexology student and teaching staff perspectives of online learning and teaching during COVID-19: A mixed methods study. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. https://doi.org/10.1177/23733799211037374
o Campbell, C . . . Hendriks, J., Saltis, H. Intimate partner violence prior to and during COVID-19 measures in 30 countries: A global cross-sectional study from the I-SHARE consortium. The Lancet Public Health. Under review.
o Hlatshwako, T. G., Shah, S. J., Kosana, P., Adebayo, E., Hendriks, J., Larsson, E. C., . . . Saltis, H., Tucker, J. D. (2021). Online health survey research during COVID-19. The Lancet Digital Health, 3(2), e76-e77. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(21)00002-9
o Ni Wayan, S. W., Hendriks, J., Maycock, B., Burns, S. (2021). Psychological Distress and Happiness of Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender People During the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic: Is There a Need for Public Health Policy Intervention? Front. Public Health, 9(1350), https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.647548
o Erausquin, J. T., Tan, R. K. J., Uhlich, M., Francis, J. M., Kumar, N., Campbell, L., … Burns, S. (2021). The International Sexual Health And Reproductive Health Survey (I-SHARE-1): A Multi-Country Analysis of Adults from 30 Countries Prior to and During the Initial COVID-19 Wave. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.18.21263630. Under review.
o Michielsen, K., Larrson, E. C., Kågesten, A., Erausquin, J. T., Griffin, S., Van De Velde, S., & Tucker, J. D. et al., (Burns, S. I-SHARE team). (2021). International Sexual Health And REproductive health (I-SHARE) survey during COVID-19: study protocol for online national surveys and global comparative analyses. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 97(2), 88–92. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054664
· Cultural Considerations (3)
o Quain, J., Mayberry, L., Sibosado, A., Woodley, G., & Hendriks, J. (2024). Mooditj – Indigenous Australian sexuality education adapted for hilltribe youth of Northern Thailand: Evaluation of delivery through a mixed-methods approach. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/25742981.2024.2341677
o Leowalu, S., & Hendriks, J. (2023). Perspectives of Indonesian parents towards school-based sexuality education. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 43(2), 572-585. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2021.1944842
o Septarini, N. W., Burns, S., & Maycock, B. (2021). THE CABE PROJECT: Developing a model to conceptualise the sexual attitudes, behaviours, and experiences of men who have sex with men and Waria in Bali, Indonesia: Protocol for a mixed-methods design within a community-engaged research study. Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences, 0(0), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/26320843211061294
· Health Promotion (1)
o Burns, S., H. Saltis, J. Hendriks, J. Tohotoa, and C. Pollard. 2025. "Volunteer Experiences of a School-Based Volunteer Program." Health Promotion Journal of Australia 36 (2)
o Jancey J, Burns S, Hendriks J, Pollard C, Tohatoa J & Hallett J. (2020). Measuring health promotion research impact‐What researchers think? Health Promotion Journal of Australia.
· Menstruation Education (6)
o Roux, F., J. Hendriks, H. J. Chih, and S. Burns. 2025. "Enablers and barriers of implementing a whole school approach to ovulatory menstrual health literacy: a case study of a single-sex school in Western Australia." Australian Educational Researcher 52 (2): 1707-1730.
o Roux F., Chih, H., Hendriks, J., & Burns, S. (2024). Functional ovulatory menstrual health literacy amongst adolescent females in Western Australia. Journal of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology, 37(6), 619–624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2024.08.011.
o Roux, F., Burns, S., Hendriks, J., & Chih, H. J. (2024). “What’s going on in my body?”: gaps in menstrual health education and face validation of My Vital Cycles®, an ovulatory menstrual health literacy program. Australian Educational Researcher, 51(4), 1141-1160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-023-00632-w
o Roux, F., Hendriks, J., Burns, S., & Chih, J. (2023). An ovulatory menstrual health literacy program within a Health Promoting School framework: reflections from school staff. Frontiers in Education, 8, Article 1239619. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1239619
o Roux, F., Burns, S., Chih, H., & Hendriks, J. (2022). The Use of a Two-Phase Online Delphi Panel Methodology to Inform the Concurrent Development of a School-Based Ovulatory Menstrual Health Literacy Intervention and Questionnaire. Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 3, 826805. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2022.826805
o Roux, F., S. Burns, J. Hendriks, and H. J. Chih. (2021). Progressing towards adolescent ovulatory menstrual health literacy: a systematic review of school-based interventions. Women’s Reproductive Health. 8(2), 92-114, https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2021.1901517
· Mental Health (1)
o Allan, B., P. M. Tilley, and J. Hendriks., "Sexual content in Australian crisis telehealth." Clinical Ehealth 8 Inpress.
o Smith, J., t’Hart, L., Leaversuch, F., Walton, A., Jameson, G., Samsa, H., Clarey, M., Millar, L., Burns, S., & Pollard, C. M. (2024). Promoting mental well-being in Western Australia: Act Belong Commit® mental health promotion campaign partners’ perspectives. Health Promotion International, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae014
· Parent Perspective (6)
o Zen, M., J. Hendriks, and S. Burns. 2025. "Sexually explicit media literacy education: a scoping review of parental perspectives and relevant resources." Sex Education 25 (3): 359-375.
o Hendriks, J., Francis, N., Saltis, H., Marson, K., Walsh, J., Lawton, T., & Burns, S. (2024). Parental attitudes towards sexual orientation and gender diversity: challenging LGBT discrimination in Australian schools. Culture, Health and Sexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2024.2394223
o Hendriks, J., Francis, N., Saltis, H., Marson, K., Walsh, J., Lawton, N., & Burns, S. (2024). Parental opposition to comprehensive sexuality education in Australia: associations with religiosity and school sector. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1391197
o Hendriks, J., Marson, K., Walsh, J., Lawton, T., Saltis, H., & Burns, S. (2024). Support for school-based relationships and sexual health education: A national survey of Australian parents. Sex Education, 24(2), 208-224. http://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2023.2169825
o Zen, M., Hendriks, J., & Burns, S. (2024). Sexually explicit media literacy education: A scoping review of parental perspectives and relevant resources. Sex Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2024.2338275
o Hendriks, J., Francis, N., Saltis, H., Marson, K., Walsh, J., Lawton, T., & Burns, S. (2023). Parental attitudes toward sexual orientation and gender diversity: Challenging LGBT discrimination in Australian schools. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/futgx
o Hendriks, J., Glasgow-Collins, R., Saltis, H., Marson, K., Walsh, J., Lawton, T., & Burns, S. (2022). Parents and their support for school-based relationships and sexuality education. Western Australia snapshot report. Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University, Australia. https://rseproject.org.au/parent-report/
· Sexual Health (3)
o Dunne, J., G. A. Tessema, M. Legge, S. D. Nyadanu, A. Roy, A. T. Gebremedhin, J. Hendriks, T. Reid-Moore, and G. Pereira. 2025. "The association between sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy outcomes in the Northern Territory, Australia: a population-based cohort study." Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific 60
o Takahashi, H., & Hendriks, J. (2022). Accessing sexual health services within Perth, Western Australia: The lived experience of female international students from east and southeast Asia. International Journal of Sexual Health, 34(sup1), 201. https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2022.2017618
o Sisnowski, J., Vujovich-Dunn, C., Gidding, H., Brotherton, J., Wand, H., Lorch, R., ….. Burns, S., et al. (2021). Differences in school factors associated with adolescent HPV vaccination initiation and completion coverage in three Australian states. Vaccine. 39(41), 6117-6126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.08.076
o Vujovich-Dunn, C., Skinner, S. R., Brotherton, J., Wand, H., Sisnowski, J., Lorch, R., … Burns, S., et al. (2021). School-Level Variation in Coverage of Co-Administered dTpa and HPV Dose 1 in Three Australian States. Vaccines, 9(10), 1202. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101202
· Sexual Assault/Harassment (2)
o Vrankovich, S., S. Burns, G. Woodley, and J. Hendriks. 2025. "Addressing ‘wicked complex problems’: Qualitative understandings of sexual violence prevention in male-dominated industries." Global Public Health 20 (1)
o Farrugia, J., B. Milkins, D. Della Vedova, S. Burns, J. Hendriks, and R. Lobo. 2025. "“We’re not for You”: Primary Care Support Seeking Among LGBTIQA + Individuals Experiencing Intimate-Partner Violence in Western Australia." Journal of Family Violence
o Vrankovich, S., Burns, S., Yam, C. M. H., Parker, S. K., & Hendriks, J. (2024). Sexual harassment and sexual assault in the Western Australian mining industry: a qualitative examination of the perceptions of key stakeholders. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1432990
o Yam, C., Parker, S., Fruhen, F., Anderson, M., Woodley, G., Hendriks, J., Burns, S., & Drane, C. (2022). Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety in the mining industry – The Landmark Study: A review and synthesis of the literature. Report prepared for the Western Australian Government. Centre for Transformative Work Design, Curtin University, Australia. https://www.wa.gov.au/government/publications/mars-preliminary-report-1-review-and-mapping-of-current-practice
· Teacher Perspective (4)
o Hendriks, J., Mayberry, L., & Burns, S. (2024). Preparation of the pre-service teacher to deliver comprehensive sexuality education: Teaching content and evaluation of provision. BMC Public Health, 24, Article 1528. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18982-0
o Burns, S., Saltis, H., Hendriks, J., Abdolmanafi, A., Davis-McCabe, C., Tilley, P. J. M., & Winter, S. (2023). Australian teacher attitudes, beliefs, and comfort forwards sexuality and gender diverse students. Sex Education, 23(5), 540-555. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2022.2087177
o Saltis, H., Burns, S., Hendriks, J., Tilley, M., Abdolmanafi, A., Davis-Mccabe, C., & Winter, S. (2022). Teacher's beliefs towards sexual and gender minority people in Australia. International Journal of Sexual Health, 34(sup1), 220. https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2022.2017618
o 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, DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2020.1792874
· Youth Crime (2)
o Ayano, G, Rooney, R, Pollard, C.M., Dantas, J.A.R., Lobo, R., Jeemi, Z, Burns, S, Cunningham, R, Monterosso, S, Millar, L. Hassan, S, Dovchin, S, Oliver, R, Coleman, K, Alati, R. (2024). Risk and protective factors of youth crime: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses, Clinical Psychology Review, 113. Article 102479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102479
o Rooney, R. M., Hopkins, A., Peckover, J., Coleman, K., Sampson, R., Alati, R., Hassan, S., Pollard, C. M., Dantas, J. A. R., Lobo, R., Jeemi, Z., Burns, S., Cunningham, R., Monterosso, S., Millar, L., Dovchin, S., Oliver, R., Bhoyroo, R., & Ayano, G. (2024). Protective factors, risk factors, and intervention strategies in the prevention and reduction of crime among adolescents and young adults aged 12-24 years: A scoping review protocol. PLoS One, 19(11), Article e0312684. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312684
· Youth Perspective (2)
o McCausland, K., Graham-Geraghty, L., Bacon, M., Mak, D., Staniszewski, J., Lied-Cordruwisch, L., & Hendriks, J. (2022). Experiences of Western Australian youth when seeking sexual health information, testing and treatment. International Journal of Sexual Health, 34(sup1), 163. https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2022.2017618
o Hendriks J, Fyfe S, Doherty DA, Jacques A, Styles I, Hickey M & Skinner R. (2020). Attitudes towards abortion in male and female adolescents with diverse sexual and pregnancy experiences: A cross-sectional study. Sexual Health, 17(1), 77-86.
Please note that this is not a complete list of RSE Project publications. If you are interested in seeing the complete list, please contact rseproject@curtin.edu.au