2025 University Research Seminar Series CHSD

CHSD

Friday 19 September
12.00 noon AEST

Hosted By Associate Professor Clare Littleton, Research Centre Director, Centre for Healthy Sustainable Development.

Highlights of presentation 1

Women Initiative: Podcast Network – Exploring podcasting as an information source for managing ADHD in adult women

Podcasting is an increasingly important medium, having grown significantly in influence in the two decades since it emerged on the media landscape. Internationally, podcasts have been identified as a valuable tool for disseminating health-related information, but studies of listener perspectives about the relationship between them, hosts, and their condition awareness and management are rare.

This presentation will discuss the approach and early findings from a collaborative international study that is exploring the experiences and role of podcasting in awareness and support for podcast listeners who identify as women with ADHD.

Highlights of presentation 2

Codesign of a revised and innovative version of the Assessment of Sexual Knowledge (ASK) to support the sexual wellbeing of people with neurodevelopmental disability

Access to, and provision of, sexual education and support are essential for promoting the health and wellbeing of people living with disability. However, health professionals report a lack of appropriate assessment tools that would support them in initiating the topic.

The Assessment of Sexual Knowledge (ASK) is a widely recognised and respected Australian tool for use with people with intellectual disability that the State of Victoria funded in the early 2000s. However, twenty years after the release of the ASK, it was identified that there is a demand to revise the ASK to ensure it is up-to-date, clinically useful, and sustainable.

Over the past three years, a working group of expert stakeholders has been investigating the necessary changes and how the project can be effectively conducted in partnership with individuals with lived experience of disability. This presentation will provide an overview of the research conducted during the investigative phase and outline our plans for the project's future.


This session covers all four domains of the 2010 Vitae Framework.

  • Domain A – Knowledge & Intellectual Abilities
  • Domain D3 – Engagement & Impact


This is a virtual event that can be accessed via Teams
Meeting ID: 454 561 802 814 8
Password: hE9Ew3jY

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Hear from our presenters

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Kate Ames
Kate Ames, Ph.D., is the Pro Vice Chancellor, Engagement and Access at Torrens University Australia. As a researcher, she is a cultural sociologist interested in community storytelling, public discourse, and education. She has lived experience of ADHD as a parent.

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Ann Bennet
Ann M. Bennett
Ann M. Bennett, Ph.D, is the Associate Director of Applied Research and Evaluation at Understood.org, a leading nonprofit empowering people with learning and thinking differences, estimated at almost 70 million individuals in the United States. She specializes in program evaluation methods, research methodologies, data analytics, cultural studies, and anti-deficit frameworks. She has lived experience of ADHD/Autism.

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Research
Chloe Bryant
Dr Chloe Bryant recently joined the Centre for Healthy Sustainable Development (CHSD) as a Senior Research Fellow. She brings over seven years of experience in teaching and research across several national Universities and has conducted research to inform policy and practice for the Australian government. Clinically, Chloe has also worked as an occupational therapist within all major health sectors and with people of all ages.
Within her full-time role at the CHSD, Chloe conducts multidisciplinary research related to health, education, and housing. Methodologically, she has experience leading and/or undertaking research using qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods and critical approaches. Her research passions are in sexuality, women’s health, mental health, and participatory (consumer involvement) methods. She has also received international recognition for her work in the sexuality & disability space.

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