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Lucy Watchirs Smith
Researcher at University of New South Wales
Publications - 9
Citations - 192
Lucy Watchirs Smith is an academic researcher from University of New South Wales. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reproductive health & The Internet. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 9 publications receiving 152 citations. Previous affiliations of Lucy Watchirs Smith include Kirby Institute.
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Monitoring the Control of Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses: Protocol for the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance (ACCESS).
Denton Callander,Clarissa Moreira,Carol El-Hayek,Carol El-Hayek,Jason Asselin,Caroline van Gemert,Caroline van Gemert,Lucy Watchirs Smith,Long Nguyen,Wayne Dimech,Douglas Boyle,Basil Donovan,Basil Donovan,Mark Stoove,Mark Stoove,Margaret Hellard,Margaret Hellard,Rebecca Guy +17 more
TL;DR: ACESS is a unique system with the ability to track efforts to control STIs and BBVs—including through the calculation of powerful epidemiological indicators—by identifying response gaps and facilitating the evaluation of programs and interventions.
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Is sexual content in new media linked to sexual risk behaviour in young people? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Lucy Watchirs Smith,Bette Liu,Louisa Degenhardt,Juliet Richters,George C Patton,Handan Wand,Donna Cross,Jane S Hocking,S. Rachel Skinner,Spring Chenoa Cooper,Catharine Lumby,John M. Kaldor,Rebecca Guy +12 more
TL;DR: Cross-sectional studies show a strong association between self-reported exposure to sexual content in new media and sexual behaviours in young people and longitudinal studies would provide a greater opportunity to adjust for confounding, and better insight into the causal pathways underlying the observed associations.
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Point-of-care tests for the diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection: a systematic review of operational and performance characteristics.
Lucy Watchirs Smith,Richard J. Hillman,James Ward,David M. Whiley,Louise M. Causer,Steven Skov,Basil Donovan,Basil Donovan,John M. Kaldor,Rebecca Guy +9 more
TL;DR: Systematic review of the performance and operational characteristics of point-of-care (POC) tests for the diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae highlights the need for improved POC tests for diagnosis and more standardised evaluations.
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Meeting Sexual Partners Through Internet Sites and Smartphone Apps in Australia: National Representative Study.
Lucy Watchirs Smith,Rebecca Guy,Louisa Degenhardt,Anna Yeung,Chris Rissel,Juliet Richters,Bette Liu +6 more
TL;DR: More than a third of adults who had looked for potential partners using websites and apps each year had sex with such partners, and those who had done so were more sexually active, suggesting that dating and hookup websites and applications are suitable settings for targeted sexual health interventions.