This workshop is for all students in Year 9 and aims to helps you learn more about Menstrual Health and Pelvic Pain. It is broken into two parts an information session and a survey that survey checks if you feel more confident and knowledgeable after the session. The survey is anonymous and helps the Department of Education improve future programs. |
All students will be asked to sit through the information session; however, students have the choice to participate in the survey. Information for the students (from the Department of Education). Information regarding the session will be emailed to the parents and carers prior to the session. 1. Consent: This information will help you understand survey so you can decide if you want to take part.
2. Purpose: The session helps you learn more about Menstrual Health and Pelvic Pain, and the survey checks if you feel more confident and knowledgeable after the session. The survey is anonymous and helps the Department of Education improve future programs.
3. Funding: This program is fully funded by the Department of Education.
4. Procedures After the session, you can choose to take a short, anonymous survey, either online or on paper. The survey will ask only close ended questions about whether or not your knowledge of Menstrual Health and Pelvic Pain and where to seek help improved after the session. Your answers will be stored securely on either SurveyMonkey or our SharePoint folder and de-identified data shared with the Department of Education. It will be deleted/destroyed from SHV systems after being shared with the Department. You don’t have to do the survey, and you can stop at any time. For online surveys, you’ll access the survey through a SurveyMonkey link, and your answers will be stored securely on the SurveyMonkey website. For paper surveys, your answers will be scanned into a protected SharePoint folder Sexual Health Victoria. Once scanned, the paper copies will be shredded and destroyed. The de-identified information collected will be shared with the Department of Education to help improve future programs. Reports will be created twice a year, and once the information is used, it will be deleted by SHV. You don’t have to do the survey if you don’t want to, and there will be no consequences if you choose not to participate.
5. Risks and Benefits The Department of Education uses the survey results to make sure the program is working well and to help improve other programs in the future. There isn’t a lot of research yet about how best to teach these topics in schools, so our program will help create more knowledge on what works best for students. The session should not cause any physical or emotional discomfort. It’s meant to reduce any embarrassment and help everyone understand these topics better. If at any point you feel uncomfortable, there will be teachers and staff available to help, and the educators from Sexual Health Victoria will also be there after the session if you have any questions. The survey doesn’t ask personal or sensitive questions; it just checks if you feel more confident and knowledgeable after the session. If you feel uncomfortable, you can choose not to complete the survey or stop at any time.
6. Privacy, Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information SHV has privacy obligations set out under the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 (the Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (the APPs) as well as the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Victoria), Health Records Act (Victoria) 2001 and Health Privacy Principles as a Victorian health service provider. These laws govern how SHV collects, uses, stores and discloses personal information, and how you can access or correct your information. We take our privacy policies very seriously. This is why all surveys will be anonymous and no individual information collected of stored.
7. Voluntary Participation There is no obligation for students to participate in the program. If you wish to withdraw from the session, you can absolutely do so.
8. Further information If you require further information or have any problems, please don’t hesitate to contact Sexual Health Victoria or your school. |
