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Happy 1st Birthday GDHR!

October 8th marks the 1st year anniversary of the launch of the GDHR website.

Web-site activity

  • During the past year the site has received 14,000 unique visits!
  • 10,000 from Australia including 5,419 from Perth
  • The average time on the site is four minutes. Perth visitors spend almost 7 minutes on the web-site
  • 53% of new visitors are from Perth
  • The most popular areas of the website are the resources, learning activities, teaching context, protective behaviours, and puberty sections.

Visitor survey

Of visitors who have completed the visitor survey:

  • 90% found the website either very or quite helpful
  • 90% like the look and feel of the website and the information and resources

Comments:

  • “Congratulations on a comprehensive sexual health website!”
  • “an invaluable resource”.

Recognition
GDHR has been referenced within the Sexuality Education in Australia in 2011 report by La Trobe University as being the most comprehensive government resource in Australia for teaching sexuality education. The PDF is available for download on the ARCSHS site – http://www.latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/148060/Sexual-Education-in-Australia-2011.pdf

The site has been noted as an example of best practice within the Enhancing the Wellbeing of Children and Young People: A Showcase of Best Practice Programs and Services, which will be published by the Commissioner for Children and Young People (WA) as part of the Commissioner's Wellbeing Monitoring Framework (for more information, see: http://www.ccyp.wa.gov.au/wellbeing.aspx).

Achievements

The website has been invited to present at the following conferences in the past year.

  • WA Sexual Health Education in Schools Conference: September 2011
  • National Australian Health Promoting Schools Association Conference (AHPSA): October 2010
  • Australian Council for Health Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER): November 2010 and 2011
  • Australasian Sexual Health Conference: November 2010
  • Public Health Association Australia (PHAA WA branch): November 2010

Future
Stage 1 – The Launch of the GDHR website marked the first stage of the overall project.  During 2011 we have been trialling the website and continually improving it. We are keen to hear your feedback and suggestions. Please contact us at gdhr@health.wa.gov.au.

Stage 2 - Development of corresponding online teacher professional development. The Departments of Education and Health are preparing to pilot the draft online modules with WA teachers  over the next few months. This online PD course will comprise eight 20-minute interactive modules to be available for all Department of Education teachers in 2012 through the iLearning system. Teachers will be able to instantly obtain professional development credit through the integrated human resources element of the iLearning system.