HIV and other sexually transmitted infections remain a very important issue for gay and other men who have sex with men (msm) with HIV infections continuing to increase in Queensland.
The Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC) works to enable and support gay and other msm to make informed decisions about their sexual health. We recognise that sexual health is influenced by a range of lifestyle, knowledge and social factors and we seek to address all of these.
QAHC provides the following services for individuals:
QAHC works at the community or population level to:
Our headquarters are in Brisbane and we also have health promotion workers based on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, in Townsville and Cairns. The workers also provide limited ‘remote’ services to other parts of the state such as Rockhampton, Mackay and Bundaberg. Many of our services (e.g. 1800 line, website, campaigns) are available state-wide.
Volunteers are an active and important part of our services. They provide outreach to gay venues, beats and community events, facilitate groups and workshops, participate in working bees and help with office administration.
If you’re interested in becoming a volunteer, contact your local QAHC office or ring 1800 177 434 or email volunteer@qahc.org.au
Phone 1800 177 434 or contact your nearest office directly:
Brisbane Phone: 3017 1777 Email: bne@qahc.org.au
Cairns Phone: 4041 5451 Email: cns@qahc.org.au
Gold Coast Phone: 3017 1777 Email: gc@qahc.org.au
Sunshine Coast Phone: 5454 1118 Email: ssc@qahc.org.au
Townsville Phone: 4041 5451 Email: twn@qahc.org.au
Multilingual HIV website
http://www.multiculturalhivhepc.net.au/