Research

Cardwell Ethan T., Ware, Lauren, Fairley, Christopher K., Bickerstaffe, Adrian, Hancock, Danny, Rahman, Rashidur, Kong, Fabian YS, Ong, Jason J., Tomnay, Jane, Chang, Shanton, Lim, Megan SC, Hocking, Jane S., Ludwick, Teralynn, Co-creating the clinical pathway for Test it, a web-accessed sexually transmitted infections testing service., 
pilot., June 2026.

Bourchier, Louise., Ware, Lauren, Temple-Smith, Meredith, Hocking, Jane S., Tomnay, Jane, Malta, Sue, Addressing Older Adults' Sexual Health Needs in Regional Primary Care: A Qualitative Study of Barriers and Enablers, April 2026.

Wigan, Rebecca, Hughes, Yasmin, Waring, Lynette, Chow, Eric P F, Pasricha, Shivani, Ong, Jason J., Maisano, Marcus, Fairley, Christopher K., Temple-Smith, Meredith, Sanci, Lena, Hocking, Jane S., Tomnay, Jane, Donovan, Basil, Hewson, Darren, Diprose, Andrea, Bilardi, Jade, Williamson, Deborah, Towns, Janet M, Ryder, Nathan, Kaldor, John, Chen, Marcus Y, Multiplex PCR testing for Treponema pallidum and herpes simplex virus in primary care to detect primary syphilis in Victoria, Australia: a prospective cohort study, January 2026.

Evans, David, Colquhoun, Ashleigh, Cowen, Kim, March, Karli, Ludwick, Teralynn, Hocking, Jane, Tomnay, Jane. Community acceptability of STI-X – the rural Victorian STI vending machine
pilot., December 2025.

Ware, Lauren, McGrath, Mitchell, Walsh, Olivia, Cardwell Ethan T., Tomnay, Jane, Evans, Dave, Kelly, Anne-Marie, Ong, Jason J., Hocking, Jane S., Kong, Fabian YS, Ludwick, Teralynn, Implementing an Online Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Service for Young People in Regional and Rural Victoria, Australia: Insights From Local Public Health Authorities, September 2025.

March, Karli , Kelly, Anne-Marie, Tomnay, Jane. Rural Sexual & Reproductive Health Skills Training Guide, May 2025.

Balardi, Jade., Kelly, Anne-Marie, Tomnay, Jane. Driving Change: Leadership, Collaboration & Impact- Embedding the Sexual Wellness Action Plan (SWAP) in the Mildura Communities of Practice- An impact evaluation., March 2025.

Moulton, Jessica E.; Arefadib, Noushin; Botfield, Jessica R.; Freilich, Karen; Tomnay, Jane; Bateson, Deborah; Black, Kirsten I.; Norman, Wendy V.; Mazza, Danielle., A nurse-led model of care to improve access to contraception and abortion in rural general practice: Co-design with consumers and providers, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2025 Feb;81(2):1019-1037.

March Karli, Kelly Anne-Marie, Tomnay Jane, Working towards Sustainability: Rural Services Development Project, February 2025.

Ludwick Teralynn, Walsh Olivia, Cardwell Ethan T., Fairley Christopher K., Tomnay Jane, Hocking Jane S., Kong Fabian Y. S. (2025) Health provider perspectives on establishing service linkages for treatment and follow-up from an Australian, web-based STI testing service: a qualitative study. Sexual Health 22, SH24142.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39847615/

Noonan, A., Millar, E., Tomnay, J. E., Luscombe, G. M., & Black, K. I. (2024). “Imagine if we had an actual service...”: A qualitative exploration of abortion access challenges in Australian rural primary care. Rural and Remote Health, 24(4), 1–9.  2024  https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/9229/

Moulton J, Noushin A, Botfield J, Freilich K, Tomnay J, Bateson D, Black KI, Norman WV, Mazza D. A nurse-led model of care to improve access to contraception and abortion in rural general practice: Codesign with consumers and providers. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2 July 2024

Evans D, Cowen K, Fairley C, Randall C, Hocking J, Ludwick T, Tomnay J. STI-X: a novel approach to STI testing in rural and regional Victoria, Australia. Sexual Health. 2024 Feb;21(1):NULL. doi: 10.1071/SH23118. PMID: 38043924. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38043924/

Bond, S. R., Bilardi, J. E., Chen, M., Chow, E. P. F., Donovan, B., Fairley, C. K., Giarrusso, R. L., Giles, M. L., Hocking, J., Hodges, R., Kaldor, J., Kane, S. C., McCully, B., Ong, J. J., Posma, E., Ryder, N., Temple-Smith, M. J., Tomnay, J. E., & Wigan, R. (2024). Using implementation science to develop an adaptable clinical systems implementation package to embed routine syphilis screening in later pregnancy into clinical practice. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, 51(1), S284–S285. Jan 2024  https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/51043

Noonan A, Black KI, Luscombe GM, Tomnay J. What women want from local primary care services for unintended pregnancy in rural Australia: a qualitative study from rural New South Wales. Australian Journal of Primary Health, [s. l.], v. 29, n. 3, p. 244–251, 2023. DOI 10.1071/PY22134.

Mazza M, Rojanapenkul A, Assifi S, Hussainy Y, Bateson D, Johnston S, Tomnay J, Kasza J, Church J, Grzeskowiak L, Nissen L et al. Expanding community pharmacists’ scope of practice in relation to contraceptive counselling and referral: a protocol for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster randomised trial (ALLIANCE) BMJ Open 2023-08. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073154

James, S, Kunnel, A, Tomnay J, Mazza D, Grzeskowiak L. Long-acting reversible contraception prescribing coverage by nurse practitioners and midwives in Australia, Collegian, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2023.04.004i

Noonan A, Black KI, Luscombe GM, Tomnay J. “Almost like it was really underground”: a qualative study of women’s experiences locating services for unintended pregnancy in a rural Australian health system. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, [s.l.], v. 31, n. 1, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2023.2213899.

Bourke, S., Munira, S. L., Parkinson, A., Lancsar, E., & Desborough, J. (2023). Exploring the barriers and enablers of diabetes care in a remote Australian context: A qualitative study. PloS one, 18(7), e0286517. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286517

Evans, D., Cowen, K., Fairley, C., Randall, C., Hocking, J., Ludwick, T., & Tomnay, J. (2024). STI-X: a novel approach to STI testing in rural and regional Victoria, Australia. Sexual health, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1071/SH23118

Mazza, D., Assifi, A. R., Hussainy, S. Y., Bateson, D., Johnston, S., Tomnay, J., Kasza, J., Church, J., Grzeskowiak, L. E., Nissen, L., & Cameron, S. T. (2023). Expanding community pharmacists' scope of practice in relation to contraceptive counselling and referral: a protocol for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster randomised trial (ALLIANCE). BMJ open, 13(8), e073154. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073154

Mazza, D., Shankar, M., Botfield, J. R., Moulton, J. E., Chakraborty, S. P., Black, K., Tomnay, J., Bateson, D., Church, J., Laba, T. L., Kasza, J., & Norman, W. V. (2023). Improving rural and regional access to long-acting reversible contraception and medical abortion through nurse-led models of care, task-sharing and telehealth (ORIENT): a protocol for a stepped-wedge pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial in Australian general practice. BMJ open, 13(3), e065137. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065137

Goller J, Coombe J, Temple-Smith M, Bittleston H, Sanci L, Guy R,Fairley C, Regan D,Carvalho N, Simpson J, Donovan B, Tomnay J, Chen MY, Estcourt C, Roeske L, Hawkes D, Hocking J. Management of Chlamydia Cases in Australia (MoCCA): protocol for a non-randomised implementation and feasibility trial. BMJ Open 2022;12:e067488. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067488

Noonan A, Black K.I., Luscombe G.M., Tomnay J. What women want from local primary care services for unintended pregnancy in rural Australia: a qualitative study from rural New South Wales. Australian Journal of Primary Health , https://doi.org/10.1071/PY22134 Oct 2022.

Moulton JE, Mazza D, Tomnay J, Bateson D, Norman WV, Black KI, et al. Co- design of a nurse- led model of care to increase access to medical abortion and contraception in rural and regional general practice: A protocol. Aust J Rural Health. 2022;30:876–883. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12937

Coombe J, Goller J,  Bittleston H,  Bateson D,  Bourne C,  O’Donnell H,  Tomnay J,  Temple-Smith M,  Hocking JS. 'Patient-delivered partner therapy: one option for the management of the sexual partner/s of a patient diagnosed with a chlamydia infection'. The Australian Journal of General Practice. Volume 51, Issue 6, June 2022. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-07-21-6066

Christina Malatzky & Alana Hulme (2021): ‘I love my job…it’s more the systems that we work in’: the challenges encountered by rural sexual and reproductive health practitioners and implications for access to care, Culture, Health & Sexuality, DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2021.1880640

Goller J, Coombe J, Bittleston H, Bourne C, Bateson D, Vaisey A, Tomnay J, O’Donnell H, Garret C, Estcourt C, Temple-Smith M, Hocking J. Patient delivered partner therapy for chlamydia infection is used by some general practitioners, but more support is needed to increase uptake: findings from a mixed-methods study. Sexually Transmitted Infections Published Online First: 30 June 2021. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054933

Layton E, Goller JL, Coombe J, Temple-Smith M, Tomnay J, Vaisey A, Hocking JS. 'It's literally giving them a solution in their hands': the views of young Australians towards patient-delivered partner therapy for treating chlamydia. Sex Transm Infect. 2021 Jun;97(4):256-260. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054820. Epub 2021 Jan 13. PMID: 33441448.

Aung ET, Chen MY, Fairley CK, Higgins N, Williamson DA, Tomnay JE, Cook KA, Peel J, Dharmakulasinghe V, Alpren C, Chow EPF. Spatial and Temporal Epidemiology of Infectious Syphilis in Victoria, Australia, 2015–2018. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2021; 48(12): e178-e182. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001438

Coombe J, Kong F, Bittleston H, Williams H, Tomnay J, Vaisey A, Malta S, Goller J, Temple-Smith M, Bourchier L, Lau A & Hocking J (2021). Contraceptive use and pregnancy plans among women of reproductive age during the first Australian COVID-19 lockdown: findings from an online survey, The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care, DOI: 10.1080/13625187.2021.1884221

Coombe J, Kong F, Bittleston H, Williams H, Tomnay J, Vaisey A, Malta S, Goller J, Temple-Smith M, Bourchier L, Lau A, Chow E, Hocking J. Love during lockdown. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020;0:1–7. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2020-054688.

Coombe J, Goller J, Bittleston H, Vaisey A, Sanci L, Groos A, Tomnay J, Temple-Smith M, Hocking J. 'STIs, partner notification and intimate relationships: a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of general practitioners and people with a recent chlamydia infection'.  Sexual Health. 2020 Dec;17(6):503-509. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH20109.

Goller Jane L., Coombe Jacqueline, Bourne Christopher, Bateson Deborah, Temple-Smith Meredith, Tomnay Jane, Vaisey Alaina, Chen Marcus Y., O’Donnell Heather, Groos Anita, Sanci Lena, Hocking Jane (2020) Patient-delivered partner therapy for chlamydia in Australia: can it become part of routine care? Sexual Health 17, 321-329. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH20024 May 2020

Wagg E, Hocking JS, Tomnay JE. 'What do young women living in regional and rural Victoria say about chlamydia testing? A qualitative study.' Sexual Health 17, 160-166.March 2020.https://doi.org/10.1071/SH19182.

Goller J, Coombe J, Bourne C, Temple-Smith M, Tomnay J, Vaisey A, Chen M, ODonnell H, Groos A, Sanci L, Hocking J. Patient delivered partner therapy for chlamydia in Australia – can it become part of routine care? Sexual Health. Sexual Health https://doi.org/10.1071/SH20024 May 2020.

Wagg E, Hocking JS, Tomnay JE. 'What do young women living in regional and rural Victoria say about chlamydia testing? A qualitative study.' Sexual Health 17, 160-166.March 2020.https://doi.org/10.1071/SH19182.

Iturrieta-Guaita N, Temple-Smith J, Tomnay J. Experiences from the field: Chilean healthcare providers’ perspectives on partner notification for syphilis – a qualitative case study. Brazilian Journal of STD, 2019; 31(3):90-95. doi:10.5327/DST-2177-8264-201931304.

Bilardi JE, Hulme-Chambers A, Chen MY, Fairley CK, Huffam SE, Tomnay JE. The role of stigma in the acceptance and disclosure of HIV among recently diagnosed men who have sex with men in Australia: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE 2019; 14(11): e0224616. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224616

Iturrieta-Guaita, N, Temple-Smith M, Tomnay JE. Using electronic communication technologies for improving syphilis partner notification in Chile: healthcare providers’ perspectives – a qualitative case study. Sexual Health 2019:16(4) 377-382 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH19007.

Hulme-Chambers A, Clune S, Tomnay J. Medical termination of pregnancy service delivery in the context of decentralization: social and structural influences. International Journal for Equity in Health 2018; 17:172

Hulme Chambers A (2018), Understanding models for delivering sexual health services in rural Victoria, Report completed April 2018

Hulme Chambers A, Tomnay J, Stephens K, Crouch A, Whiteside M, Love P, McIntosh L, Waples Crowe P.  Facilitators of community participation in an Aboriginal sexual health promotion initiative. Rural and Remote Health 2018; 18: 4245.

Tomnay J, Coelli L, Davidson A, Hulme Chambers A, Orr C, Hocking J. Providing accessible medical abortion service in a Victorian rural community: A description and audit of service delivery and contraception follow up. Sexual and Reproductive Health Care

Hulme Chambers, A, Temple-Smith, M, Coelli L, Davidson A, Orr, C, Tomnay, J. (2018). Australian women’s experiences of a rural medical termination of pregnancy service: A qualitative study. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare; 15: 23-27

Tomnay JE, Coelli L, and Hocking JS. High rates of chlamydia found among 12-16 year olds attending a rural sexual health clinic: Implications for practice. Sexual Health: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH15140.

Winterton R, Hulme Chambers A. (2016) Developing sustainable social programmes for rural ethnic seniors: perspectives of community stakeholders. Health and Social Care in the Community, DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12373

Iacono T, Stagg K, Pearce N, Hulme Chambers A. (2016) A scoping review of Australian allied health research in ehealth. BMC Health Services Research, 16(543), DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1791-x