Dr Christopher Fox
Pathway Coordinator - Psychosexual Therapy
Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health (Sexology)
Faculty of Medicine and Health: Sydney Medical School ,Westmead Clinical School
Dr Christopher is a Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health (Sexology) in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney where he is also is the Co-Director of Sexual and Reproductive Health programs and Pathway Coordinator for the Psychosexual Therapy Pathway in the Postgraduate Program in Sexual and Reproductive Health. He is the Treasurer of the Asia-Oceania Federation of Sexology and has held executive positions on the governing council of the World Association for Sexual Health and the Society of Australian Sexologists, including National Chairperson.
Christopher's research interests include sexuality, masculinity and psychosexual/sex therapy and sexology. Recently his research has focused on men, masculinity and therapy; ageing sexuality and Baby-boomers in non-noramtive relationships; and LGBTIQ issues, especially fear of heterosexism and intrafamilial queer-hate crime He has previosuly research areas of sexual health including HPV, anal cancer and testicular cancer. Christopher is interested in moxed methodological appraoches, and therefore is quantaitive (statistics) and qualitative trained.
Research Interets Snapshot
Sexual Well-being and Psychosexual Issues - Pleasure, (dys/)Function, Treatment (Enablers), Identities (queer, LGBT, masculinities), Policy
Sexual Health – STIs; Living with HSV; Living with HIV
LGBTIQ issues – Health; Health service access; Hate speech; Prejudice, discrimination and violence
Gender – Masculinity, Gendered experiences of health; Men's health service use
Sexual Attitudes and Knowledge of Professions
Bodies – Genital image; body image; modification – piercings, circumcision; identities
Methodologies – Mixed – qual/quant; quant – moderation/mediation models; Qual – interviews, discourse, visual; survey design; psychometrics
Disciplines – Psychotherapy/counselling; Public health; Sociology; Psychology
Christopher teaches the sexual health counselling/sex therapy/sexology units of study in the Psychosexual therapy/sex therapy (sexology) pathway. He cooridnates the Psychosexual Therapy (Sex Therapy/Sexology) Pathway in the Masters of Science in Medicine and Master of Medicine Programs as part of the Postgrduate Program in Sexual and Reproductive Health.
As a practitioner and researcher-academic, Christopher focuses his teaching on a practitioner-scientists model supprting his students to understand the nexus of theory to practise and practise to theory.
Units of Study Coordination:
SEXH5403 Counselling in Psychosexual Therapy
SEXH5415 Advanced Issues in Psychosexual Therapy
SEXH5416 Advanced Readings in Sexual and Reproductive Health
SEXH5421 Sexual and Reproductive Health Research methods
Psychosocial and Psychosexual needs of HIV People.
This project seeks to document the reported (felt) need of people living with HIV in Australia. The projects seeks to explore psychosocial needs for example, housing, employment support, health care access) and psychosexual needs (for example, sexual function, relationships, sexual pleasure and well being). The results of the project will be sued to advocate for improved service provision.
President-Elect - Asia-Oceania Federation of Sexology (2022 - Current)
Treasurer - Asia-Oceania Federation of Sexology (2016 - Current)
Member - Australian Psychological Society
Fellow - Royal Society of Public Health
Licentiate - Royal Socety of Public Health
Member (Level 4) - Australian Counselling Association (2010-2022)
Associate-Secretary: Asia Oceania - World Associaton for Sexual Health (2017-2021)
Vice Co-Chair - WAS Sexual Rights Committee (2017-2021)
Immediate Past National Chairperson - Society of Australian Sexologists (2017-2020)
European Certified Psycho-Sexologist (European Society of Sexual Medicine/European Federation of Sexology) (2017)
Fellow - Royal Society of Public Health (2008)
Licentiate - Royal Socety of Public Health (2008)
(Department of Psychiatry & Institute of Sexology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) Doctoral Supervisor for Dr Watcharaphol Alexandre Kamnerdsiri (Doctor of Philosophy) | |
(Graduate School of Letters and Arts, Meiji University) Research Partner on the Cross-cultural attitudes and perceptions of Online Sexually Explicit Material - An International Comparison Study | |
(Department of Psychology, Lancaster University.) Research Partner on the Cross-cultural attitudes and perceptions of Online Sexually Explicit Material - An International Comparison Study |
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Measuring the Fear of Cisgenderism and Cissexism amongst an Australian Trans Community Sample | K DOVE |
Publications
Book Chapters
- Fox, C. (2019). Health throughout the Life Course. In Pranee Liamputtong (Eds.), Social Determinants of Health, (pp. 243-264). Docklands: Oxford University Press.
- Asquith, N., Fox, C. (2016). No Place Like Home: Intrafamilial Hate Crime against Gay Men and Lesbians. In Angela Dwyer, Matthew Ball and Thomas Crofts (Eds.), Queering Criminology, (pp. 163-182). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Pitt, S., Fox, C. (2013). Revisiting Connell's Masculinities: Performative Masculinity - A New Approach. In Katarina Gregersdotter and Nicklas Hallen (Eds.), Femininities and Masculinities in Action: On Theory and Practice in a Moving Field, (pp. 155-174). Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
Journals
- Kamnerdsiri, W., Fox, C., Weiss, P. (2020). Impact of Childhood Sexual Assault on Sexual Function in the Czech Male Population. Sexual Medicine, 8(3), 446-453. [More Information]
- Kamnerdsiri, W., Rodriguez Martinez, J., Fox, C., Weiss, P. (2018). Clinical correlation between erectile function and ejaculatory function in the Czech male population. PloS One, 13(7), 1-10. [More Information]
- Fox, C., Asquith, N. (2018). Measuring the Tangible Fear of Heterosexist Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33(6), 980-1007. [More Information]
Research Reports
- Dickson-Swift, V., Marshall, K., Fox, C., Willis, J. (2011). Workplace health promotion: Case studies for creating a supportive environment for health, (pp. 1 - 67). Victoria, Australia: Department of Health.
2020
- Kamnerdsiri, W., Fox, C., Weiss, P. (2020). Impact of Childhood Sexual Assault on Sexual Function in the Czech Male Population. Sexual Medicine, 8(3), 446-453. [More Information]
2019
- Fox, C. (2019). Health throughout the Life Course. In Pranee Liamputtong (Eds.), Social Determinants of Health, (pp. 243-264). Docklands: Oxford University Press.
2018
- Kamnerdsiri, W., Rodriguez Martinez, J., Fox, C., Weiss, P. (2018). Clinical correlation between erectile function and ejaculatory function in the Czech male population. PloS One, 13(7), 1-10. [More Information]
- Fox, C., Asquith, N. (2018). Measuring the Tangible Fear of Heterosexist Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33(6), 980-1007. [More Information]
2016
- Kirkman, L., Fox, C., Dickson-Swift, V. (2016). A case for sexual health policy that includes midlife and older adult sexuality and sexual health. Aging And Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 6(2), 17-27. [More Information]
- Asquith, N., Fox, C. (2016). No Place Like Home: Intrafamilial Hate Crime against Gay Men and Lesbians. In Angela Dwyer, Matthew Ball and Thomas Crofts (Eds.), Queering Criminology, (pp. 163-182). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
2015
- Harding, C., Fox, C. (2015). It's Not About "Freudian Couches and Personality Changing Drugs": An Investigation Into Men's Mental Health Help-Seeking Enablers. American Journal of Men's Health, 9(6), 451-463. [More Information]
- Kirkman, L., Dickson-Swift, V., Fox, C. (2015). Midlife relationship diversity, sexual fluidity, wellbeing and sexual health from a rural perspective. Rural Society, 24(3), 266-281. [More Information]
2014
- Dickson-Swift, V., Fox, C., Marshall, K., Welch, N., Willis, J. (2014). What really improves employee health and wellbeing: Findings from regional Australian workplaces. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 7(3), 138-155. [More Information]
2013
- Kirkman, L., Kenny, A., Fox, C. (2013). Evidence of absence: midlife and older adult sexual health policy in Australia. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 10(2), 135-148. [More Information]
- Pitt, S., Fox, C. (2013). Revisiting Connell's Masculinities: Performative Masculinity - A New Approach. In Katarina Gregersdotter and Nicklas Hallen (Eds.), Femininities and Masculinities in Action: On Theory and Practice in a Moving Field, (pp. 155-174). Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
2011
- Pitt, S., Fox, C. (2011). Performative Masculinity: A New Theory on Masculinity. In Katarina Gregersdotter and Nicklas Hallen (Eds.), Femininities and Masculinities in Action: On Theory and Practice in a Moving Field, (pp. 37-46). Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
- Dickson-Swift, V., Marshall, K., Fox, C., Willis, J. (2011). Workplace health promotion: Case studies for creating a supportive environment for health, (pp. 1 - 67). Victoria, Australia: Department of Health.
Acedmia.edu Profile: https://sydney.academia.edu/ChristopherFox
Researchgate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher_Fox9
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9342-8839
Past Research
The Relationship between Fear of Heterosexism, Psychological Well-being and Protective Factors in the LGBTQA community. (Fraser, K and Fox, C.)
The Australian LGBTQA community experiences significant difficulty in expressing their identity safely. Protective factors that contribute to decreasing the impact or exposure to heterosexism include urban dwelling, age, connectedness to community, and a sense of belonging. Understanding the experiences of this community and which protective factors can manage the impacts of heterosexsim on LGBTQA psychological well being is of importance. The aim of this project is to explore the role protective factors play in reducing the psychological impacts of heterosexism within the LGBTQA community.
Psychosocial and psychosexual information needs of people receiving a genital herpes diagnosis. (Zamboni, F and Fox, C. )
This project will document peoples experiences of receiving a genital herpes diagnosis as well as investigating their psychosocial and psychosexual information needs. The results of this study will inform the development of practice guidelines on delivery of genital herpes diagnosis, the development of information sources for people diagnosis with genital herpes and the therapeutic support for people diagnosed with genital herpes.
Creating a survey instrument to measure health practitioner attitudes and values towards problematic sexual behaviours (Balasubramanian, S., Fox, C., & Ramanathan, V)
We have limited understanding of healthcare practitioners’ values and attitudes toward sexual behaviours. Problematic sexual behaviours are a complex issue which requires biopsychosocial investigation. Society and culture, including religious and interpersonal values, affect perceived norms of sexual behaviour. These norms are reflected in the attitudes and values of health practitioners that provide care for clients with problematic sexual behaviours. These values contribute to personal biases. Managing this bias is essential to providing safe care to people with problematic sexual behaviours. This project aims to create a survey instrument that measures health practitioner attitudes and values towards problematic sexual behaviours. This instrument will allow us to understand how the attitudes and values of health practitioners influence the care of people with PSB.