Dr Spring Cooper
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Senior Lecturer in Sexology
Jeffery House |
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Research interests
Spring Cooper Robbins is a social researcher with academic qualifications in public health, health promotion, and sexuality. She has taught both health promotion and sexuality classes to postgraduate students.
Her PhD focused on the sexual health education implications of menstrual attitudes and knowledge among women of varying socio-economic status in the United States. Her current research interests are in adolescent sexual health, health promotion, health communication, and prevention of disease through behaviour change and vaccination.
Teaching areas
Sexual Health, Counselling, Public Health, Health Communication
Current national competitive grants*
2012
Randomised Controlled Evaluation of a Complex Intervention to Promote Uptake of School-based HPV Vaccination
Skinner R, Cooper S, McCaffery K, Zimet G, McGeechan K, Whyte P, Regan D
NHMRC Project Grants ($723,634 over 3 years)
2011
Adolescents' & Parents' Shared Decision-Making about HPV Vaccination
Cooper S
BUPA Foundation Limited (Australia) Expression of Interest Grants Program ($48,567 over 1 year)
2010
Childhood determinants of risky sexual behaviour in adolescence: a prospective cohort study
Skinner R, Hickey M, Mattes E, Doherty D, Smith A, Rosenthal S, Cooper S
NHMRC Project Grant ($371,025 over 3 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney