Jane Hocking BAppSc (MLS) RMIT, MPH Melb, MHSc (PHP) La Trobe, PhD Melb
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Background
Jane Hocking is an epidemiologist and her research interests include sexual health and behaviour, sexual networks and the epidemiology, consequences and control of sexually transmitted infections. As part of her PhD investigating the epidemiology of chlamydia infection, she conducted Australia 's first population-based chlamydia prevalence survey. Jane's contribution to STI research in Australia was recognized in 2005 with a VicHealth Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Promotion for her work investigating the Epidemiology and Control of Chlamydia Infection in Victoria .
Jane is an investigator on a number of research projects including two randomized controlled trials assessing different methods for increasing chlamydia screening in primary health care, a randomized controlled trial assessing the use of SMS for promoting sexual health information and she is currently conducting a longitudinal study of young women aimed at estimating the incidence and re-infection rates of chlamydia infection.
Research Interests
- The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections
- Chlamydia screening
- Prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections
- Sexual health and sexual behaviour
- Sexual networks
- Epidemiologic methods
Publications (since 2003):
Mitchell H., Hocking J. Improvements in the protection against adenocarcinoma of the cervix from participation in cervical screening. Cancer (Cancer Cytopathology ) 2003;99:336-341.
Hellard M, Hocking J, Dore G, Fairley CK. Risk factors leading to Cryptosporidium infection in men who have sex with men. Sexually Transmissible Infections 2003;79:412-414.
Hocking J, Fairley CK., Counahan M., Crofts N. The pattern of notification and testing for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Victoria , 1998-2000: an ecological analysis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2003;27:405-408.
Hocking J, Tabrizi S., Jolley D., Garland S., Fairley CK. A pilot study to estimate the rate of response to a request to provide a mailed self-collected urine specimen for chlamydia testing - recruitment via mail versus recruitment via mail and telephone contact. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2003 79: 346-347.
Counahan M, Hocking J, Fairley CK. Enhanced chlamydia surveillance indicates more screening needed. Medical Journal of Australia 2003; 178(10): 523.
Dite GS., Jenkins M., Southey M., Hocking J., Giles GG., et al. Strong familial risks associated with early-onset breast cancer are only partly BRCA1- or BRCA2-related. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2003; 95(6):448-57, 2003.
Hocking J., Fairley CK. Need for genital Chlamydia trachomatis screening in Australia . Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2003; 27: 80-1.
Mitchell H, Hocking J, Saville M. Cervical cytology screening history of women diagnosed with adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix: a case control study. Acta Cytologica 2004;48(5):595-600.
Hocking J, Keenan C, Catton M, Breschkin A, Guy R, Hellard M. Rising HIV in Victoria : what do surveillance data tell us? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2004;28(3): 217.
Kedzierska K, Paukovics G, Handley A, Hewish M, Hocking J, Cameron PU and Crowe SM. Interferon-gamma therapy activates human monocytes for enhanced phagocytosis of Mycobacterium avium complex in HIV-infected individuals. HIV Clinical Trials . 2004;5(2):80-5.
Hellard ME, Hocking JS, Crofts JN. A study of the prevalence of hepatitis c and the risk behaviours associated with the transmission of hepatitis c in Victorian correctional facilities. Epidemiology and Infection 2004;132(3):409-15.
Fairley CK, Hocking JS, Chen M, Gunn J. No barriers to chlamydia testing in sexually active young women. Medical Journal of Australia 2005;183:548-549.
Hocking JS, Fairley CK. High chlamydia incidence among clients attending a large urban STI clinic. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2005; 29(4): 389.
Fairley CK, Hocking JS , Medland N. Syphilis: back on the rise, but not unstoppable. Editorial. Med J Aust 2005; 183 (4): 172-173.
Hocking J, Fairley CK. Do the characteristics of sexual health centre clients predict chlamydia infection sufficiently strongly to allow selective screening? Sexual Health 2005; 2(3):185-192.
Lee DM, Binger A, Hocking J, Fairley CK. The incidence of sexually transmissible infections among frequently screened sex workers in a decriminalised and regulated system in Melbourne . Sexually Transmissible Infections . 2005;81;434-436.
Greengrass VL, Turnbull SP, Hocking J, Dunne A, Tachedjian G, Corrigan GE Crow SM. Evaluation of a low cost reverse transcriptase assay for plasma HIV-1 viral load monitoring. Current HIV Research 2005;3:183-190.
Pavlin NL, Gunn JM, Parker R, Fairley CK, Hocking JS . Implementing chlamydia screening: what do women think? A review of the literature. BMC Public Health 2006;1:6:221.
Chen MY, Hocking J, Fairley CK. Towards a national chlamydia screening program for Australia . Medicine Today 2006; 7(3): p57-58.
Bradshaw C, Morton AN, Hocking J, Garland SM, Morris MB, Moss LM, Horvath LB, Kuzevska, Fairley CK. High recurrence rates of bacterial vaginosis over 12 months following oral metronidazole and factors associated with recurrence. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2006; 193:1478-1486.
Hocking JS, Lim M, Read T, Hellard M. Postal surveys of physicians gave superior response rates over telephone interviews in a randomised trial. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2006;59:521-524.
Jaworowski A, Ellery P, Maslin C, Naim E, Heinlein CA, Paukovics G, Hocking JS, Sonza S, Crowe S. Normal CD16 Expression and Phagocytosis of Mycobacterium avium Complex by Monocytes from a Current Cohort of HIV-1 Infected Patients. Journal Infectious Diseases 2006;193:693-697.
Hocking JS, Fairley CK. Associations between condom use and rectal and urethral chlamydia in men. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2006; 33(4):256-258.
Mitchell H, Hocking JS, Saville M. Temporal Characteristics of Laboratory Screening Errors in Cervical Cytology. Acta Cytologic 2006; 50(5): 492-498.
Hocking J, Willis J, Tabrizi S, Fairley CK, Garland SM, Hellard M. A chlamydia prevalence survey of young women living in Melbourne , Victoria . Sexual Health 2006; 3(4): 235-240.
Hocking J, Lim M, Vidanapathirana J, Read T, Hellard M. Chlamydia testing in general practice – a survey of Victorian general practitioners. Sexual Health 2006; 3(4): 214-244.
Ginige S, Chen MY, Hocking J, Read T, Fairley CK. Antibiotic consumption and chlamydia prevalence in international studies. Sexual Health 2006;3(4): 221-224.
Lim MSC, Hellard M, Aitken C, Hocking JS. Sexual risk behaviour, perceived risk and knowledge of sexually transmissible infections among young Australians attending a music festival. Sexual Health 2007; 4(1):51-56.
Ginige S, Chen MY, Hocking JS, Grulich A, Fairley CK. Rising HIV notifications in Australia: accounting for the increase in people living with HIV and implications for the HIV transmission rate. Sexual Health. 2007; 4:31.
Wade AJ, Hocking JS, Hellard ME. Chlamydia prevalence in heterosexual men in Melbourne: a community based study. Sexual Health 2007 Jun;4(2):137-8
Read T, Hocking J, Sinnott V, Hellard M. Risk factors for incidence HIV infection in men have sex with men: a case control study. Sexual Health 2007; 4(1): 35-39.
Marrone J, Fairley CK, Chen M, Hocking J. Comparisons of trends in antiretroviral use and HIV notification rates between three Australian States. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2007 Apr;31(2):131-4.
Chen MY, Karvelas M, Sundararajan V, Hocking J, Fairley CK. Evidence of the effectiveness of a chlamydia awareness campaign: increased population rates of chlamydia testing and detection. International Journal of STD and AIDS. 2007 Apr;18(4):239-43.
Gold J, Hocking J, Hellard M. The feasibility of recruiting young men in rural areas from community football clubs for STI screening. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2007 Jun;31(3):243-6.
Teague R, Newton D, Fairley CK, Hocking J, Pitts M, Bradshaw C, Chen M. The differing views of male and female patients towards chaperone for genital examinations in a sexual health setting. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2007; 34(12):1004-1007.
Ginge S, Fairley CK, Hocking J. Bowden F, Chen MY. Interventions for increasing chlamydia screening in primary care: a review. BMC Public Health 2007 Jun 4;7:95
Fairley CK, Walker J, Gurrin L, Hocking J. Doctor, how long has my chlamydia been there? Answer: years. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2007; 34 (9):727-728.
Munsasinghe T, Hayes RD, Hocking J, Verry J, Fairley CK. Prevalence of sexual difficulties among female sex workers and clients attending a sexual health service. International Journal of STD & AIDS 2007 Sep;18(9):613-6.).
Regan DG, Philp DJ, Hocking JS, Law MG. Modelling the population-level impact of vaccination on the transmission of human papillomavirus type 16 in Australia. Sexual Health 2007; 4(3):147-163.
Kulasingam S, Connelly L, Conway E, Hocking JS, Myers E, Regan DG, Roder D, Ross J, Wain G. A cost-effectiveness analysis of adding a human papillomavirus vaccine to the Australian National Cervical Cancer Screening Program. Sexual Health. 2007 Oct;4(3):165-75.
Kermode M, Longleng V, Singh BC, Hocking J, Langkham B, Crofts N. My first time: initiation into injecting drug use in Manipur and Nagaland, North-East India. Harm Reduction Journal 2007; 5:4-19.
Lim MSC, Hellard ME, Hocking JS, Aitken CK. A cross-sectional survey of young people attending a music festival: associations between drug use and musical preference. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2008;27:439-441.
Sidat M, Mijch A, Lewin S, Hoy J, Hocking J, Fairley CK. Incidence of putative HIV superinfection and sexual practices among HIV-infected men who have sex with men. Sexual Health 2008;5(1)61-67.
Hocking J, Walker J, Regan D, Chen M, Fairley CK. Chlamydia screening - Australia should strive to achieve what others have not. Medical Journal of Australia 2008;188(2): 106-108.
Sasadeusz JJ, Silvers JE, Kent HE, Devenish W, Hocking J, Garland S. Prevalence of HSV-2 antibody in a Melbourne antenatal population attending a tertiary obstetric hospital. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2008; 48(3):266-272.
Marrone J, Fairley CK, Saville M, Bradshaw C, Bowden F, Horvath L, Donovan B, Chen M, Hocking JS. The temporal associations with declining Trichomonas vaginalis diagnosis rates among women in the State of Victoria, Australia, 1947 to 2005. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2008;35(6): 572-576..
Lim, M.S.C., Aitken, C.K., Hocking, J.S. Hellard, M.E. SMS STI: A Review of the uses of mobile phone text messaging in sexual health. International Journal of STD and AIDS: 2008;19(5): 287-290.
Phang CW, Hocking J, Fairley CK, Bradshaw C, Hayes P, Chen MY. More than just anal sex: the potential for STI transmission among men visiting sex on premises venues. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2008;84(3): 217-219.
Pavlin N, Parker R, Fairley CK, Gunn J, Hocking JS. Take the sex out of STI screening! Views of young women on implementing chlamydia screening in general practice. BMC Infect Dis 2008; 8:62.
Middleton M, Grulich A, McDonald A, Donovan B, Hocking J, Kaldor J. Could sexually transmissible infections be contributing to the increase in HIV infections among men who have sex with men in Australia. Sexual Health. 2008; 5: 1-10.
Fairley CK, Fehler G, Lewin S, Pitts M, Chen M, Bradshaw C, Hocking J. Sexually transmissible infection and HIV management among men who have sex with men with and without HIV: a survey of medical practitioners who are members of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine. Sexual Health 2008; 5(2):155-159.
Groves J, Newton DC, Chen MY, Hocking JS, Bradshaw C, Fairley CK. Sex workers working within a legalised industry: their side of the study. Sexually Transmitted Infections (Accepted May 2008).
McNamee K, Fairley CK, Hocking J. Chlamydia testing and notification in Australia: more money, more tests. Sexually Transmitted Infections (accepted July8, 2008)
Regan DG, Wilson DP, Hocking JS (2008) Coverage is the key for effective screening of Chlamydia trachomatis in Australia. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2008; Jun27 (Epub ahead of print).
Hellard M, Aitken CK, Hocking JS. Tattooing in prisons – not such a pretty picture. American Journal of Infection Control (in press).
Book chapters
Hocking J, Crofts (2004). Public Health Information. In: Hands-on Health Promotion. Eds: Rob Moodie and Alana Hulme. Melbourne: IP Communications.
Non peer review publications
Hocking J. A longitudinal study of chlamydia incidence and re-infection among young Australian women. Victorian Infectious Diseases Bulletin (in press).
Hellard, M. Hocking J. HIV, injecting drug users and commercial sex workers in Nepal . A report to FHI on the interaction of injecting drug users and commercial sex workers and the potential for this interaction to increase the transmission of HIV to the general community (Draft Report of FHI 2003).
Hellard, M. Hocking J. HIV, injecting drug users and commercial sex workers in Indonesia . A report to FHI on the interaction of injecting drug users and commercial sex workers and the potential for this interaction to increase the transmission of HIV to the general community (Draft Report of FHI 2003).
Hocking J. Genital Chlamydia – investigating the problem in Victoria . Victorian Infectious Diseases Bulletin 2003; 6(1):7.