Bernard is completing his PhD at the Kirby Institute, which aims to explore the ways in which culture impacts health. Specifically, he is looking at how the intersectionality of ethnicity, religion, and sexuality, influences community connectedness and access to HIV and other health services for gay, bisexual, queer, and other men who have sex with men (GBQMSM) from Arab backgrounds. Bernard works as a lecturer at the UTS School of Public Health.
Publications
Journal articles
Davidson PM; Saliba B; Massouh A; Deek H; Honein-AbouHaidar G, 2026, 'The power and promise of international collaboration in a complex and contested world', Healthcare and Rehabilitation, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 100063 - 100063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hcr.2026.100063
2026
Demant D; Saliba B; Oviedo-Trespalacios O; Newton JDA, 2026, 'Chemsex: Associations with Sexual, Psychosocial and Social Health in Australian Gay and Bisexual Men', Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 287 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2554865
2026
Wells N; Hammoud M; Carter A; Bavinton BR; Saliba B; Storer D; Freestone J; Haire B, 2026, 'Exploring Unwanted Sexual Encounters Among Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who have Sex with Men', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-026-01332-7
2026
Saliba B; Kang M; Mao L; Prestage G; Hammoud MA, 2026, 'Psychosocial effects of stigma on community connectedness among gay Arab Australian men', Psychology and Sexuality, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2026.2642661
2026
Chan C; Holt M; Philpot S; Wong HTH; Haire B; Saliba B; Nguyen M; Murphy D; Grulich AE; Broady TR; Gordon T; Varma R; Templeton DJ; Vu G; Wells N; Bavinton BR, 2025, 'The Role of Social and Sexual Networks in Connecting to Sexual Health Services: Findings from a Qualitative Study Among Migrant Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-025-01195-4
2025
Saliba B; Kang M; Mao L; Prestage G; Hammoud MA, 2025, 'Navigating intersecting identities and disclosure strategies: qualitative insights from gay Arab Australian men', Culture, Health and Sexuality, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2025.2507367
2025
Smith AKJ; Brener L; Broady TR; Saliba B; Keen P; Prain B; Treloar C; NSW HIV PRISM Partnership, 2025, 'Stigma and patient work: Understanding cumulative inequities for gay and bisexual men in accessing HIV healthcare services', Social Science & Medicine, vol. 367, pp. 117729 - 117729, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117729
2025
Joshi A; Magana L; Tsai K-H; Maddah D; Mitchell K; Ruggiero D; Hawkins WB; Dharamsi S; Makhoul J; Reis R; Kim SY; Low WY; Amde W; Nja G; Jeu M; Kelly B; Saliba B; et al., 2025, 'Public health diplomacy: summary of the methods and outcome of the 1st University of Memphis School of Public Health Diplomacy Summit', Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 13, pp. 1564709, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1564709
2025
Demant D; Byron P; Oviedo-Trespalacios O; Saliba B; Newton JDA, 2024, 'The nexus between porn and psychosocial/psychosexual well-being among gay and bisexual men', Porn Studies, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23268743.2024.2335975
2024
Byron P; Newton JDA; Hanson O; Oviedo-Trespalacios O; Saliba B; Demant D, 2024, 'Social media, self-pornography, and gay/bisexual/queer men’s psychosexual wellbeing', Studies in Communication and Media, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 438 - 464, http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/2192-4007-2024-4-438
2024
Saliba B; Kang M; Wells N; Mao L; Prestage G; Hammoud MA, 2024, 'Hiding in Plain Sight: Highlighting the Research Gap on Access to HIV and other Sexual Health Services for Underrepresented Gay Men in Developed Western Countries – Insights from a Scoping Review with a Focus on Arab Men', Sexual Health, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH23131
2024
Lin, L. J., Saliba, B., Adams, J., & Peng, W. (2023). Prevalence and risk factors contributing to the occurrence of diabetes mellitus in Chinese international migrants: A narrative review. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 110560, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110560
2023
Demant D; Carroll JA; Saliba B; Bourne A, 2022, 'Information-seeking behaviours in Australian sexual minority men engaged in chemsex', Addictive Behaviors Reports, vol. 16, pp. 100399 - 100399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100399
2022
Demant D; Saliba B, 2020, 'Queer binge: harmful alcohol use among sexual minority young people in Australia', Public Health, vol. 179, pp. 18 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2019.09.022
2020
Ferguson C; DiGiacomo M; Saliba B; Green J; Moorley C; Wyllie A; Jackson D, 2016, 'First year nursing students’ experiences of social media during the transition to university: a focus group study', Contemporary Nurse, vol. 52, pp. 625 - 635, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2016.1205458
2016
Gallagher R; Sullivan A; Burke R; Hales S; Gillies G; Cameron J; Saliba B; Tofler G, 2013, 'Mild cognitive impairment, screening, and patient perceptions in heart failure patients', Journal of Cardiac Failure, 19, pp. 641 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.08.001
2013
Reports
Demant D; Manton D; Manton J; Saliba B; Avery S, 2025, 'Health Inequities in Australia: A Scoping Review on the Impact of Racism on Indigenous and Other Negatively Racialised Communities’ Health Outcomes and Healthcare Access', Australian Human Rights Commission, pp. 1 - 78. Health Inequities in Australia Scoping Report 2025
2025