Sexual choking isn’t risk-free: Social media campaign

This is a social media health promotion campaign about sexual choking. This campaign is designed to build community knowledge relating to the risks of sexual choking, and support help-seeking behaviour. The evidence-informed approaches taken in each social media tile are drawn from Sexual choking: A health promotion approach.  The digital environment normalises sexual choking, making…

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Unseen damage: Recognising brain injury in domestic abuse

In this HealthEd podcast, Lara Graves, psychologist and researcher for the Salvation Army, explores the complex presentation of brain injuries as a result of domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV). Graves discusses the barriers to diagnosing and managing brain injuries caused by violence, emphasising the overlap between symptoms of brain injury, experiences of trauma, mood disorders…

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Detecting and managing mild brain injury from domestic abuse

In this HealthEd podcast, colleagues from the Mid Western Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program, Dr Josephine Braid, a Rehabilitation Medicine Physician, and Molly Banks, a Speech Pathologist and Program Manager, remind healthcare providers of the importance of investigating and managing brain injuries resulting from domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV). Dr Braid and Ms Banks explore…

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Non-fatal strangulation: Supporting patients in general practice

This webinar was put on by Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network for primary healthcare providers. It was designed to share the latest information on non-fatal strangulation in the context of domestic, family and sexual violence, and in consensual sexual choking. It focused on the important role primary healthcare providers play in identifying, screening…

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Sexual choking: A health promotion approach

This resource is for service providers and healthcare providers who want to take a health promotion approach to address sexual choking. By taking a health promotion approach to sexual choking, and focusing on improving health literacy and strengthening capability, we can we can equip people with the information they need to find ways to lower…

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