This is a social media health promotion campaign about sexual choking. This harm reduction 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…
This podcast episode is from Hide and Seek produced by Joy Media on Joy 94.9FM. The host, Jon Kok, sat down with Jackie McMillan, a Senior Project Officer at Women’s Health NSW, to explore the growing trend of sexual strangulation and rough sex. This podcast will be useful to people engaging or considering engaging in sexual…
In June 2025, News.com.au ran an article about the UK banning pornography depicting strangulation. This article will be useful to people engaging in, or considering engaging in sexual choking, as well as service providers and healthcare providers working with people engaging in, or considering engaging in sexual choking. The article features comments by Karen Bevan,…
The lack of data about women’s experiences of strangulation in the context of domestic, family and sexual violence, and consensual sexual choking, impacts service providers’ ability to implement best practice screening and assessment. Developed in May 2025, this recorded training shares information gathered, and key insights learnt by Women’s Health NSW in rolling out the…
In June 2025, Newsroom (New Zealand) ran an article about health risks associated with sexual choking. This article will be useful to people engaging in, or considering engaging in sexual choking, as well as service providers and healthcare providers working with people engaging in, or considering engaging in sexual choking. It is written by a New Zealand…