This HealthEd podcast features Dr Frances Chen, from Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre, and focuses on strangulation in the context of domestic, family and sexual violence. Dr Chen discusses the role general practitioners (GP) play in women’s recovery after strangulation, emphasising that GPs are often the first person a women will disclose experiences of violence to. Dr…
This video is for service providers who work with men who use power and control in their relationships. It gives you some examples of ways you can raise sexual choking with men who use violence. Women’s health centres don’t just work with women, through events, partnerships and outreach, they connect with their whole community. To…
In October 2024, Healthed ran a clinical article entitled, ‘Non-fatal strangulation detection and management’. This article, written by Sophia Auld, discusses acute and chronic presentation and management of non-fatal strangulation in primary care settings. The article draws on the expertise of Dr Frances Chen, a general practitioner at Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre, and Dr…
Do you work in a service that has contact with women with experiences of strangulation or sexual choking? This trifold brochure outlines strangulation and sexual choking with relevant messages on when and where to seek help. This trifold brochure is provided as a print-ready PDF (CMYK) ready to be sent to a printer. It has…
In September 2024, The Guardian ran a media article entitled, ‘I think it’s natural’: why has sexual choking become so prevalent among young people? This article, by Jane Hone, discusses new Australian research on sexual choking which shows it is on the rise with young people, and includes lived expertise from people who engage in…