Strengthening primary health care responses

The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse (the National Centre) is strengthening the capability of the primary health care workforce to better respond to children and adults who have experienced sexual violence and abuse, through the development of practice resources. The resources will be developed as part of a three-year project funded by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, and will support existing Primary Health Network Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence (FDSV) pilots.

Practical application of mandatory reporting for child sexual abuse

Primary Health Networks

This webinar provides additional contextual information on the practical application of mandatory reporting for child sexual abuse across Australia.

Easy read resource: Feeling safer at health services

Disability
Primary Health Networks
Workforce

As part of the Strengthening Primary Health Care Responses project, we commissioned the Council for Intellectual Disability to translate our Creating Safer Spaces resource.

Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

Primary Health Networks

Child sexual abuse is a public health issue. Listen as we discuss mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse across Australia for General Practitioners.

Create safer spaces in primary health care

Primary Health Networks
Trauma Informed

This tool supports practitioners to contribute to improved health outcomes for people who have experienced sexual violence and/or child sexual abuse by creating safer spaces.

Practice Prompts for Primary Health Care

Primary Health Networks
Trauma Informed
Workforce

This tool provides practitioners and workers practical support and guidance when engaging and speaking with people at risk or impacted by violence.

Enhancing the capability of Australia’s Primary Health Workforce to respond to child sexual abuse

Primary Health Networks
Workforce

This report provides an environmental scan of existing relevant knowledge resources available to and within the primary health care sector.

Strengthening General Practitioner responses to sexual violence in primary health care

Primary Health Networks
Trauma Informed
Workforce

Strengthening General Practitioner responses to child sexual abuse in primary health care

Primary Health Networks
Workforce

This resource shares practice considerations for GPs to support them in their critical role of identifying, reporting and responding to sexual violence.

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The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse (National Centre) respectfully acknowledges and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nations and pay our respects to ancestors and Elders past and present. We recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, culture and lore continue to lead Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and acknowledge the tireless work to pursue justice outcomes for children and young people.

The National Centre supports decisions affecting people’s lives being fundamentally informed by those people. And upholds truth telling and agreement making for justice as essential components of healing.

We seek to honour the lived and living expertise of all victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, harnessing all ages, cultures, abilities and backgrounds, and commit to substantially addressing the harm of child sexual abuse, now and well into the future.

We recognise that there are children and young people today who are experiencing sexual abuse and dedicate ourselves to doing all we can to expedite and promote their effective protection and care.

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