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Australian Women's Health Network

1 day ago

This Practice Framework is designed as a brief guide for practitioners and program designers to the principles and intervention style deemed essential for working with this population. It is best read in the context of a program curriculum such as the Positive Shift Curriculum or the University of Melbourne research reports on this topic. The framework is based on a research program about women who use force in a family context, which has included academic researchers from the University of Melbourne and Curtin University and service providers and users (Baptcare and Berry Street). #domesticviolence #PVAW #WAV @AWHealthNetwork ... See MoreSee Less

Kertesz, M., Humphreys, C. & Larance, L.Y. (2021). Interventions for women who use force in a family context: an Australian Practice Framework. Melbourne: University of Melbourne. – Violence Against Women and Children

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Australian Women's Health Network

2 days ago

The rates of physical violence experienced by men and women are comparable. For both, the perpetrator is far more likely to be male, however the contextual settings differ and are influenced by class, race, culture, aboriginality, sexuality and gender identity, disability and a range of other factors. The intersections of these and other kinds of life experiences are known as intersectionality and are discussed in more detail in the body of this paper awhn.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Health__Primary_Prevention_Violence_Against_Women_2ndEd.pdf #PVAW #VAW #domesticviolence #womenshealth #violenceagainstwomen @AWHealthNetwork ... See MoreSee Less

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Australian Women's Health Network

3 days ago

Before Kat Jamieson-Harwood began IVF, she expected her wife Kirsten to be there by her side. But COVID-19 meant that was no longer possible. "It's been really isolating, especially in a same-sex couple, you already have that fear that the other mother won't have a connection to the pregnancy or the baby," 33-year-old Kat from Brisbane says. "Kirsten felt very left out and sad." The pandemic has impacted individual and couples' fertility journeys in a lot different ways, including delays and going it alone. And there have also been some unexpected positives. #IVF #fertility #womenshealth @AWhealthNetwork ... See MoreSee Less

'It was scary, isolating': Couples reflect on facing IVF treatment during a pandemic - ABC Everyday

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The pandemic has impacted individual and couples' fertility journeys in a lot different ways, some distressing and others positively.

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