Sexual Assault

 

Queensland Health's role in responding to recent victims of sexual assault is to provide medical care, forensic examinations, crisis counselling and information.

There are a range of health and counselling services available across Queensland Health, such as sexual health, mental health (including the Victim Support Service), alcohol, tobacco and other drugs service (ATODS) and community health services.

Free counselling is available for adult victims of sexual assault. See the Help, Assistance & Contacts page  for listings of Queensland Health funded sexual assault services.

Publications

• Review of Queensland Health responses to adult victims of sexual assault  (2009)
• Spall Watters Feedback Paper - Moving Forward Information Sesions  (2009)
• The Interagency guidelines for responding to adult victims of sexual assault  (2001)

The links below provide further information.

Queensland resources

• Violence against women
• Schoolies- Sex and you
• Child Safety (providing information and other resources across a range of child safety issues including child sexual abuse)
• Queensland Police Adult Sexual Assault resource
• Victim Assist Queensland

Australian resources

• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Australian Institute of Family Studies (foremost centre for research and information on family wellbeing)
• Education Centre Against Violence (a NSW Health training and resource facility in the areas of child abuse, sexual assault and Aboriginal family violence)
• Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Forensic and Medical Sexual Assault Clinicians Australia (FAMSAC)
• Australian Federal Police, Human Trafficking Team (The AFP's Human Trafficking Team investigates crimes of human trafficking (both international and domestic), sexual servitude, debt bondage, forced labour and slavery.)

Help, Assistance & Contacts



If you have been sexually assaulted recently or in the past and would like assistance, the options are to speak to any or all of the following:

• the Statewide Sexual Assault Helpline on 1800 010 120 (Free Call). This is a free confidential service open 7.30am to 11.30pm, 7 days a week.
• a doctor or health practitioner
• Queensland Police (000 for emergencies, 131 444 for non-emergency contact)
• Australian Federal Police, Human Trafficking Team: 3222 1230
• a Sexual Assault Service in your local area (listing available here).

Last Updated: 10 December 2009
Last Reviewed: 10 December 2009