“Clearly, the surgical training system which has served Australians so well must be destroyed to advance the causes of gender feminism. Just pray you don’t get a brain tumour.”
An example from our research:
Survivors describe media scrutiny and gossip causing extensive harm. There are a number of examples in part III where survivors experience considerable harm from the processes designed to protect them. One example is the case of Caroline Tan in Australia. She won her case in court, but the following newspaper article and others did enormous damage.
Quaternary health promotion
Quaternary health promotion is about reducing the harms of the process of reporting, assessing and managing sexual harms.
If you are interested in this health promotion stage, you may wish to read the following chapters of our book:
Foreword: The Shame of Sexual Violence Is Not the Victim’s Burden to Carry
Part I: Context
8 Health Promotion Strategies to Reduce Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Part II: Learning From Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Part III: Learning From International Perspectives
Part IV: Looking To The Future
32 Cultural Change from Above and Within: Accountability in Leadership
33 Advocacy from the Ground Up
34 Looking to the Future: The View from Learners and Teachers throughout Medical Training
35 Recovery: Rehabilitating the Sense of Self
Quaternary health promotion targets:
Manage confidentiality and privacy
Ensuring worker’s rights to confidentiality are protected
Addressing inappropriate interpersonal communications in the team, including gossip, bullying and further harassment
Reduce re-traumatisation
Minimising discussion of the harassment to what is necessary to achieve outcomes