Hi WAIHPN yarning place members!
Here is the latest update from the WA state web resource on the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet with a list of recent programs, resources, news, and upcoming jobs, courses and events that might be of interest and help promote health in WA. The WAIPHN yarning place currently has 473 mob members you might like to have a yarn with and there are 25 upcoming events that you may like to participate in. The WA state web page has had 9,636 visitors in the last year, so invite your colleagues to take a look and to join the WAIHPN yarning place to become involved with current health topics happening in WA. We welcome feedback from our users so that we can provide you with the best information to suit your needs. Let us know what you think by emailing me (p.ohara@ecu.edu.au) with any suggestions.
Kind regards
Trish O'Hara
WAIHPN Coordinator
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
News
Dockers' high flyer Michael Walters hopes to tackle Indigenous suicide problem
Mobile community justice centre proposed to help address FASD in Kimberley, WA
New program to help Aboriginal mothers aims to prevent new Stolen Generation
Some Aboriginal children in WA prefer detention than home: Chief Justice
Expression of Interest for Quitskills training South Hedland
Learn 40 Aboriginal hand signs used to communicate across Western Australia’s desert
Tuberculosis active in Western Australia's Kimberley region, but health expert says risk is very low
$2.5 million to keep RFDS flying high in WA
(To read more WA news click here)
New and updated programs
St John of God Social outreach (Current)
Nyungar wardan katitjin bidi - Derbal nara (People's ocean knowledge trail of Cockburn Sound and districts) (Current)
Diabetes education and self-management for ongoing and newly diagnosed (DESMOND) (Current)
Better cardiac care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (Current)
National coalition for suicide prevention (Current)
(Check out full list of programs in WA here)
Newly added publications
Reports
This is me: Aboriginal young people's stories
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people speak out
'Listen to us': using the views of WA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people to improve policy and service delivery
WA chronic conditions self-management strategic framework 2011-2015
Journal articles
An investigation into the foot health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a literature review
'Tough on crime': discrimination by another name - the legacy of mandatory sentencing in Western Australia
Keeping cultural knowledge with Indigenous research protocols: a case study on the Kimberley land council's intellectual property and traditional knowledge policy
Aboriginal world views and colonisation: implications for coastal sustainability
Men, hearts and minds: developing and piloting culturally specific psychometric tools assessing psychosocial stress and depression in central Australian Aboriginal men
'Red dust homelessness': housing, home and homelessness in remote Australia
Environmental attributable fractions in remote Australia: the potential of a new approach for local public health action
Thesis
Factors affecting West Australian Indigenous community members' health behaviour: a qualitative study
Integrated in a segregated society: FASD and disability in the Kimberley, Western Australia
(To see more publications available in WA, click here. To read the AIHealth Bulletin click here )
New resources
Anti smoking radio ads (Audiovisual)
Kimberley weed cards (Electronic source)
Murumpu wangka! Kukatja hand talk (Audiovisual)
Speak up - do something about it (Audiovisual)
(To see more resources for WA, click here.)
Courses and training
Care coordination - Workshop 2 - West Perth, WA (20 August 2015)
Kununurra Dog health program training course - Kununurra, WA (25 -26 August 2015)
Working therapeutically with adult survivors of complex trauma - Perth, WA (27 - 28 August 2015)
Care coordination - Workshop 3 - West Perth, WA (27 August 2015)
Stay on your feet: Build your balance - West Perth, WA (1 September 2015)
Ways of working with Aboriginal people - Part 1 - Mount Lawley, WA (3 September 2015)
Inaugural Falls Management Multidisciplinary Study Day - Nedlands, WA (9 September 2015)
Suicide prevention in Aboriginal communities - Geraldton - Geraldton, WA (17 - 18 September 2015)
(More courses and training opportunities available in WA here)
Events and conferences
An introduction to motivational interviewing - Perth, WA (27 August 2015)
Working therapeutically with adult survivors of complex trauma - Perth, WA (27 - 28 August 2015)
2015 Western Australian medication safety group symposium - Perth, WA (22 September 2015)
(More events and conferences in WA here)
Scholarships, funding and awards
WAAMH Mental Health Week 2015 grants - Non recurrent (closing date 23 August 2015)
Community garden grants - Recurrent (closing date not specified)
(To see more funding opportunities available in WA, click here)
Jobs
Municipal Services Officer - Ngaanyatjarra Council (Aboriginal Corporation) Central Desert, WA (closing date 28 August 2015)
Environmental Health Officer - Shire of Ashburton, WA (closing date 27 August 2015)
Drug and Alcohol Prevention Officer - Hope Community Services, Kalgoorlie, Goldfields and Esperance (closing date 31 August 2015)
(Check out our full list of jobs in WA here)
Connect with us! Check out the WAIHPN Twitter account. We currently have 355 followers so come join us to keep on top of Indigenous health issues in WA.
Hi WAIHPN yarning place members!
Here is the latest round up from the WA state web resource on the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet with a list of recent programs, resources, news, and upcoming jobs, courses and events that might be of interest and help promote health in WA. If you haven't checked out the new Preventing Aboriginal Maternal Smoking WA (PAMSWA)portal, take a look now! The WAIPHN yarning place currently has 473 mob members you might like to have a yarn with, or invite your colleagues to join to become involved with current health topics happening in WA. We welcome feedback from our users so that we can provide you with the best information to suit your needs. Let us know what you think by emailing me (p.ohara@ecu.edu.au) with any suggestions.
Kind regards
Trish O'Hara
WAIHPN Coordinator
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
News
Transferring knowledge to the new primary health networks
Australia Post announces One Netball Community award winners
Plan to give first-time offenders in Western Australia a chance to avoid criminal charges
Suicide prevention training for Bunbury Aboriginal Health Workers
'Interventionist' welfare card that bans purchase of alcohol gains backing of Kununurra Aboriginal leaders
Student vets helping to improve dog health in outback Western Australia
Storylines exhibition explores WA Indigenous history through photographs
Healthy relationship
Embracing our culture: Johnson
Indigenous program gets $10k
(To read more WA news click here)
New and updated programs
'Connecting tracks': exploring the roles of an Aboriginal cancer support network (Completed)
Aboriginal ambulance services project (Current)
Kimberley nature project (Completed)
Girls academy (Current)
(Check out full list of programs in WA here)
Newly added publications
Reports
Overview of Remote Education Systems qualitative results
Injury prevention in Western Australia: a review of statewide activity for selected injury areas
Journal articles
Re-orienting a remote acute care model towards a primary health care approach: key enablers
Molecular epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae using multi-antigen sequence typing and pulse-field gel electrophoresis in highly endemic Western Australian populations
Conference Presentation
Diabetic retinopathy screening for Indigenous Australians in the Kimberley
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners and workers: strengthening professional skills through CPD
Improving Aboriginal heart health in Western Australia: bringing everyone on the journey
Comparing risks of cerebral palsy in births to Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers
(To see more publications available in WA, click here. To read the AIHealth Bulletin click here )
New resources
IHHP Broome - Stand up (Audiovisual)
Breathe clearly, live healthy, quit smoking (Audiovisual)
Synergies: Walking Together - Belonging to Country (Djena Koorliny Danjoo Boodjar-ang) (Audiovisual)
(To see more resources for WA, click here.)
Courses and training
2015 Workshops from Indigenous Psychological Services - Perth, WA (29 -30 July 2015)
Kununurra Dog health program training course - Kununurra, WA (Onsite 25 -26 August 2015)
(More courses and training opportunities available in WA here)
Events and conferences
What is volatile substance use? - Perth, WA (4 August 2015)
Using the 'relationship' to work with complex young people - Perth, WA (18 August 2015)
Working therapeutically with adult survivors of complex trauma - Perth, WA (27 - 28 August 2015)
(More events and conferences in WA here)
Scholarships, funding and awards
Cancer Council WA Oceania tobacco control conference 2015 scholarship - Non-recurrent (closing date 31 July 2015)
ECU Department of Health (WA) Aboriginal Scholarship - Non-current (closing date 3 August 2015)
(To see more funding opportunities available in WA, click here)
Jobs
Indigenous Outreach Worker - Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service, Perth, WA (closing date 28 July 2015)
Senior Policy Officer - East Perth - WA Health, East Perth, WA (closing date 31 July 2015)
Chronic Kidney Disease Educator - Kimberley Aboriginal and Medical Services (KAMS), Derby, WA (closing date 31 July 2015)
(Check out our full list of jobs in WA here)
Connect with us! Check out the WAIHPN Twitter account. We currently have 352 followers so come join us to keep on top of Indigenous health issues in WA.
Dear WAIHPN mob members,
This is an update from the WA state web resource on the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (AIH) about expressions of interest for training on how to get the best use of the Preventing Aboriginal Maternal Smoking WAportal and PAMSWA yarning place.
Following the successful launch of the Preventing Aboriginal Maternal Smoking WA portal in June this year, training workshops for maternal and child health (MCH) workers and tobacco prevention staff in the use of the HealthInfoNet site and yarning places (with a specific focus on the maternal smoking prevention portal) are scheduled to be delivered within the next four months.
The training will be coordinated by AIH using a similar format to the existing HealthInfoNet workshops that are delivered to the Indigenous health workforce. Participants will be recruited for this training via the list of those people who have registered for the yarning places and through the former AMSSU’s contact list of MCH service providers in WA.
There will be provision for two to four training sessions (one to two hours in length) within the Perth metropolitan region. The first training session is proposed to take place in September at the HealthInfoNet offices at Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley campus.
The training will cover how to access and use the portal information and resources most effectively and how to register for the yarning place and connect with other service providers on the site.
By participating in a face-to-face learning experience on the portal and yarning place, and having the opportunity to ask questions and seek support, it is expected members will not only engage with the site to effectively utilise the information and resources, but will also establish connections with their peers.
For further information or to express interest in attending the training please contact:
Trish O’Hara via email at p.ohara@ecu.edu.au.
Please note: training sessions will take place when sufficient numbers of participants have registered their interest.
Kind regards
Trish O’Hara
WAIHPN Coordinator
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Hi WAIHPN yarning place members!
Here is the latest round up from the WA state web resource on the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet with a list of recent programs, resources, news, and upcoming jobs, courses and events that might be of interest and help promote health in WA. Check out the new Preventing Aboriginal Maternal Smoking WA (PAMSWA) portal launched on the 29 June 2015. The WAIPHN yarning place currently has 472 mob members you might like to have a yarn with, or invite your colleagues to join to become involved with current health topics happening in WA. We welcome feedback from our users so that we can provide you with the best information to suit your needs. Let us know what you think by emailing me (p.ohara@ecu.edu.au) with any suggestions.
Kind regards
Trish O'Hara
WAIHPN Coordinator
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
News
Kimberley Indigenous community 'devastated' after camels killed with arrows
Simplifying diagnosis of diabetes in remote Indigenous settings
Western Australia to introduce the Custody notification service and other correctional reforms
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet launches new portal to tackle Aboriginal maternal smoking in WA
No-grog cashless welfare card trial set for WA’s north
Indigenous cattlemen complete pastoral skills course in the Kimberley
Let's talk cancer prevention and living with cancer
New bid to tackle rheumatic heart disease rates
Urgent action needed to tackle ear disease in Indigenous children
Aboriginal community relations officer program could be rolled out across WA: Police Minister Liza Harvey
Mid-west, Goldfields' Indigenous communities await WA Government's advisory councils
Amnesty report shows WA Aboriginal children 53 times more likely to be jailed than peers
(To read more WA news click here)
New and updated programs
Aboriginal grassroots netball program (Current)
Quality improvement in practice: improving diabetes care and patient outcomes in Aboriginal community controlled health services (Completed)
Using HbA1c to simplify diabetes screening in remote Aboriginal communities (Completed)
Good family tucker pilot project (Completed)
Mental health and culture project (Current)
Nuff of the puff (Current)
Home renovations and maintenance project (HRMP) (Current)
Metropolitan capacity building project (Current)
Fighting, alcohol and offending: interventions targeting Aboriginal girls (Current)
The Stolen Generations healing project (Completed)
Carnarvon community men's group (Current)
(Check out full list of programs in WA here)
Newly added publications
Reports
A promising future: WA Aboriginal health programs: review of performance with recommendations for consolidation and advance
Western Australia's mothers and babies, 2012: 30th annual report of the Western Australian Midwifes' Notification System
'There is always a brighter future'. Keeping Indigenous kids in the community and out of detention in Western Australia
Soft drink consumption in Aboriginal communities [infographic]
Evaluation of the Aboriginal Tobacco Control Project: final report
The link between Indigenous culture and wellbeing: qualitative evidence for Australian Aboriginal peoples
Journal articles
Inter-rater reliability of the Hayes Ability Screening Index in a sample of Australian prisoners
Influence of offence type and prior imprisonment on risk of death following release from prison: a whole-population linked data study
'Connecting tracks': exploring the roles of an Aboriginal women's cancer support network
The value of partnerships: lessons from a multi-site evaluation of a national social and emotional wellbeing program for Indigenous youth
Hyperfiltration in Indigenous Australians with and without diabetes
Conference Presentation
Co-located pharmacy improves patient engagement within an Aboriginal primary health care service
(To see more publications available in WA, click here. To read the AIHealth Bulletin click here )
New resources
Let's make their world smoke free (Poster)
Tobacco free pregnancy (Booklet)
Sticking to Treatment (Audiovisual)
(To see more resources for WA, click here.)
Courses and training
Trauma informed care training for health professionals - Heal for Life Foundation, NSW, WA (On-site date not specified)
Sexuality & relationships education for school educators - university unit - Curtin University, Bentley, WA (Semester 2 2015)
An introduction to Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders - Mental Health Commission, (Online short course)
First aid course - St John, WA (Onsite delivery - no fee payable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants)
(More courses and training opportunities available in WA here)
Events and conferences
NAIDOC Netball carnival - Perth, WA (8 July 2015)
15th International symposium of the World Society of Victimology - Perth, WA (5 -9 July 2015)
Healthway's annual research seminar - Floreat, WA (21 July 2015)
Improving health services for disadvantaged women forum - Crawley, WA (24 July 2015)
What is volatile substance use? - Perth, WA (4 August 2015)
(More events and conferences in WA here)
Scholarships, funding and awards
Cancer Council WA Oceania tobacco control conference 2015 scholarship - Non-recurrent (closing date 31 July 2015)
ECU Department of Health (WA) Aboriginal Scholarship - Non-current (closing date 3 August 2015)
(To see more funding opportunities available in WA, click here)
Jobs
Indigenous Outreach Worker - South West Aboriginal Medical Service, Bunbury & South West, WA (closing date 17 July 2015)
Environmental Health and Safety Officer - Pilbara Meta Maya Regional Aboriginal Corporation, Port Hedland, Karratha & Pilbara, WA (closing date 21 July 2015)
Chronic Kidney Disease Educator - Kimberley Aboriginal and Medical Services (KAMS), Derby, WA (closing date 31 July 2015)
(Check out our full list of jobs in WA here)
Connect with us! Check out the WAIHPN Twitter account. We currently have 349 followers so come join us to keep on top of Indigenous health issues in WA.
Hi WAIHPN yarning place members!
Here is the latest round up from the WA state web resource on the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet with a list of recent programs, resources, news, and upcoming jobs, courses and events that might be of interest and help promote health in WA. The WAIPHN yarning place currently has 466 mob members you might like to have a yarn with, or invite your colleagues to join to become involved with current health topics happening in WA. We welcome feedback from our users so that we can provide you with the best information to suit your needs. Let us know what you think by emailing me (p.ohara@ecu.edu.au) with any suggestions.
Kind regards
Trish O'Hara
WAIHPN Coordinator
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
News
Double celebration as wife follows husband
WA Government funding new program to keep Indigenous children out of jail
History-making windfall set 'new direction' for Aboriginal Legal Service of WA
EON receives renewed support from the Bass Family Foundation
Aboriginal rights in focus
Rangelands NRM WA secures National landcare programme funding
Children 'safer on the street' avoiding family members using ice, forum told
TAFE Western Aboriginal Elder of the year Albert Ryan a family man
Noongar Elder Robert Isaacs named Western Australian of the Year
Oceania tobacco control conference 2015- Healthway capacity building scholarships available
Funding for Aboriginal centre
Overhaul for Indigenous spending
(To read more WA news click here)
New and updated programs
Pilbara Aboriginal heart health program (Current)
Plumbing Trades Employees Union Indigenous apprenticeship program (Current)
Yoka yaanginy healthy activity programme (Not specified)
Waru (fire) program (Current)
Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa men's ranger program (Current)
Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa women's ranger program (Current)
The Martu living deserts project (Warrarnpa Kana) (Current)
RamCan recycling project (Completed)
Zero waste project (Bunna Yarlinya) (Completed)
Intergenerational trauma program (Current)
Mungullah clean up program (Completed)
Support and tenant education program (STEP) (Current)
(Check out full list of programs in WA here)
Newly added publications
Reports
A promising future: WA Aboriginal health programs: review of performance with recommendations for consolidation and advance
Delivering essential services to remote Aboriginal communities
Aboriginal children and young people's education
Regional and remote areas: the impact on the wellbeing of WA children and young people
Maternal and infant health
Western Australia PBC funding and training guide: a guide to funding, training programs, services and other resources relevant to Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs)
National trachoma surveillance annual report, 2012
Journal articles
Changing mortality patterns in Kimberley Aborigines
Strengthening primary health care: achieving health gains in a remote region of Australia
Incidence and predictors of cognitive impairment and dementia in Aboriginal Australians: A follow-up study of 5 years
Book
The West Australian Indigenous storybook: celebrating and sharing good news stories: the Gascoyne edition
(To see more publications available in WA, click here. To read the AIHealth Bulletin click here )
New resources
This month all WA resources listed focus on the prevention of smoking and in particular smoking while pregnant.
'Mary G' campaign (Audiovisual)
A best practice model for health promotion programs in Aboriginal communities: based on the Formative Evaluation of the Kuwinyuwardu Aboriginal Resource Unit Gascoyne Healthy Lifestyle Program written by Royden James Howie [brochure] (2000) (Brochure)
Getting the best start – protecting our children and pregnant women from second hand smoke (Brochure)
Gunja and tobacco – even more risky together (2013) (Brochure)
How your baby grows! (2008) (Booklet)
Newborns asthma parental smoking project: Indigenous women's project resources (2009) (Resource package)
Reducing the risk of SIDS (Brochure)
Tomorrow's dream advert (2013)
Western Australian Quitline Aboriginal liaison project resource package (Resource package)
When you smoke, your kids smoke too! (Poster)
(To see more resources for WA, click here.)
Courses and training
Cancer education for Aboriginal Health Professionals Perth - Cancer Council WA - Perth, WA (8 -12 June 2015)
Cultural ways of responding to injecting drug - AOD - Mt Lawley, WA (9 June 2015)
Quitskills smoking cessation training for Indigenous smoking - AMSSU & Quitskills SA - Broome, WA (10 -12 June 2015) Perth, WA (15 -17 June 2015)
Arthritis and Osteoporosis WA workshop - Arthritis & Osteoporosis WA - Shenton Park, WA (26 - 27 June 2015 apply online)
(More courses and training opportunities available in WA here)
Events and conferences
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder forum: training clinic - TBC, WA (16 June 2015)
Role of the registered nurse in the contemporary aged care setting - Bentley, WA (18 June 2015)
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association professional networking forum - Broome, WA (24 June 2015)
Training of trainers: building a network of new community educators on Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - Mount Hawthorn, WA (3 July 2015)
15th International symposium of the World Society of Victimology - Perth, WA (5 -9 July 2015)
(More events and conferences in WA here)
Scholarships, funding and awards
Coastwest grants program - Recurrent (closing date not specified)
ECU Department of Health (WA) Aboriginal Scholarship - Non-current (closing date 3 August 2015)
PHAA WA branch scholarship offer - Non-recurrent (closing date 7 July 2015)
(To see more funding opportunities available in WA, click here)
Jobs
Aboriginal Health Worker - (recruitment pool) - WA Health, Eastern Wheat belt, WA (closing date 22 June 2015)
(Check out our full list of jobs in WA here)
Connect with us! Check out the WAIHPN Twitter account. We currently have 345 followers so come join us to keep on top of Indigenous health issues in WA.
Hi WAIHPN mob members,
Here is an update from the WA state web resource on the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet about the PHAA WA scholarship offer to attend the Population Health Congress in September 2015.
With the aim of building the skills and capacity of their members PHAA (WA branch) is offering two scholarships to attend the Population Health Congress 2015 to be held 6 - 9 September 2015 in Hobart, Tasmania.The Population Health Congress provides an excellent opportunity for learning about public health developments in Australia and internationally, potential career opportunities and building links with like-minded public health professionals. The Conference titled: One vision, many voices will present a unique opportunity to hear and engage with public health experts, and to contribute to the contemporary public health debate.
Applications close 3 July 2015. Please see attached file for further information or contact PHAA at phaa@curtin.edu.au.
Kind regards
Trish O’Hara
WAIHPN Coordinator
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
To reply to EVERYONE on WAIHPN message stick (including sender): emsg_waihpn@healthinfonet.org.au
Hi WAIHPN yarning place members!
Here is an update from the WA state web resource on the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet about the deadline extension for the WA Disability Health Framework consultation survey.
There is still opportunity for you to have your say in the consultation of the draft WA Disability Health Framework: improving the health care of people with disability. The Framework outlines priorities for all areas of the health system, the disability sector and the community to focus their efforts towards improving the health outcomes of people with disability.
The online survey closes Wednesday 17 June 2015 and takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. The draft Framework is available in both Office Word and PDF versions.
Anyone with an interest or involvement in improving the health of people with disability is invited to participate in the consultation to help shape this important Framework.
Alternatively if your organisation/service would like to hold a more targeted face-to-face feedback session with your staff or members, please contact us for support in doing so. If you have any queries, please email or phone (08) 9222 0200 the Disability Health Network.
Abstract submissions for the 2015 Oceania Tobacco Control Conference (OTCC) are closing soon on 29 May 2015. OTCC is looking for quality and innovative abstract that reflect the conference theme - Tobacco in Oceania: Achievements and aspirations. For more information visit www.otcc2015.org.au
Hi WAIHPN yarning place members!
Here is the latest round up from the WA state web resource on the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet with a list of recent programs, resources, news, and upcoming jobs, courses and events that might be of interest and help promote health in WA. The WAIPHN yarning place currently has 462 mob members you might like to have a yarn with, or invite your colleagues to join to become involved with current health topics happening in WA. We are also pleased to announce the launch of the new Preventing Aboriginal Maternal Smoking WA yarning place. Please join up and support the prevention of Aboriginal maternal smoking in WA. We welcome feedback from our users so that we can provide you with the best information to suit your needs. Let us know what you think by emailing me (p.ohara@ecu.edu.au) with any suggestions.
Kind regards
Trish O'Hara
WAIHPN Coordinator
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
News
Kimberley dental team founder Jan Owen claims WA Volunteer of the Year award
Water in remote WA communities found to be unsafe
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons: Celebrate Indigenous health achievements
Warmun Indigenous community turns to crowdfunding to protect Gija language
Spinifex people return to country for conservation planning
At-risk Indigenous youth program funding altered after WA review finds some ineffective
Home-grown Derby girl to be town's first Aboriginal doctor
Aboriginal community safety - Open space forum
Pilbara mobs share experiences of pathways to sustainable ranger groups
AMSSU leads successful health promotion course in Broome
Kimberley healing
Quitskills smoking cessation training for Indigenous smoking
(To read more WA news click here)
New and updated programs
Aboriginal driver training (Current)
Kalyakool moort - Always family (Current)
FIREPLAN: fire management for the savanna community (Completed)
Murujuga ranger programme (Current)
Tobacco and healthy lifestyles (Current)
Yarning it up (Current)
Ngaanyatjarra Health Service environmental health program (Current)
Aboriginal child health team (Child and Adolescent Community Health) Current)
(Check out full list of programs in WA here)
Newly added publications
Reports
School Breakfast Program evaluation reports
Foodbank WA – School Breakfast Program Research final report
Journal articles
Exploring undergraduate midwifery students' readiness to deliver culturally secure care for pregnant and birthing Aboriginal women
Three weeks in the desert: engaging with Indigenous communities
An ethnographic action research study to investigate the experiences of Bindjareb women participating in the cooking and nutrition component of an Aboriginal health promotion programme in regional Western Australia
Ecological model of Australian Indigenous men’s health
Youth empowerment and information and communication technologies: a case study of a remote Australian Aboriginal community
Thesis
Action research to build the capacity of Nyikina Indigenous Australians
(To see more publications available in WA, click here. To read the AIHealth Bulletin click here )
New resources
Remote hope (Audiovisual)
So, you want a ranger team to help care for country? (Poster)
FASD and the justice system (Audiovisual)
Sharing the dreaming [mobile application] (Electronic source)
Puyu paki (Don't smoke - give it up) (Audiovisual)
(To see more resources for WA, click here.)
Courses and training
Applying situational prevention principles to ensure child safe workplaces - Anglicare WA - West Perth, WA (4 - 5 June 2015 apply online)
Cancer education for Aboriginal Health Professionals Perth - Cancer Council WA - Perth, WA (8 -12 June 2015)
Cultural ways of responding to injecting drug - AOD - Mt Lawley, WA (9 June 2015)
Quitskills smoking cessation training for Indigenous smoking - AMSSU & Quitskills SA - Broome, WA (10 -12 June 2015) Perth, WA (15 -17 June 2015)
Arthritis and Osteoporosis WA workshop - Arthritis & Osteoporosis WA - Shenton Park, WA (26 - 27 June 2015 apply online)
(More courses and training opportunities available in WA here)
Events and conferences
Improving mental health services for Aboriginal children and young people - East Perth, WA (19 May 2015)
Kimberley Aboriginal Environmental Health Working Group forum - Kimberley, WA (19 - 20 May 2015)
Diabetes Western Australia Aboriginal health forum - Bentley, WA (28 May 2015)
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association professional networking forum - Broome, WA (24 June 2015)
(More events and conferences in WA here)
Scholarships, funding and awards
Aboriginal cadetship program - Recurrent (closing date not specified)
Roberta Sykes Harvard Club scholarship Recurrent (not specified)
(To see more funding opportunities available in WA, click here)
Jobs
Moorditj Ngoorndiak Mentor - Wirrapanda Foundation, Rockingham & Kwinana, WA (closing 22 May 2015)
Aboriginal Prevention Officer - Palmerston, Albany & Great Southern, WA (closing date 25 May 2015)
Aboriginal Health Worker - (recruitment pool) - WA Health, Western Wheat belt, WA (closing date 29 June 2015)
(Check out our full list of jobs in WA here)
Connect with us! Check out the WAIHPN Twitter account. We currently have 343 followers so come join us to keep on top of Indigenous health issues in WA.
Hi WAIHPN yarning place members!
Here is the latest round up from the WA state web resource on the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet with a list of recent programs, resources, news, and upcoming jobs, courses and events that might be of interest and help promote health in WA. The WAIPHN yarning place currently has 444 mob members you might like to have a yarn with, or invite your colleagues to join to become involved with current health topics happening in WA. We welcome feedback from our users so that we can provide you with the best information to suit your needs. Let us know what you think by emailing me (p.ohara@ecu.edu.au) with any suggestions.
Kind regards
Trish O'Hara
WAIHPN Coordinator
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
News
State of imprisonment: lopsided incarceration rates blight West
Patrick Tjungurrayi: Bringing the gift of better health
Asbestos audit of Aboriginal community houses to be widened
Sustainable garden workshop a success in Bega
Yawuru runner completes North Pole Marathon
Broome runner to become first Indigenous Australian to tackle North Pole marathon
Every Australian should know some Indigenous words
Perth 2015 Cancer education course for Aboriginal health professionals
Productive jobs breathe life into desert outposts
(To read more WA news click here)
New and updated programs
Swan Nyungar sports education program (Current)
Restoring connections between people and land project (Not specified)
Ten deserts (Current)
Juvenile delinquency: Developmental pathways in WA children project (Current)
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnostic instrument trial and implementation (Current)
Understanding Aboriginal women's knowledge, attitudes and practice about alcohol and pregnancy (Completed)
Standard on culturally secure practice (alcohol and other drug sector) program
(Check out full list of programs in WA here)
Newly added publications
Reports
Journal articles
Factors affecting Indigenous West Australians' health behavior: Indigenous perspectives
Real-time teleophthalmology in rural Western Australia
Thesis
An urban aboriginal health and wellbeing program: participant perceptions
(To see more publications available in WA, click here. To read the AIHealth Bulletin click here )
New resources
Give up the smokes (Audiovisual)
Eat good tucker and get active (Audiovisual)
(To see more resources for WA, click here.)
Courses and training
Asthma educators course WA - Asthma Foundation WA - Perth, WA (15-17 June 2015 apply online)
Applying situational prevention principles to ensure child safe workplaces - Anglicare - Perth, WA (4 -5 June 2015 apply online)
Cancer education for Aboriginal Health Professionals Perth - Cancer Council WA - Perth, WA (8 -12 June 2015)
(More courses and training opportunities available in WA here)
Events and conferences
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association professional networking forum -Mandurah, WA (22 April 2015)
Aboriginal Health Workforce Workshop - Perth, WA (12 May 2015)
Queering recovery - Mt Lawley, WA (1 May 2015)
ACN nursing and health expo - Perth, WA (1 May 2015)
Diabetes Western Australia Aboriginal health forum - Bentley, WA (28 May 2015)
(More events and conferences in WA here)
Scholarships, funding and awards
Kimberley cane toad clean up programme - Ongoing (closing date not specified)
(To see more funding opportunities available in WA, click here)
Jobs
Registered nurses (renal dialysis) - Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Ltd, Kimberley, WA (closing date not specified)
Health Promotions Officer (x2) - Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service Inc., Perth, WA (closing date 22 April 2015)
Community Mental Health Worker - Ruah Community Services, Perth, WA
Drug and Alcohol Prevention Officer - Hope Community Service, Kalgoorlie, Goldfields & Esperance, WA (closing date 24 April 2015)
Chronic Health Nurse - QNA Healthcare Services Pty Ltd, Broome & Kimberley, WA (closing date 23 April 2015)
Aboriginal Health Worker - (recruitment pool) - WA Health, Western Wheat belt, WA (closing date 29 June 2015)
(Check out our full list of jobs in WA here)
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Helping to 'close the gap' by providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
