| The Western Australian Aboriginal Health Promotion Conference – Strong Communities, Our Stories, was held at the Burswood Convention Centre, Perth, on 29 October. A precursor to The WA Health Conference 2007 – Getting it right, the conference focused on key areas of Healthy Indigenous Partnerships, Leadership and Communities. The interactive style of the workshops provided an opportunity to share ideas and visions for the future. Keynote speakers were Kenneth George Wyatt and Kerrie Tim. Sponsors included the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, the Office of Aboriginal Health – Health Department of Western Australia and Healthway.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet staff, Neil Thomson and Amy Hardy, ran a HealthInternet café at the conference. We’d like to thank the conference participants who provided permission for us to display their photos here (click on the photos to enlarge). |
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Month: October 2007
Deadly Award for outstanding achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: Gracelyn Smallwood
The following information has been adapted from the Deadlys website.
Gracelyn Smallwood has won a major award at the 13th annual Deadlys, announced 27 September, 2007 at the Sydney Opera House. The Deadly Awards have become an important event on the Indigenous music and lifestyle calendar, celebrating the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in music and the arts, sport, education and health.
Gracelyn Smallwood is a Birrigubba-Kalkadoon South Sea Islander woman from Townsville whose career as grassroots nurse and midwife, and Indigenous health and human rights advocate spans 35 years. Gracelyn’s achievements include being a Director of Nursing, Associate Professor in Education and Health and a consultant to the World Health Organization and state and federal governments. Gracelyn was also the first Indigenous Australian to graduate with a Master of Science degree in Public Health HIV/AIDS at James Cook University in 1995. Gracelyn is currently completing her PhD and continues to work as a registered nurse and midwife as part of the Townsville and Aboriginal Islander Health Service’s Mums and Babies Program, which has seen a great reduction in low birth weights and perinatal deaths. In 2007, Gracelyn also successfully brought the issue of Indigenous deaths in custody to the attention of the media and repeatedly called for the implementation of the 339 recommendations of the Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody.
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- 2007 Deadly Awards
View web page: winners list
View website: The Deadlys
- 2007 Deadly Awards
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- Contact details:
- Vibe Australia, 26 and 28 Burton Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, ph: 02 9361 0140, fax: 02 9361 5850.
Working Out What Works: 16th Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Symposium
    The Working Out What Works: 16th Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Symposium was held in Perth, Western Australia, 18 -19 September 2007. The symposium focused on clinical research, policy & practice and drug regulations & practice, and while not Indigenous specific, many presentations detailed Indigenous issues. Keynote speakers included:
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet staff, Jane Burns and Amy Hardy, ran a HealthInternet café at the symposium. The event was sponsored by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Reckitt Benckiser and St John of God Healthcare. Collaborating organisations included the WA Drug and Alcohol Office, the National Drug Research Institute, Murdoch University, Curtin University of Technology, University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University and the Western Australian Network for Alcohol and Drug Agencies (WANADA).
We’d like to thank the symposium participants who provided permission for us to display their photos here (click on the photos to enlarge). |
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