HealthBulletin Journal

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• New resources for tackling Indigenous chronic disease and smoking
  January 10, 2012 Posted in: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers | Closing the gap | Current topics | Health promotion | Nutrition | Physical activity | Tobacco use | Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012 |

  Two new resources have been produced to help workers tackle the high rates of chronic disease and smoking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

• Elder from Crocodile Islands named Senior Australian of the Year
  January 30, 2012 Posted in: Caring for country | Current topics | Environment | Older people | Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012 |

  Aboriginal senior Elder, Laurie Baymarrwangga, has been honoured as the Senior Australian of the Year for preserving the culture and environment of East Arnhem Land.

• National standards and registration for Indigenous Health Practitioners
  March 7, 2012 Posted in: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers | Current topics | Policies | Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012 | Workforce |

  Standards for Indigenous Health Practitioners have been established by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia.

• Roadmap to close the gap for vision report launched
  March 12, 2012 Posted in: Closing the gap | Current topics | Eye health | Research | Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012 |

  The Indigenous Eye Health Unit at the University of Melbourne have released the full report of Roadmap to close the gap for vision, the first comprehensive framework that aims to ‘close the gap’ on Indigenous eye health.