HealthBulletin Journal

Vol 3 No 2 April 2003 - June 2003

ISSN 1445-7253

Current topics

  • The First National Link-Up Conference – the success of Indigenous family tracing and reunion
    April 1, 2003 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 3 No 2 April 2003 - June 2003 |

    The inaugural National Link-Up Conference was held 18-20 March 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia. The conference focused on the Link-Up services established or enhanced as part of the implementation of recommendations from the Bringing them home report (view report). The Link-Up network facilitates tracing and reuniting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family members. The conference […]

  • HealthInfoNet at the 2003 National Rural Health Conference
    April 3, 2003 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 3 No 2 April 2003 - June 2003 |

    The 7th National Rural Health Conference was held in Hobart, Tasmania on 1-4 March, and addressed the theme ‘The art of science and community – sharing country know-how’. The National Aboriginal Community Control Health Organisation (NACCHO), the Australian Indigenous Doctor’s Association (AIDA), and the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (CATSIN) organised the […]

  • Commonwealth funding for new and improved Indigenous health facilities
    April 8, 2003 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 3 No 2 April 2003 - June 2003 |

    On the 27 March 2003, Senator Kay Patterson the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, announced the allocation of major funding for new and improved Indigenous health care facilities in urban, rural, and remote Australia. The funding is part of the Commonwealth funded Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Capital Works Program. Funding […]

  • Links to Commonwealth Budget 2003-04: information of relevance to Indigenous health
    May 14, 2003 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 3 No 2 April 2003 - June 2003 |

    Federal Treasurer Peter Costello delivered his eighth Commonwealth Budget on Tuesday evening, 13 May 2003. The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Indigenous health. Full Budget details Full Commonwealth Budget details are available at the official Budget website. Health and Ageing Portfolio Budget 2003 – 2004 2003-04 Portfolio Budget Statements […]

Brief reports

  • Successful completion of the Bachelor of Nursing by Indigenous people
    April 10, 2003 Posted in:

    Beryl Meiklejohn, Judy Ann Wollin, Yvonne Lorraine Cadet-James View PDF Abstract The number of Indigenous registered nurses (RNs) in Australia is disproportionately small when compared with the population numbers. Strategies to increase recruitment, retention and successful completion of the Bachelor of Nursing (BN) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have included: strong collaboration at School, […]