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Vol 5 No 4, October 2005 - December 2005

ISSN 1445-7253

Current topics

  • Launch of the Indigenous women’s report card 2005 in Western Australia
    October 3, 2005 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 5 No 4, October 2005 - December 2005 |

    The following summary has been adapted from information provided by the Office for Women’s Policy, Perth and a media release by Sheila McHale, Minister for Women’s Interests.) The Indigenous women’s report card 2005 was launched on 12 September 2005 at the Indigenous controlled health service, Derbarl Yerrigan, Perth, Western Australia. At the event Sheila McHale, […]

  • Launch of the book In our own right: black Australian nurses’ stories
    November 1, 2005 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 5 No 4, October 2005 - December 2005 |

    The following summary has been adapted from media releases and information provided by CATSIN, and eContent Management) The book In our own right: black Australian nurses’ stories was launched in Canberra by Steve Larkin, Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), on 28 September 2005. Invited guests included Dr […]

  • The Aboriginal Health Promotion Conference 2005 introduces the Western Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network
    December 6, 2005 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 5 No 4, October 2005 - December 2005 |

    The Aboriginal Health Promotion Conference: Taking Control: Our Health, Our Future, held in Fremantle, Western Australia from November 2-4, was organised by the WA Department of Health’s Office of Aboriginal Health and the Department of Health and Ageing. The 2005 conference sub-themes were: What works? Local and national programs which create healthy communities Working together […]

  • Launch of the Indigenous Road Safety Community of Practice
    December 19, 2005 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 5 No 4, October 2005 - December 2005 |

    The HealthInfoNet has recently created a new series of web pages to support the development of the Indigenous Road Safety Community of Practice (view webpages). The road safety web pages combine web-based information resources with additional electronic information services that encourage people to share information, knowledge and experience – even when they live in different […]

Reviews

  • Cultural respect and related concepts: a brief summary of the literature
    October 10, 2005 Posted in:

    Neil Thomson Extract from introduction Shortcomings in the way that the health care system addresses the needs of Australia’s Indigenous peoples have been recognised for many years… The Australian cultural respect framework [has] benefited not only from the earlier work undertaken in Western Australia on cultural security, but also related developments in other countries – […]

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