Sentences with phrase «indigenous health and wellbeing»

• #LowitjaConf2016 — the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016 in Melbourne.

• #AusCanIndigenousWellness: a Canadian - Australian Round - table on Indigenous Health and Wellbeing, convened in Canberra jointly by the Canadian High Commission, Australian Government, the Australian National University and the Lowitja Institute.

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Speaking at the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016 in Melbourne, Stanley said the changes to childcare funding could see around 70 Aboriginal early childhood learning centres shut down from next April, despite the critical role of early learning being a «no brainer».

Research ethics was, not surprisingly, a major theme at the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016, held recently in Melbourne.

Inaugural Lowitja Institute award for Outstanding Achievement in Indigenous health and wellbeing: the late Tiga Bayles, a Birri Gubba Gungalu man and a Dawson River Murri who was the Chief Executive Officer of the Brisbane Indigenous Media Association's 98.9 FM radio station and a long - time leading figure in the Aboriginal rights movement.

Speaking at the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016 last week, Jackson warned this threat is not over and that an unethical research approach to Indigenous peoples can in itself be «a colonising act of dispossession».

Despite its social justice and human rights orientations, health promotion has been largely absent from the advocacy efforts for Indigenous health and wellbeing in Australia (see Table).

«I'm praying and hoping there will be no damage but I'm not really confident,» Choctaw health leader Professor Karina Walters told Croakey after delivering a keynote speech on historical trauma at the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016 in Melbourne.

The move towards nature - based therapy that embeds Sámi norms and values was profiled in a keynote presentation to the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016 in Melbourne last week.

More critically, it appears unlikely from the available information that the research funded through this measure will focus on the key factors and determinants that impact on Indigenous health and wellbeing.

Q: How can health organisations and services use Twitter and other social media platforms to help advance Indigenous health and wellbeing?

In such settler societies, colonisation and racism have had devastating effects on Indigenous health and wellbeing.

The NRHA believes that improving Indigenous health and wellbeing is one issue on which there ought to be unequivocal and ongoing bipartisan support at all political levels.

The removal of tens of thousands of Indigenous children from their families in Canada was part of a policy that sought to «kill the Indian in the child», Chief Littlechild told the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016 in Melbourne yesterday.

During the same week, Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner, Chief Wilton Littlechild delivered his keynote address to the Lowitja Institute, Australia's National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research, first international conference on Indigenous health and wellbeing.

«At some point, be it researching around Indigenous health and wellbeing or policy making around Indigenous health and wellbeing or trying as a society to reconcile what it is to heal, at some point that conversation about sovereignty and proper recognition will be had.

Another key theme from a Canadian - Australian Round - table on Indigenous Health and Wellbeing was the importance of providing young people with platforms and opportunities for having their voices heard.

The federal budget, as Croakey and many others have made clear, is an attack on public health, prevention, Indigenous health and wellbeing, and the social determinants of health.

Thanks to Twitter, I recently came across this fascinating presentation giving medical students some insights into the historical forces that shape contemporary Indigenous health and wellbeing.

This week the Canadian High Commission, Australian Government, the Australian National University and the Lowitja Institute are jointly convening a round - table meeting in Canberra on Indigenous health and wellbeing.

But as the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) points out in its media release (see full statement below), the report puts a spotlight on current government policies and / or gaps in policies that put Indigenous health and wellbeing at risk, including the proposed $ 7 GP copayment, threat by the Western Australian Government to close down remote Indigenous communities and failure to re-commit to National Partnership Agreements.

The program, which takes community members out to walk an historically significant trail for ten days, following their ancestors» footsteps, was profiled in a powerful keynote address to the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016 in Melbourne last week.

Finlay gained a standing ovation for her closing World Congress presentation on why self determination was critical for Indigenous health and wellbeing.

«Our ancestors did not walk that Trail of Tears for us to be dying the way we are dying,» Professor Karina Walters told the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016 in Melbourne last week.

Not exact matches

The study — Health and wellbeing of Indigenous adolescents in Australia: a systematic synthesis of population data — points to a «huge opportunity», not only to improve individual and community wellbeing but to help address health inequHealth and wellbeing of Indigenous adolescents in Australia: a systematic synthesis of population data — points to a «huge opportunity», not only to improve individual and community wellbeing but to help address health inequhealth inequities.

While reiterating concerns over budget cuts to Indigenous services, NACCHO Chair Justin Mohammed said he welcomed «the long - sought acknowledgement that racism continues to have a negative impact on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.»

On other important Indigenous health issues, Croakey covered the launch of the Lowitja Institute's «Recognise health» initiative, a project that supports constitutional recognition as a pathway to better health and wellbeing for Aboriginal people.

[32] By way of example, that report noted that Indigenous peoples» access to health services needs to be viewed widely to include not only an evaluation of the specific health service in question, but the broader health context and underlying determinants of people's overall wellbeing.

«There has been a lot of good work in addressing specific areas of Indigenous adolescent health — but this is the first study to take a step back and consider what are the most pressing needs for Indigenous adolescents in Australia to ensure their health and wellbeing,» lead author Dr Peter Azzopardi said.

Therefore, they say, support for culture and social and emotional wellbeing must be at the heart of any overall response to Indigenous mental health.

We need education and training efforts to be supported by practical resources that set out the issues, values and priorities that impact on research in Indigenous settings, and the steps for planning robust, culturally acceptable research that can really make a difference to people's health and wellbeing.

Red - tape reduction and the breaking down of the artificial walls between the many government departments and agencies with responsibility for mental health and social and emotional wellbeing programs is critical; and the same applies to the complementary programs that strengthen culture like native title, caring for country, Indigenous protected areas, cultural and language and inclusion programs.

The program, facilitated by Dr Gregory Phillips, included sessions giving an overview of international frameworks, cross-country comparisons of policy and health and social indicators, truth - telling, Indigenous knowledges and ethics, and on wellness, wellbeing and strength, services and systems and priorities for further work.

A Yarning Circle will also feature throughout the conference as a space for stories about cancer survival, cancer care and screening services, health and wellbeing programs, cancer research and education programs for Indigenous people internationally.

A major report from the Productivity Commission, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, recently found further declines in Indigenous wellbeing and mental health, and an increase in incarceration rates.

Like other speakers, Phillips pointed to factors that can drive change in health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — embedding cultural safety standards in health and within national law, decolonising practices on a personal and systemic basis, and understanding the essential role of Indigenous knowledge in the delivery of services.

McCallum and Waller say that «managing the optics» narrows the range of policy options available for improving the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people.

Mackean said silos existed in non-Indigenous health research too but there were fundamental differences for Indigenous researchers in terms of «health and wellbeing as lived and understood by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and from the systems and practitioner perspective».

However, in some more positive news, SEARCH (the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health), a unique partnership study into the health and wellbeing of urban Aboriginal children and their families in NSW, is set to continue its work as a platform to close the Indigenous health gap, after receiving a five - year NHMRC grant for more than $ 2.8 miHealth), a unique partnership study into the health and wellbeing of urban Aboriginal children and their families in NSW, is set to continue its work as a platform to close the Indigenous health gap, after receiving a five - year NHMRC grant for more than $ 2.8 mihealth and wellbeing of urban Aboriginal children and their families in NSW, is set to continue its work as a platform to close the Indigenous health gap, after receiving a five - year NHMRC grant for more than $ 2.8 mihealth gap, after receiving a five - year NHMRC grant for more than $ 2.8 million.

In an open letter to Federal Ministers Sussan Ley, Nigel Scullion and Fiona Nash, community psychiatrist Dr Neil Phillips said there is an «appalling contradiction» between the Government's professed concerns at a recent roundtable meeting on Indigenous suicide rates and the closure of the AMSWS, where a social and emotional wellbeing team has been providing extensive mental health services.

He said he was particularly «saddened and disappointed» that the target to halve the gap in Indigenous child mortality is not on track, with just one (Year 12 attainment) of seven health and wellbeing targets looking achievable — a worse result than last year.

«In particular, we welcome the $ 85m new funding promised to Indigenous mental health, and the broad recognition of our wellbeing and mental health needs as a priority,» said NATSILMH chair Pat Dudgeon.

«We have to acknowledge that Indigenous people experience this «continual weathering», of us and our culture and health and wellbeing,» she said.

integrated Mental Health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) teams in all government - funded Indigenous Primary Health Care organisations

The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet rolled out its landmark annual Overview this week, offering a comprehensive snapshot of the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islan... Read more

In a literature review, Anderson and colleagues advocated for ethical guidelines to promote transparent negotiation with Indigenous Australians about the potential benefits of proposed research, suggesting that this could occur by demonstrating that the investigators intend to contribute to improved health and wellbeing of participating communities; the proposal is linked with local Indigenous community priorities; the proposal contributes tangible and accessible outcomes for participants; and the proposal reflects needs identified in health improvement plans and strategies.4

Promoting the mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous children in Australian primary schools.

Most recently her work has been in the area of Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing from a reconciliation perspective, in particular as it relates improving the health outcomes for Aboriginal children and families.