Sentences with phrase «indigenous health centres»

In the interests of increasing access and improving care for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in urban, regional and remote areas — closing the gap — the increased integration means some specialists are now being «referred in» to Indigenous health centres, rather than patients being «referred out».

Not exact matches

«Community Knowledge Centre supporting our 360 degree granting mandate in all parts of community the Calgary Foundation has identified five vital priority areas that require increased leadership: Living Standards (reducing poverty), wellness (encouraging mental health), arts (living a creative life), environment (pursuing a sustainable future), community connections (strengthening relationships with indigenous communities)»

In 1963, she also founded the Vancouver Friendship Centre, now the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society, which continues to serve members of the urban Indigenous community by providing health, advocacy, education and social services.

This case centres on a claim that the DVBIA's Downtown Ambassadors Program violated the Human Rights Code by systemically harassing and removing homeless people from public spaces in downtown Vancouver — homeless people, who are disproportionately Indigenous, people with disabilities such as serious mental health issues, and people with addictions.

Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Service CEO Julie Tongs has collaborated with the ACT Minister of Corrections Mr Shane Rattenbury MLA to reach an operational agreement allowing Winnunga Nimmityjah AHCS to service indigenous inmates in the Alexander Maconochie Centre in 2018.

Marie McInerney wrote about the power of storytelling for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, the success of the Inala Community Health Centre incorporating research into its work, why Indigenous health professionals should combine their Indigenous traditional knowledge and their knowledge of western science, and the stories of three Indigenous doctors and their journeys into medHealth Centre incorporating research into its work, why Indigenous health professionals should combine their Indigenous traditional knowledge and their knowledge of western science, and the stories of three Indigenous doctors and their journeys into medhealth professionals should combine their Indigenous traditional knowledge and their knowledge of western science, and the stories of three Indigenous doctors and their journeys into medicine.

Megan is a chief investigator of an ARC - funded positive life pathways research and associate investigator with the NHMRC - funded Centre for Research Excellence on Offender Health and Indigenous Offender Capacity Building Grant at UNSW.

In developing climate change responses to health for all Australians, governments will also need to ensure that provisions made for the assurance of health services are also available to and accessible by Indigenous peoples living in urban centres.

In happier news, the University of Queensland announced it will open a new research centre, thanks to the philanthropy of Greg Poche, which aims to improve Aboriginal health via a research program that will work collaboratively with Indigenous community organisations and health providers.

Keynote speakers at the event today (Tuesday) will include Professor Ian Anderson, Deputy Secretary for Indigenous Affairs in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Donna Ah Chee and John Paterson from the Central Australian Academic Health Science Centre.

The contract to develop the Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre was awarded to Edith Cowan University's Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet by the Department of Health.

Parker, a Yuwallarai woman who leads the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence, brought the auditorium to their feet for a standing ovation at the third Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women's Health Conference, held in Sydney on the country of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation.

Anderson is a Palawa Trowerna man from the Pyemairrenner mob in Tasmania, with many decades experience in Indigenous health, including as Director of Research for the Lowitja Institute and related Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Hhealth, including as Director of Research for the Lowitja Institute and related Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal HealthHealth.

The Knowledge Centre will enable us to provide the collation and provision of advice to governments and health practitioners on Indigenous substance issues, with special focus on how current research can best inform future policy and planning and provision of strong and practical support for the Indigenous AOD workforce».

As Indigenous knowledges and practices were centred in wider systems, so too did the health system change its way of doing business.

By Marilyn Wise, Associate Professor at the Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation at the University of New South Wales and Peter O'Mara, President at Australian Indigenous Doctors» Association

The tool will be released in the coming months and available for testing in more than 200 Aboriginal community controlled health services (ACCHOs) through the National Centre for Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Health Care (One21sevhealth services (ACCHOs) through the National Centre for Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Health Care (One21sevHealth Care (One21seventy).

The ongoing suicide crisis in remote Aboriginal communities also remained in the news, with a major new report from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP) expected to call for a radical rethink in Indigenous mental health policy to place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the centre of care.

Closer to home, SBS tackled the issue, quoting the head of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and Well - Being, Dennis McDermott, saying that racism still exists in Australia's health system — and it's costing Health and Well - Being, Dennis McDermott, saying that racism still exists in Australia's health system — and it's costing health system — and it's costing lives.

Penelope joined the Indigenous Studies team this year, having previously worked as a researcher at Mental Health Research Institute and National Stroke Research Institute; an academic and researcher at the Australian Catholic University, La Trobe University, and University of Melbourne; and Stakeholder Management Officer for the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and the Lowitja Institute (National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health).

Paterson and Ah Chee, who play key roles in the acclaimed Central Australia Academic Health Science Centre (CAAHSC), urged the symposium, opened earlier by Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt and NHMRC CEO Professor Anne Kelso, to issue a formal statement supporting the Uluru document.

Associate Professor Noel Hayman took a one - room Indigenous health service at Inala and built one of the nation's leading clinical and research centres.

The Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health is an award - winning Health Access Centre that provides holistic primary health care to First Nation, Métis and Inuit people living in Ottawa - one of the fastest growing and diverse urban Indigenous communities in CHealth is an award - winning Health Access Centre that provides holistic primary health care to First Nation, Métis and Inuit people living in Ottawa - one of the fastest growing and diverse urban Indigenous communities in CHealth Access Centre that provides holistic primary health care to First Nation, Métis and Inuit people living in Ottawa - one of the fastest growing and diverse urban Indigenous communities in Chealth care to First Nation, Métis and Inuit people living in Ottawa - one of the fastest growing and diverse urban Indigenous communities in Canada.

• Dr Lesley Russell from the Menzies Centre for Health Policy published an investigation of «Indigenous Provisions in the 2015 - 16 budget» and concludes:

However, new strengths - based ways of practicing health promotion exist, which centre Indigenous knowledge, perspectives and practices.

Most recently her work has taken her into Indigenous health research, having worked previously at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and as an academic at the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health and the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia at the University of Western Austhealth research, having worked previously at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and as an academic at the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health and the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia at the University of Western AustHealth Research and as an academic at the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health and the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia at the University of Western AustHealth and the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia at the University of Western Australia.

Both Kristen and Penelope work for the Indigenous Studies Unit, in the Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population Health at the University of Melbourne: @IndigenousUoM; @HlthEquityMDHS; @UniMelb.

The Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) conference started with MC Adele Cox, a Bunuba and Gija woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, centring the conference theme of Care, Culture and Connections.

The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) says the 2017 Budget «is a missed opportunity to put Aboriginal led solutions at the centre of efforts to close the gap in Indigenous health&rHealth Organisation (NACCHO) says the 2017 Budget «is a missed opportunity to put Aboriginal led solutions at the centre of efforts to close the gap in Indigenous health&rhealth».

Instead, he called for a new terms of reference in Indigenous health which centre Indigenous sovereignty.

The other unsuccessful teams shortlisted were all led by Indigenous researchers, and most were situated within specified Indigenous health research centres or institutions (just for the record, I was not an investigator on any research team bidding for the CRE).

In an advertorial for The Age, the University of Melbourne announced a new research centre that aims to support and train future Indigenous health leaders.

To ameliorate these tensions, in 1997, the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health (CRCATH) was developed to encourage researchers and Indigenous community leaders and organisations to work more collaboratively in their pursuit of improving Indigenous health outcoHealth (CRCATH) was developed to encourage researchers and Indigenous community leaders and organisations to work more collaboratively in their pursuit of improving Indigenous health outcohealth outcomes.31

The importance of cultural security for Indigenous children is at the centre of a call to action issued by delegates at an international Indigenous health conference in Melbourne this week....

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».

AIDA asserts that the Health Plan needs to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures at its centre in recognition of the importance of culture to the health and wellbeing of Indigenous pHealth Plan needs to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures at its centre in recognition of the importance of culture to the health and wellbeing of Indigenous phealth and wellbeing of Indigenous people.

Strategies: Continued support and commitment to Peninsula Regional Council Family Violence statement; training of Indigenous health workers; community control over health services; establishment of quality birthing centres; acceptance, knowledge and use of traditional healing practices in conjunction with mainstream health services; review transport provisions for health service clients; establish Cape York Sporting Institute; production of parenting material; establishment of substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services.

At the forefront of indigenous healthcare in our region is the Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care.

The research team included researchers from Menzies, the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria, two state affiliate organisations of NACCHO (Affiliates)-- the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) and the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales (AH&MRC)-- and researchers representing NACCHO.

Emma Walke, Lecturer from the University of Sydney's Centre for Rural Health in Lismore, discusses how her personal stories bring authenticity to Aboriginal health studies and how every health subject should ask as a standard question: how does it affect Indigenous hHealth in Lismore, discusses how her personal stories bring authenticity to Aboriginal health studies and how every health subject should ask as a standard question: how does it affect Indigenous hhealth studies and how every health subject should ask as a standard question: how does it affect Indigenous hhealth subject should ask as a standard question: how does it affect Indigenous healthhealth?

Margo is working part - time in her role as Vice President of Indigenous Health for the Northern Health Authority and continues her role as Academic Leader of the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health, and as Professor in the College of Arts, Social and Human Sciences at UNBC.

Marie McInerney reports: Twenty years ago, only 12 Indigenous people attended the Inala Community Health Centre, a primary care service in a south - western Brisbane suburb where Aboriginal an... Read more

It was developed in partnership between PHSA Indigenous Health and the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (Provincial ICS Program), and guided by an advisory council of Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders in BC, Ontario, Canada and internationally.

Aboriginal Health partnered with the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health on a webinar on cultural safety as a social determinant of Indigenous peoples» health with Dr. Sarah de Health partnered with the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health on a webinar on cultural safety as a social determinant of Indigenous peoples» health with Dr. Sarah de Health on a webinar on cultural safety as a social determinant of Indigenous peoples» health with Dr. Sarah de health with Dr. Sarah de Leeuw.

[46] The sources relied upon by the Government include: the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare, The evaluation of income management in the Northern Territory (2010); Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Report on the Northern Territory Emergency Response Redesign Consultations (2009); Cultural and Indigenous Research Centre Australia (CIRCA), Report on the NTER Redesign Engagement Strategy and Implementation, (2009); Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Final Stores Post Licensing Monitoring Report (2009); Central Land Council, NTER: Perspectives from Six Communities (2008); and analysis of Centrelink data (Rita Markwell, Adviser to Minister Macklin, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Email sent to stakeholders, 18 December 2009).

The National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) proudly celebrates a successful decade of knowledge sharing about Indigenous peoples» and public health in CHealth (NCCAH) proudly celebrates a successful decade of knowledge sharing about Indigenous peoples» and public health in Chealth in Canada.

On December 2 - 3, 2015, the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) hosted a unique knowledge sharing and networking forum in Ottawa, Ontario, with over 100 representatives from federal, provincial / territorial, and Indigenous governments; academic and research institutions; Indigenous and non-Indigenous health organizations; and national and provincial Indigenous organizaHealth (NCCAH) hosted a unique knowledge sharing and networking forum in Ottawa, Ontario, with over 100 representatives from federal, provincial / territorial, and Indigenous governments; academic and research institutions; Indigenous and non-Indigenous health organizations; and national and provincial Indigenous organizahealth organizations; and national and provincial Indigenous organizations.

Indigenous Cultural Safety Collaborative Learning Series - PHSA Indigenous Health and the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre This national webinar series provides an opportunity to share knowledge, experiences and perspectives in support of collective efforts to strengthen Indigenous cultural safety in health and social serHealth and the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre This national webinar series provides an opportunity to share knowledge, experiences and perspectives in support of collective efforts to strengthen Indigenous cultural safety in health and social serHealth Access Centre This national webinar series provides an opportunity to share knowledge, experiences and perspectives in support of collective efforts to strengthen Indigenous cultural safety in health and social serhealth and social services.

Professor Dennis McDermott is the Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and Well - Being, Adelaide, at Flinders University.

The National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health is pleased to announce its support for a new initiative focusing on the rights of Indigenous children.