Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Advisory Board

The Advisory Board was formed in 2008 to provide expert strategic advice to the Director and Executive Group of the HealthInfoNet to assist in optimising our contributions to ‘closing the gap’ between the health of Indigenous peoples and other Australians.

The Advisory Board comprises representatives of key stakeholder organisations and members selected for their individual expertise. Members in alphabetical order are:

• Dr Mick Adams, Fineline Consultancy (Former Chairperson of NACCHO, Indigenous community-controlled health sector) [Queensland]
• Dr Alex Brown, Head, Centre for Indigenous Vascular Research [Northern Territory]
• Professor Jonathan Carapetis, Director, Menzies School of Health Research [Northern Territory]
• Mr Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Human Rights Commission [New South Wales]
  
• Ms Sally Goold, Chair, Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (CATSIN) [Queensland]
• Ms Kathy Malera Bandjalan, CEO and Editor, Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal [New South Wales]
• Mr Justin Mohamed, Chair, National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
• Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver, Director Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit, University of New South Wales [New South Wales]
• Professor Ian Ring, Professor of Public Heath and Professorial Fellow-Academic Development, Centre for Health Services Development, University of Wollongong [New South Wales]
• Professor Cindy Shannon, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Education) at The University of Queensland [Queensland]

Advisory Board meetings

Future meetings

Future meetings are currently being planned, a meeting summary/communique will be added for all 2011 meetings.

Past meetings

Date	Meeting type	Communique
9 November 2011	tele meeting
8 August 2011	tele meeting
1 March 2011	tele meeting	Advisory Board Communiqué (PDF 117KB)
6 September 2010	face to face meeting in Darwin
23 June 2010	tele meeting
4 February 2010	tele meeting
8 September 2009	face to face meeting in Canberra
4 April 2009	tele meeting
18 September 2008	tele meeting

Our reference groups

As well as the strategic advice provided by the HealthInfoNet's Advisory Board, we are assisted in specific areas by a number of reference and/or steering groups. We currently have reference groups assisting in the areas of ear health and hearing, substance use, social and emotional wellbeing, and road safety (all areas supported by special funds).

The area of road safety also has a national Steering Committee, comprising government officials from those jurisdictions providing financial support. Development of the evidence-base for Indigenous environmental health practitioners is being guided by a similar group, and the Steering Committee of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategic Action Plan (NATSINSAP) performs a similar role in the area of nutrition.

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