Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin
Vol 7 No 2 April 2007 - June 2007: ISSN 1445-7253

A peer-reviewed electronic journal from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Resources

This section of the Bulletin highlights recently released Indigenous specific resources. If you are aware of any new resources that would be appropriate for inclusion in this section please contact us.

Birth rites [video]

Jag Films Pty Ltd (no date)
Birth rites [video]
Margaret River, Western Australia: Jag Films Pty Ltd

Birth rites is a one hour documentary drawing a comparison between birth issues in outback Australia and regions of arctic Canada. The interface between the two worlds of Indigenous culture and western medicine becomes problematic when women in remote towns are sent away from home and family to give birth in centralised hospitals. The content reveals the effect birthing issues have on the women, and their families and communities.

Jag Films Pty Ltd abstract (adapted)

  • Contact details:
    • Jag Films Pty Ltd, PO Box 53, Margaret River WA 6285, ph: 08 9758 7404, fax: 08 9757 3180, email: jagadmin@westnet.com.au

Resources for the education and training of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers in the illicit drugs field [resource package]

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (2002 - 2006)
Resources for the education and training of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers in the illicit drugs field [resource package].
Adelaide: Aboriginal Drug & Alcohol Council (SA) Inc

The resource package about illicit drugs for Indigenous workers includes a manual, a CD rom, leaflets, a video and a literature review. The resource package was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing as part of the National Illicit Drug Strategy: Training Frontline Workers Initiative.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Protective behaviours community way [resource package]

Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council (KAMSC) (2006)
Protective behaviours community way [resource package].
[S.I.]: Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council (KAMSC)


Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council (KAMSC), Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) and Health Promotion Unit (HPU) have launched a Protective behaviours community way package. The resource is a safety package developed for children to assist in the prevention of child abuse by helping them to deal with their problems and find the right sort of help to keep themselves safe. The package aims to make children strong and to feel safe in their home and community and is designed to be used as an educational program by families, teachers, health workers or community groups with children.

The package consists of:

Protective behaviours book 1, book 2 and book 3

  • 1 x A3 full-colour laminated Indigenous theme 1 We all have the right to feel safe all the time
  • 1 x A3 full-colour laminated Indigenous theme 2 Nothing is so awful that we can't talk with someone about it
  • 1 x A3 full-colour laminated Indigenous magic hand network
  • 1 x A3 full-colour laminated non-Indigenous magic hand network
  • 1 x A3 full-colour laminated Indigenous protective behaviours
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated Indigenous feeling safe (male and female)
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated non -Indigenous feeling safe (male and female)
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated Indigenous feeling unsafe (male and female)
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated non-Indigenous feeling unsafe (male and female)
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated Indigenous early warning signs (male and female)
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated non-Indigenous early warning signs (male and female)
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated Indigenous I'm the boss of my body (male and female)
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated non-Indigenous I'm the boss of my body (male and female)
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated Indigenous feeling safe worksheets (male and female)
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated non-Indigenous feeling safe worksheets (male and female)
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated Indigenous feeling unsafe worksheets (male and female)
  • 2 x A3 full-colour laminated non-Indigenous feeling unsafe worksheets (male and female)
  • 2 x A4 black and white feeling safe worksheets can be photocopied (male and female)
  • 2 x A4 black and white feeling unsafe worksheets can be photocopied (male and female)
  • 1 x A4 black and white magic hand network worksheet (can be photocopied)

The health promotion resources are laminated for durability and are suitable for use in health care settings by health workers and other health professionals.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

The cost of the package is $100.00 plus GST and $10.95 postage.

  • For further information about the resource or to obtain a copy:
  • Contact details:,
    • Marie Cox, Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) and Health Promotion Unit (HPU), Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council (KAMSC), PO Box, 1377, Broome Western Australia, 6725, ph: (08) 9192 6435, fax: (08) 9192 6127, email: MarieC@kamsc.org.au

 

 
 
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