Vol 8 No 1 January 2008 - March 2008: 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.
- Bringing them home: education module added 7 January 2008
- Remote Indigenous Australian Asthma Action Plan and Every Day Asthma Action Plan added 28 February 2008
Remote Indigenous Australian Asthma Action Plan and Everyday Asthma Action Plan
Two asthma action plans have been developed specifically for Indigenous peoples with asthma.
The first, Remote Indigenous Australian Asthma Action Plan is specially for those who live in remote areas of Australia. The plan is based on a design by Professor Anne Chang and funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The 'Short Wind educational materials' distributed by the Asthma Foundation of the Northern Territory have been responsible for various imagery.
The second, Everyday Asthma Action Plan, is specifically for remote living Indigenous Australians who do not have a high level of literacy in english. The plan has been developed by the Spencer Gulf Rural Health School, Pika Wiya Health Service and Asthma SA as part of an Indigenous Asthma Innovative Management (AIM) project, which is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
- For further information:
- View resource: Remote Indigenous Australian Asthma Action Plan (PDF - 781KB)
- View resource: Everyday Asthma Action Plan (PDF - 98KB)
- New Asthma Resources for Indigenous Australians
View media release: National Asthma Council Australia (PDF - 18KB) - View website: National Asthma Council Australia
- View website: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
- Contact details:
- Hard copies of the resources can be ordered from the Department of Health and Ageing by emailing asthma@health.gov.au or by phoning 1800 500 053.
Human Rights and
Equal Opportunity Commission (2007)
Bringing them home: education module.
Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
In 1997 the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission released the report Bringing them home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Following this, the Commission received extensive requests from teachers for information about the report. The Bringing them home Education Module has been developed in response to this request. The module is intended to help students gain a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the issues surrounding the forcible removal of Indigenous people from their families.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
- For further information:
- View report (PDF - 8.9MB - large file warning!), View website: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
- Contact details:
- Social Justice Unit, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW, 2001
