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Training

Courses

'Back to Basics' and Certificate 1 in Hospitality courses
 The Walkabout Chef's 'Back to Basics' nutrition cookery program in Top End communities is undertaken by Steve Sunk in conjunction with Charles Darwin University and with support from the Fred Hollows Foundation. Students are selected and invited from this course to enter into Certificate 1 in Hospitality (cooking) which is usually undertaken in their home communities. The Charles Darwin University funds the ‘ Back to Basics' and Certificate 1 in Hospitality courses with The Foundation providing incentives for commitment and high achievement by participants through five $1000 awards ($500 for tools and uniforms and $500 cash) to encourage students to undertake Certificate 2 in Hospitality.
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View website: The Fred Hollows Foundation

Bachelor of Indigenous Health Studies (Food and Nutrition) - Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
This course replaces the Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Indigenous Primary Health Care (Nutritional Health). The three-year course examines food and nutrition related to Indigenous health. It builds on the Primary Health Care framework of previous courses, providing a combination of updated units and new units including Health Law and Ethics, Public Health, Project Management and Professional Issues. Elective units provide specialist study in each year, including a management stream and an education stream along with other options for study.

Contact:
School of Health and Science
Freecall: 1800 621 890
Ph: (08) 8939 7254
Fax: (08) 8939 7123 or (08) 8939 7466
View information (PDF - 31KB)
View Batchelor Institute course handbook 2007 (PDF - 2.7MB - large file warning!)
View website: Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education

Living Strong Program
The Living Strong Program (formerly known as The Healthy Weight Program) encourages participants to seek a healthy lifestyle through good nutrition and physical activity and teaches them life skills to be able to do this in their daily lives. Living Strong includes optional health screenings and up to 12 workshops that can be combined in a variety of ways to suit community and local group needs. The program is designed to be delivered by generalist health staff such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, staff in community health services as well as in non-government health services. Living Strong facilitators participate in a five-day training program and are offered implementation and evaluation support by population health staff in Queensland Health. The program is supported by a facilitators manual for the 5 day course, and nutrition resources.

Contact:
Michelle Elwell, Nutrition Promotion Officer, Tropical Population Health Network
Ph: (07) 4050 3633
View information: 2005 Evaluation of the healthy weight program, summary report (PDF - 185KB)
View resource: Living strong facilitation training program, healthier lifestyle for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults [fact sheet] (HTML)
View resource: Living strong facilitation training program, healthier lifestyle for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults [fact sheet] (PDF - 262KB)
View website: Queensland Health

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Last updated: 18 February 2008