What's new at our site - January 2006
- Journal: Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 6(1) now available
- Health - other aspects: New Indigenous Road Safety Community of Practice
- Associated sites: New Western Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network
- Key facts: Summary of Australian Indigenous health: November 2005
Journal
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin Vol 6 No 1
The January 2006 - March 2006 issue of the Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin is now 'in progress' and available online (view current issue). The purpose of the Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin is to facilitate access to information of relevance to Australian Indigenous health. Reflecting the wide range of our users - policy makers, service providers, researchers, students and the general community - the HealthBulletin attempts to keep people informed of current events of relevance, as well as information about recent research.
As with all areas of our site, we welcome your assistance and contributions in making the Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin as useful as possible. Please let us know (view HealthInfoNet contact details) about events and information relating to sections of the HealthBulletin. If you would like to submit an article for inclusion in 'Original articles', 'Reviews' or 'Brief reports', please see the notes for contributors (view notes for contributors).
Health - other aspects
New Indigenous Road Safety Community of Practice
A new series of web pages have been created to support the development of the Indigenous Road Safety Community of Practice (view webpages). The aim is to bring together knowledge on Indigenous road safety, and to increase information-sharing among practitioners working in this area, in order to develop more effective and appropriate ways of reducing road trauma for Indigenous Australians. The Community of Practice was formally launched on 2 December 2005.
The road safety web pages include: a summary of road safety among Indigenous Australians; background information; information on policies and strategies, programs, projects and recommendations, lessons learned; resources; and publications, including a bibliography. They also include electronic services to support information sharing and networking among people who live in different locations and work for different organisations.
If you are working or studying in areas that deal with Indigenous road safety we invite you to become a member of the Road Safety Community of Practice and begin the information-sharing process (view Community of Practice information). For further information about joining the Road Safety Community or other queries please email Ineke Krom: i.krom@ecu.edu.au
Associated sites
New Western Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network
The Western Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network (WAIHPN), which includes Indigenous and non-Indigenous people involved in Indigenous health promotion, aims to facilitate the sharing of relevant information and knowledge with the ultimate goal of improving the health of Indigenous Western Australians. The idea of establishing a formal network for people involved in Indigenous health promotion emerged from discussions at a workshop that preceded the Aboriginal Health, 2004 conference, held in Perth in July 2004.
Based on the 'community of practice' model, we have developed a small website to support information sharing among members of the Network. The development of the website has been made possible with funds provided by the Western Australian Department of Health's Office of Aboriginal Health.
WAIHPN web pages include: background information; information on
policies and strategies, programs, projects and recommendations,
lessons learned; resources; and publications, including a bibliography.
Details of organisations involved in Indigenous health promotion
in Western Australia and of relevant news and events are also included.
Electronic services are provided to support information sharing
and networking among people who live in different locations and
work for different organisations.
If you are working or studying in areas that deal with Indigenous
health promotion in Western Australia, you are invited to become
a member of the Western Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network
(view
Western Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network website)
and begin the information-sharing process.
Key facts
Summary of Australian Indigenous health: November 2005
Our Summary of Australian Indigenous health was updated in November 2005 and is now available online (view HealthInfoNet summary). It provides a plain language summary of Australian Indigenous health, with brief information about Indigenous people, health problems, common risk factors and expenditure on health services.
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