WA Aboriginal Health Promotion Conference 2007 - Strong Communities, Our Stories

• Date:

  29 October 2007

• Location:

  Perth, Western Australia

• Category:

  Indigenous

Overview

This conference will combine with the 2007 WA Health Conference - ‘Getting it Right' to provide an Indigenous perspective.

The key areas of the conference will include:

• Healthy Indigenous partnerships
• Healthy Indigenous leadership
• Healthy Indigenous communities

The conference will provide an opportunity to share stories and think critically so as to strengthen future Indigenous health promotion development and implementation. Delegates will be encouraged to actively participate in the workshop sessions to ensure a broad range of ideas and visions for the future are expressed.

The main themes will include:

• Working well in our communities - motivation and participation.
• Communities taking control - finding the answers for moving forward
• Cycle of life - preventative health through life stages
• Men and women health - what makes us strong (closed sessions)

Key speaker: Ken Wyatt, Director of Aboriginal Health

HealthInfoNet Cafe

The Western Australian Aboriginal Health Promotion Conference - Strong Communities, Our Stories, was held at the Burswood Convention Centre, Perth, on 29 October. A precursor to The WA Health Conference 2007 - Getting it right, the conference focused on key areas of Healthy Indigenous Partnerships, Leadership and Communities. The interactive style of the workshops provided an opportunity to share ideas and visions for the future. Keynote speakers were Kenneth George Wyatt and Kerrie Tim. Sponsors included the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, the Office of Aboriginal Health - Health Department of Western Australia and Healthway.

Contacts

Conference Event Management Coordinator
Department of Health
Fax: (08) 9222 2108
Email: wahealthconference@health.wa.gov.au

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