Budgeri Booroody: Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Conference

• Date:

  21 - 23 November 2007

• Location:

  Sydney, New South Wales

• Category:

  Indigenous

Overview

Budgeri Booroody, which means ‘good and getting better' in the language of the Eora people of coastal Sydney, is the name of a two-day conference focusing on quality and best practice within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled health sector.

The conference is a key event on the 2007 OATSIH calendar and will provide a focal point for OATSIH-funded community controlled health services to come together at a national forum to share best practice and to hear about current research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare.

The conference is open to a range of services including:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical services
• Social and emotional well being support services
• Substance use services
• Research facilities
• Medical and health workforce training institutions, and professional representative bodies

The centrepiece of the conference is the National Excellence Awards in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health ceremony being held on the evening of 22 November 2007. Each conference delegate will be issued an invitation to attend this event.

HealthInfoNet Cafe

Budgeri Booroody, which means 'good and getting better' in the language of the Eora people of coastal Sydney, was the name of a two-day conference focusing on quality and best practice within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled health sector. The conference provided OATSIH-funded community controlled health services with the opportunity to come together at a national forum to share information about best practice and to hear about current research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare. Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet staff, Neil Thomson and Ineke Krom, ran a HealthInfoNet cafe at the conference.

The centrepiece of the conference was the inaugural National Excellence Awards in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health ceremony (22 November, 2007). A total of 77 individuals and organisations submitted nominations for the awards. The six award categories were: Lifetime achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; Young leader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; Individual contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; Excellence and innovation in service delivery; Excellence and innovation in community health outcomes; and Working together – partnering for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

Contacts

Conference Manager
Carillon Conference Management
Ph: (07) 3368 2644
Email: OATSIH@ccm.com.au

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