Indigenous storybook

• Reach:

  WA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Indigenous storybook project allows Indigenous people to share their public health experiences in a friendly, non-threatening way. The project will be a record of the great work being completed by Indigenous people in public health and related professions throughout Western Australia. The storybook aims to:

• enhance the writing skills of Indigenous professionals
• adopt a holistic view of health as stories will be taken from areas including, for example, education, employment, environmental health, sports, drugs and alcohol
• showcase community based projects which can be adopted by other communities and show that often locally based solutions are the most effective.

Each edition of the storybook will focus on a different region of Western Australia with detailed information on programs, organisations and individuals.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Contacts

Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia
Faculty of Health Science
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987
Perth WA 6845
Ph: (08) 9266 9078
Fax: (08) 9266 9244
Email: phaiwa@curtin.edu.au

Related publications

Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA (2012)

The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Perth and Peel Regions edition.

2nd ed. Perth, WA: Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA

The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Perth and Peel Regions edition celebrates the achievement of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and organisations across the state of Western Australia (WA) in contributing to the health and social wellbeing of its Indigenous population.

This edition of the storybook - the second in a series produced by the Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA - focuses on the Perth and Peel regions of WA, and contains 13 stories. The stories showcase programs and initiatives over a range of social, economic, health and environmental health areas that aim to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of Indigenous people.

Abstract adapted from the Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia

• Links
• View book: The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Perth and Peel Regions edition (PDF - 5.5 MB)
• View information: Indigenous storybook project
• View information: Launch of second Indigenous story book
• View website: Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA

Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA (2011)

The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Kimberley and Pilbara edition.

Perth, WA: Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA

The West Australian Indigenous storybook (The storybook) is the first in a series of Indigenous storybooks showcasing the achievements of Indigenous communities and people across Western Australia. The stories are from the Kimberley and Pilbara regions. The stories of programs contained within The storybook cover a range of social, economic, health and environmental health achievements. The intention of each program was to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of Indigenous people.

The storybook shares both the successes and failures of the programs, and it is hoped that this will encourage a change in how Indigenous programs are planned, delivered and disseminated.

The storybook covers a range of programs including:

• healthy lifestyle initiatives
• community awareness programs relating to suicide and good parenting
• local government environmental health and health projects
• effective partnerships
• social benefit programs.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View book: The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Kimberley and Pilbara edition (PDF - 7.2 MB)
• View information: Indigenous storybook project
• View website: Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA

Links

• View information: Indigenous storybook
• View website: Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia