Healing Our Spirits Worldwide Registrations

The Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH) - through its chairperson, Pat Anderson, and former CEO, Mick Gooda - has been involved in planning the Sixth Gathering of Healing Our Spirit Worldwide in Honolulu, Hawaii from 3 to 10 September 2010.  This international cultural and spiritual forum celebrates the tenacity and resilience of Indigenous peoples around the world in the struggle against alcohol and drug abuse.

Registrations close on 30 April 2010 (Early Bird Registrations have already closed).  To find out more about registering, go to the Australian portal for Healing Our Spirits Worldwide.

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Gwalwa-Gai No. 21 - December 2009

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LIME Conference 2009 - "Indigenous Doctors Celebrated" ABC Interview

The Lime Network hosted by the Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit within the School of Population Health at the University of Melbourne, last week hosted the LIME Conference on 2nd - 4th December in Melbourne.  A radio interview conducted by ABC Radio National AM Program is now available to listen to.  Prof. Ian Anderson and medical student Alicia Veasey are key speakers within this interview.

Visit ABC Radio National AM Program website - "Indigenous Doctors Celebrated"
Download the full radio interview here
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CRCAH Annual Report 2008/2009
The CRCAH's latest annual report for 2008/9 is now at the printers for distribution to all of our current subscribers.  If you would like to download the PDF version of our latest annual report, then please click the below link.

CRCAH 2008/9 Annual Report (pdf)
Become a subscriber today

Fulbright Symposium 2008 - Healthy People, Prosperous Country

In Adelaide, South Australia in 2008, the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH), in conjunction with Flinders University and the Australian American Fulbright Commission, helped to stage the Fulbright Symposium 2008 – Healthy People, Prosperous Country. This event brought together some of the world's leading experts on social determinants of health with a broad range of Aboriginal health workers, health bureaucrats, academics and students to investigate the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health outcomes in Australia.

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New research shows complexity of Indigenous health funding an impediment to success

The use of overly complex and fragmented funding methods is undermining the efforts of the Aboriginal health sector to close the health inequity gap according to a new Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health report recently launched by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Mr Tom Calma.

The Overburden Report:  Contracting for Indigenous Health Services
Full Report
Summary
Policy Brief
Media Release
ABC Unleashed Link

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In good hands with Dr Shibasaki - Koori Mail 01 July, 2009

Dr Sanchia Shibasa

The Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH) says the awarding of a doctorate to Torres Strait Island woman Sanchia Shibasaki is further evidence of an emerging highly-educated and skilled Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce.

Healthy Country Healthy People Study supports links between healthy landscapes and healthy people

A groundbreaking study published today in the Medical Journal of Australia by researchers from the Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Australian National University, the Menzies Research Institute and the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health has demonstrated an association between Indigenous 'Caring for Country' practices and a healthier, happier life.

View media release - May 18th 2009
Link to MJA article

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