Talking Health
Smoking - It's killing us
Tobacco may be part of our past, but a new program aims to ensure the negative health and cultural (and financial) impacts don't carry on into the future.
Smoking - It's killing us
Tobacco may be part of our past, but a new program aims to ensure the negative health and cultural (and financial) impacts don't carry on into the future.
Seeing eye to eye
While eye surgery can seem scary, it's being made easier by ¡®surgery champions‘ who are going back to their community as living proof of the difference that trachoma and cataract surgery can make.
New data collection guidelines for Indigenous status
All Australians should soon become accustomed to being asked ¡®Are you of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin?‘ when they visit a health service, following today‘s release of new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data collection guidelines.
Read more: New data collection guidelines for Indigenous status
Risky Business - Immunisation
Australian health authorities aim to have 90 per cent of the population immunised against diseases at any one time. That's considered a 'good rate of coverage' by international standards, but at the moment in Australia, it's well below that.
Special report on kids' health Part 2
This month, we present the second part of our special report on kids' health, focusing on the teenage years.
We talk to Dr Tammy Kimpton about the top health issues facing teenage children and what you can do to make sure your teenagers stay healthy and happy.
Special report on kids' health Part 1
When it comes to the health of our community nothing is more important than making sure our kids get a good start in life so they become healthy adults into the future. Here‘s some advice on what to look out for when it comes to childhood illnesses, as well as some simple things you can do to keep your kids fit for life. These top health tips for parents were advised by two Indigenous doctors, Dr Tammy Kimpton and Dr Mark Wenitong.
Raising sexual health awareness
Snake Condoms is working with Indigenous communities this National Close the Gap Day (25 March) to turn around the latest statistics that show rural, remote and young Indigenous populations are at a higher risk of sexually transmitted infections.
A Taste of Our Own Medicine
With so much focus on our health these days, it‘s no wonder that a lot of us are looking back to a time before all the health problems began to find the answer. Deadly Vibe recently caught up with Edgar Williams from Kokwam, a traditional healing organisation, to find out how our cultural practices can help us stay healthy.
New cookbook is the real deal
Developed by women in remote NT, Kukumbat gudwan daga: ¡®Really cooking good food‘ features recipes for your whole mob using local ingredients
Healthy Vibe congratulates the Manyallaluk, Gulin Gulin and Wugularr Aboriginal women‘s centres, which surround Katherine in the Northern Territory, and The Fred Hollows Foundation for creating Kukumbat gudwan daga: ¡®Really cooking good food‘, a cookbook designed to help communities create tasty and nutritious food for large groups.
More Articles...
- Can smoking give you cervical cancer?
- Skills for healthy living on the menu at kids caf¨¦
- Keep an eye out for the ear van
- Snowdon to spearhead rural health reforms
- Funding boost for diabetes testing
- More Indig health workers vital to better outcomes
- Increase in Indig medicos
- Lack of respiratory care in NT
- Oral health partnerships launched
- Three times more smokers in Aboriginal communities
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