Issue 84

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Children running on a beach at sunset
Editorial: With guidance from First Nations ancestors ...
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Young people outside with laptops
Closing the gap through research co-design
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Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal kids learning tjunkajurra – together
Not bleeding hearts, just bleeding obvious
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Pharmacy shelves
Strengthening remote health care
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Optometrist Alex Craig in the hospital clinic in Karratha, WA
Innovation and collaboration to meet remote eye-care needs
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Palliative care mob illustration of different people in front of health facility
Who’s that palliative care mob?
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The team from Marurra-U and Kulkarriya School
What good looks like
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Artwork of lines of orange, greens and blues by Dr Treahna Hamm for Benalla Health
Painted stories of health and healing
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Mentoring takes place on Country, Red Gum Retreat, Yorta Yorta Country
Self-determination in action: Aboriginal youth mentoring
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Medina PS and Kita ear-health check [Image: Moorditj Koort Aboriginal Corporation]
Positive outcomes for visiting services
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Healthier Futures Initiative program participants [Image: Starlight Children's Foundation]
Partnering to support research and positive healthcare experiences
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Timmy Duggan with Hoops 4 Health young participants.
A brain changer in remote northern Australia
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Carried Lightly artwork by Brian Robinson depicting a stylised feather in black and white lines
Cultural and spiritual considerations of palliative care
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CCC Coordinator onboarding smoking ceremony, Little Bay, Sydney, March 2023
A community-led approach to suicide prevention
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Tamara Stewart pouring Bush Balm [Image: Emma Murray]
Making medicine from the bush
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Ear observation being performed on teenage boy
Supporting patients for private surgeries
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Some of the Cape York Kidney Care team with a banner
Bringing kidney care closer to home
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JCU Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health Cultural Mentors on Kalkadoon Country in Mount Isa, Queensland
Straight answers to hard questions
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Emu and southern cross
Navigating family violence in First Nations communities
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Mother with baby at sunset
Snapshot of risk factors for First Nations mothers and babies
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Community members and SWAMS staff (in blue uniforms) at the launch of the Katanning Clinic in its second location
Community drives growth
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(L to R) IWC employees Kirst Hart, Senior Lead Indigenous Health Practitioner, and Lisa McGrady, Indigenous Health Practitioner
Empowering First Nations communities to fight diabetes
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Aerial photograph of Jigalong with its red earth as the main colour
Upstream health care in remote communities
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Outback Stores fruit and vegetables and other products
Creating healthy remote stores
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View from the air or remote town
Healthy homes in remote NT communities
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People sitting on stairway
Support to deliver palliative care on Country
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Stronger Bubba Born resources – the five elements of Sorry Business Babies prevention and care ( Protection logo artist: Leona McGrath)
Culturally safe stillbirth prevention and care
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(L to R): Alison Lang (High Risk Foot Clinic Coordinator and Wound Care Consultant, LRH), Clifford Wandin (Aboriginal Elder) and John Chen (Senior Podiatrist, LCHS)
Outreach boosts culturally safe diabetes care
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Dialysis machines
Concept of wellbeing among renal patients in the Top End
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Medical Yarn Up participants at Waminda
Medical yarn ups: towards closing the gap
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Classroom oral health education delivered by Jo Bremner at remote Batchelor Area School
A population health approach for essential dental care
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Gym participants mid-session
A welcoming alternative for heart health
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Elderly woman being assisted by a woman
Culturally respectful and safe dementia care
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De-colonising health promotion: initial yarnings with local community members for healthy skin book content
Healthy skin books
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Isabelle Ryan (NWRH Physiotherapist), Natalia Despot (NWRH Speech Pathologist) , Kadeisha Roberts (NWRH Occupational Therapist) visiting Krys the Crocodile (Savannah King), Normanton, Queensland.
Combating allied health workforce challenges
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Mr Stanley Retchford from Bulla and Timber Creek receives treatment at Katherine Hospital with the support of his four-year-old granddaughter, Mary Jane.
Life-changing and sight-saving outreach bridges the gap
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First Nations Philanthropic Funders Working Group - People gathered around tables
Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands
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Community Working Together artwork by working group member, Jaylene Ware. Jaylene is a Wirangu/Kokatha/Antakirinja/Yankunytjatjara woman, and part of the Centacare team in Ceduna
Working group promoting employee wellbeing
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Phone with baby on screen
Tips and info sent straight to your phone
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Stronger born campaign printed material
Strong Born campaign supports First Nations communities