National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Health Promotion Report 2008
As part of the efforts to reduce the burden of STIs and blood borne viruses (BBVs), the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH), organised a National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Health Promotion Workshop and an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker capacity building forum in collaboration with the Indigenous Australians’ Sexual Health Committee (IASHC), National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) and Hepatitis Australia.
Table of contents
- Acronyms
- Executive summary
Background- Sustaining culturally relevant and culturally sensitive sexual health and blood borne virus health promotion workshops
- Structure of the report
- Further information
- Forum: Talking and Walking Health Promotion
- Day Two: National Aboriginal and torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne virus Workshop
- Day Three: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Workshop
- Conclusion
- Evaluation of the National Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Sexual Heralth and Blood Borne Virus Workshop
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Program/Initiatives
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme
- Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas
- Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme
- HIV AIDS
Publications
- Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: Health Conditions and Referrals
- The link between primary health care and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
- 2006 – 2007 Jurisdictional Summary Report against the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (NSFATSIH)
- A Review of Enablers and Barriers of Indigenous Drug Users Accessing Needle and Syringe Programs – a report for the COAG Multilateral Group on Needle and Syringe Programs
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