Section E
ABORIGINAL HEALTH PROMOTION RESOURCES
OVERVIEW
The following table provides a collection of health promotion resources that have been developed specifically for the Aboriginal community. Where possible we have attempted to provide resources that have been developed locally. A comprehensive list of resources is also available at the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet .
| AIDS/HIV PREVENTION | |
| VACCHO | HIV AIDS Prevention Brochure |
| CANCER PREVENTION | |
| Cancer Council Victoria | Its time to have a yarn about bowel cancer |
| Cancer Council Australia
Australian Government |
My breast cancer journey: A guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their families |
| Cancer Council Victoria | Take the lead: Be breast aware |
| Cancer Council Victoria | Hey bruz trouble waterworks poster |
| DIABETES PREVENTION | |
| Diabetes Victoria | What is diabetes? |
| Diabetes Victoria | Physical activity for type 2 diabetes |
| Diabetes Victoria | Complications of diabetes |
| Diabetes Victoria | Insulin |
| Diabetes Victoria | Nutrition and diabetes |
| Diabetes Victoria | 10 Steps to better health and diabetes |
| DIET AND NUTRITION | |
| Closing the Health Gap: Young Women’s Project, Victorian State Government | Tips and recipes for healthy living |
| Australian Government Department of Health | Eat for health: Dietary guidelines for All Australians |
| VACCHO and ‘Go for your life’ | Tucker talk: Good food for Elders |
| VACCHO and ‘Go for your life’ | Tucker talk: Healthy budget |
| VACCHO and ‘Go for your life’ | Tucker talk: Reading food labels |
| VACCHO and ‘Go for your life’ | Tucker talk: Tucker for your ticker |
| HEARING | |
| Merri Health | Wandarra Yarning
The Wandarra Yarning Talking Booklet was developed as a resource for Audiology testing and screening in the Aboriginal Community. A consortia of 3 Community Health Services (Merri Community Health Services, Dianella Community Health, and Isis Primary Care) partnered with The Wandarra Aboriginal Corporation and the Hume Elders Planned Activity Group to develop the resource. The talking booklet includes recorded sounds and stories from Elders, as well as art work from the group members and a local Aboriginal Graphic Designer. The project was funded by the Department of Health and Human Services. For more information or copies of the booklet, please contact Maryanne Tadic on 93559990 or Maryanne.Tadic@merrihealth.org.au |
| HEART HEALTH | |
| Heart Foundation | Cholesterol |
| Heart Foundation | Coronary Heart Disease |
| Heart Foundation | Heart Attack |
| HEP C PREVENTION | |
| Hepatitis Australia | Hepatitis B and C Factsheet for Indigenous Communities |
| MENTAL HEALTH | |
| Beyond Blue | Keeping Strong |
| QUIT SMOKING | |
| Heart Foundation | Smoking |
| SEXUAL HEALTH | |
| VACCHO | Condoms |
| PAP SCREEEN VICTORIA
CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA |
Pap tests: Help protect yourself from cervical cancer |
