Category: 02. Aboriginal Health News
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Lifestyle Support Groups Case Study – Meet Leah
Leah is 49 years old. She has had Type 2 Diabetes for ten years. Leah also has high blood pressure, sleep apnoea and a history of depression, panic attacks and social anxiety. Leah does not leave her home often. Leah joined Hunter Primary Care’s online Lifestyle Support Groups as part of the Care Coordination and…
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Yantiin Kalabara – 5 ways to a healthier you
Hunter Primary Care has developed an exciting new program, ‘Yantiin Kalabara – 5 ways to a healthier you’, aimed at educating young people in regional areas to make healthy living choices through a series of interactive workshops. Yantiin Kalabara is an Aboriginal phrase that means – Everyone Shining Bright. The program is a workshop based…
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Forming good Kinnections
Hunter Primary Care has teamed up with local businesses, Tomago Aluminium, THIRTY3SOUTH Films and Snap Programs to support the Indigenous men’s basketball team, Karuah Kinnections. The team is made up of young men aged 16 to 25-year-olds, who either live at Karuah Mission or have grown up in the area. Players on the Karuah Kinnections…
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Bringing the glitz and glamour of ‘Black Divaz’ to the big screen
On behalf of our Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group, Hunter Primary Care hosted a private screening of the documentary film, Black Divaz.
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Hunter Primary Care bringing the glitz and glamour of ‘Black Divaz’ to the big screen this NAIDOC Week
With traditional large-scale NAIDOC Week celebrations on hold for this year, Hunter Primary Care is proud to be acknowledging NAIDOC Week in style, hosting a private screening of ‘Black Divaz’ – a one of one-of-a-kind documentary celebrating drag performance as an art form through the lens of Australian Indigeneity – on Tuesday 10th November at…
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Establishing ‘Power and Control for Aboriginal Youth’
Hunter Primary Care has been successful in the first round of grants awarded through the Department of Health, Indigenous Australians Health Programme Emerging Priorities grant.
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Movement is Medicine
Exercise isn’t just important as a weight loss tool, regular exercise can help reduce the risk of developing long-term health concerns
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Ngangkari healers
Hunter Primary Care and New Horizons Wellbeing Warriors welcomed the Ngangkari Healers from the Anangu Ngangkari Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation (ANTAC) to the Hunter region in March 2020.
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Connected to community
FEELING connected to community is vital for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.