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Melina Connors, inaugural First Nations Midwifery Director for Queensland Health, is passionate about the state’s Growing Deadly Families strategy. Here she talks about how her new role plays a vital part in that passion. Melina speaking at the CRANAplus 2024 Remote...
CRANAplus spoke with medical doctor, researcher and educator, Dr Allison Hempenstall, Public Health Medical Officer of the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, to discuss the nuances of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN), its causes, symptoms,...
Aboriginal community-controlled health services are the way of the future, says Registered Nurse and Midwife Lesley Woolf, Executive Health Manager – Health, Aged Care & Community Services – at Mala’la Health Service Aboriginal Corporation in Maningrida. Photo credit:...
We are on the road to eliminate trachoma in Australia, says environmental health expert Dr Melissa Stoneham. But Melissa, who heads up the service-delivery Environmental Health Trachoma Project (#endingtrachoma) run by the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) based...
CRANAplus Nursing and Midwifery Roundtable member Michelle Appo shares insight into her recent experience in Halls Creek WA, and why she is carefully considering each step in her pathway to remote area nursing. Michelle speaking at the CRANAplus 40th Annual Conference...
2021 NT Australian of the Year, Dr Wendy Page spent three decades working in East Arnhem Land with Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation, fighting a parasitic enemy that is invisible to the naked eye and capable of multiplying into the millions – with incredible...
“You won’t find our residents sitting blankly looking at a television screen. They’re always outdoors, catching the breeze.” That’s Registered Nurse Rosie Breen, Service Manager at the Yutjuwala Djiwarr aged care centre in Nhulunbuy in north-east Arnhem Land....
Tiffany feels fortunate to have been awarded the 2023 Gayle Woodford Memorial Scholarship and says it will give her the upper hand in expanding her career in remote health. “I’m just that excited,” beams RN RM Tiffany Cattermole, thrilled by the opportunity she has...
At this year’s CRANAplus Conference, proud Wonnarua woman and Nurse Practitioner (NP) Lesley Salem will shine a light on the challenges and opportunities facing the Nurse Practitioner workforce in remote Australia. Proud Wonnarua woman and Nurse Practitioner Lesley...
Holly Fazulla from SHINE SA reflects on a Mooditj Leadership Training course she recently completed in Alice Springs. Now, she’s prepared to deliver the Mooditj program, a resilience, relationships and sexual health education program for young Aboriginal people aged...
Last year, Queensland Aboriginal midwives Sonita Giudice and Melina Connors travelled 44,500 kilometres in cars, planes, and ferries – equivalent to circumnavigating the globe – as part of the ongoing implementation of The Growing Deadly Families (GDF) Strategy. The...
The latest review into effective alcohol and drug-use treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has the potential to encourage greater recognition of the value of First Nations health workers in communities, says Julie Woods, a First Nations...