A group comprised of strangers, colleagues and friends will come together on August 1 in inner Melbourne to participate in a public walk on the Country of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin... Read more
In recent weeks, Croakey has published a series of articles from the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, which was held on the Larrakia Nation in Darw... Read more
In this edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell shares some of the latest news in mental health and oral health, amongst other things. Lesley Russell writes: In the pa... Read more
The prevalence and impact of ageism in our community, and in the healthcare system, and the tendency to see poor mental health as a ‘normal’ part of ageing were major issues raised at the Me... Read more
Service delivery to Queensland’s remote Indigenous communities was “fundamentally broken” and in need of a radical rethink, the state’s Productivity Commission has fo... Read more
*** This article was written by Ruth Armstrong, on behalf of Croakey Professional Services. It was sponsored by Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council. *** Speaking during NAIDOC Week on A... Read more
Public health professionals and the wider health sector have been urged to engage deeply with strong calls to action embedded in the official statement from the recent Lowitja Institute Inte... Read more
AMA President Tony Bartone has thrown down the gauntlet on prevention, urging the newly-elected Morrison government to “just do it” on taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages and a... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Recognising and addressing the post-colonial, intergenerational determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and supporting community-led solu... Read more
In this month’s JournalWatch, Dr Melissa Stoneham reviews a study from South Africa that raises an interesting question. Are the two nutritional ills of low fruit and vegetable consumption,... Read more
