National Hepatitis C and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities Workshop: Engaging Communities
7 June 2007
Melbourne, Australia
Hepatitis Australia hosted the first National Hepatitis C and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities Workshop in Melbourne on the 7th June, 2007.
The workshop showcased successful programs and partnerships in hepatitis C service provision. The workshop also explored successes, challenges and opportunities for collaboration in hepatitis C service provision between Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities and non-Indigenous service providers.
Workshop Program
To download the 2007 conference program visit Workshop Program
Workshop Report
To download the final report from the workshop visit Workshop Report. The presentations delivered on the day make up the appendix 1 -12 of this report and can be downloaded individually by clicking on the links below.
- Appendix 1 – James Ward, “Hepatitis C and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities, What we know and what needs to happen”, Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW.
- Appendix 2 - Bill Jang, “Building Relationships; finding allies, lighting a few fires” Hepatitis C Resource Centre, Te Waipounamu, Christchurch New Zealand.
- Appendix 3 – Peter Waples Crowe and Priscilla Pyett, “Healthy partnership between mainstream and Indigenous organisations”, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
and ONEMDA Vic Health Koori Health Unit. - Appendix 4 – Rob Wilkins, “Exploring our educational philosophies”, NSW Workforce Development Program in Hepatitis, HIV and Sexual Health.
- Appendix 5 – Sallie Cairnduff, “Hepatitis C Workforce Development: Improving service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People”, Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW.
- Appendix 6 – Brett Mooney and Jodie Walton; “Culturally Specific Resources in the Hepatitis C sector”, Queensland Association of Healthy Communities, and Hepatitis Council of Queensland.
- Appendix 7 – Bek Andersson-Nickson, “Hepatitis C: Engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities I the capital” ACT Hepatitis C Council.
- Appendix 8 – Timmy Duggan, “Hoops 4 Health: minimising the affects of hepatitis C through healthy lifestyle choices”, Northern Territory AIDS and Hepatitis Council.
- Appendix 9 – Stewart Sutherland, “Preliminary findings of the NSW Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Prisons Project”, Greater Southern Area Health Service NSW Health.
- Appendix 10 – Troy Combo, “Mapping & scoping of hepatitis C education and prevention activities targeting Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities”, Hepatitis Australia.
- Appendix 11 – John Van den Dungen, “Dulangirr Guggynidgel – New Beginning, peer education program fro Aboriginal people who inject drugs”, The Connection Canberra.
- Appendix 12 – Robyne Latham, “Recognising and responding to hepatitis C in Indigenous communities in Victoria”, Australia Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University.
Hepatitis Australia hopes to host the next Hepatitis C and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities Workshop in early 2009.