“ yeddung guri yeddung yerra ” project

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“Yeddung Guri Yeddung Yerra” Project Established in 2008 Indigenous pre- & primary school children in SNSWLHD Combined screening

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“ Yeddung Guri Yeddung Yerra ” Project. Established in 2008 Indigenous pre- & primary school children in SNSWLHD Combined screening. Project Aims. I mprove the OH Indigenous children integrated screening Training Indigenous health professionals Establishing referral pathways - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: “ Yeddung Guri Yeddung Yerra ” Project

“Yeddung Guri Yeddung Yerra” Project

Established in 2008

Indigenous pre- & primary school children in SNSWLHD

Combined screening

Page 2: “ Yeddung Guri Yeddung Yerra ” Project

Project Aims

Improve the OH Indigenous children

integrated screening

Training Indigenous health professionals

Establishing referral pathways

Promotional resources

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Our Contribution

Literature review

Creating promotional resources

Clinician steps for OH screening

Training an Indigenous health care worker

OH promotion

Non clinical setting

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Understanding Queanbeyan’s Indigenous Community

Opportunistic & flexible

Political & social challenges

Need & value of an Indigenous health worker

Communication

Cultural understanding

Premature aging

Other discrepancies

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Numgbin & Ngungahlla