so, that's what you mean! communicating health: frontline stories from working in aboriginal...

“So, that's what you mean!”

Communicating health - frontline stories from

working in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait

Islander health."

Michelle DicksonLecturer

School of Public HealthSydney Medical School

University of Sydney

Darkinjung

Central coast, NSW

(Gosford, Brisbane Waters)

Ngarigo

Ngarigo – Cooma Monaro, Snowy Mountains, NSW.

Ngarigo

Ngarigo – Cooma Monaro, Snowy Mountains, NSW.

Health literacy and lived experiences

Alcohol

One resource-

© University of Sydney and Sydney South West Area Health Service

Poison party

Poison party

Broome Aboriginal Media Association (BAMA)

Brain Grog story

› Brain Grog Story English

Menzies School of Health Research

Brain Grog story

› Brain Grog Story Walpiri

Sexual Health

› Smart and Deadly Koori drama group – embracing technology to spread the word

Sex health checkGateway Community health/ Albury Wodonga schools and community organisations

Sexual health

› Gammin' but True! Short clips about your bits - an introduction to sexually trasnmitted infections

Coordinated by Centre for excellence in rural sexual health

Finally…

Diversity

Creativity

Take time

Connect with lived experiences

Don’t be afraid to enlist the help of a

superpower!

› condoman2 Spirits Project (a Project of Healthy Communities), QAIHC and Queensland Health

Contact

Michelle Dickson

michelle.dickson@sydney.edu.au

9351 1974