Aboriginal health and wellbeing

WGAR News: MJA's first issue for July has a focus on Indigenous health: Medical Journal of Australia

Newsletter date: 17 July 2013

Contents:

* Medical Journal of Australia (MJA): Volume 199, Issue 1 - 8 July, 2013
* Ruth Armstrong, MJA: A time and a place
* Tammy M Kimpton, MJA: Partnership and leadership: key to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
* Sandra J Eades and Fiona J Stanley, MJA: Improving the health of First Nations children in Australia
* Melissa A Sweet, MJA: Social media: new links for Indigenous health
* Sarah L Blunden and Danny Camfferman, MJA: Can sleep contribute to "closing the gap" for Indigenous children?

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WGAR News: "Progress report on Closing the Gap proves best results are through community groups"

Newsletter date: 19 June 2013

Contents:

* NACCHO chair: Progress report on Closing the Gap proves best results are through community groups
* The Stringer: Austerity cuts hit Closing the Gap

* NACCHO News: NACCHO CEO appointed to new Aboriginal Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Advisory Group
* The Stringer: Suicide prevention phone app designed for Aboriginal people in the remote

* NACCHO health education news: NACCHO signs Landmark Aboriginal medical education agreement
* NACCHO media news: NACCHO CEO Lisa Briggs to host IndigenousX Excellence this week