Indigenous Health

Indigenous Health Australia (NSW)

Summary of developments on the Indigenous Health website.

• Health
• Population
• Environment
• Programs
• States
• Overviews
• Key facts
• Resources

What is the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet is an innovative web resource that makes knowledge and information on Indigenous health easily accessible to inform practice and policy.

Our web resource is a 'one-stop info-shop' for people interested in improving the very poor health of Indigenous Australians, which was acknowledged in 2000 by the then Commonwealth Minister for Health as Australia's 'singular most spectacular failure as a nation'.

Our expanding, dynamic resource makes published, unpublished and specially-developed material about Indigenous health freely accessible to policy makers, service providers, researchers, students and the general community. By making this material accessible to people involved in the area of Indigenous health, it should greatly enhance their knowledge and skills, and improve their practice and/or policy work. For students and the general community, the knowledge accessible via our resource will improve their understanding of Indigenous health and related areas.

We also encourage and support information-sharing among practitioners, policy-makers and others working to improve Indigenous health. Our 'yarning places' (electronic networks) allow people with common interests and purposes to share information, knowledge and experience, even when they live in different States, Territories and regions, come from different sectors (such as health, education and justice) and work for different organisations.