The Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network is dedicated to improving the health of Indigenous Australians. The Network strives to:

Education and Professional Development


• Identify education and training needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health promotion practitioners, researchers and policy makers;
• Work with universities and colleges to develop and implement relevant professional preparation and continuing education courses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and health promotion;
• Support and advise universities and colleges on Indigenous health promotion curriculum development and review;
• Organise professional development opportunities (short courses, workshops, meetings) to meet the needs of members;
  

  Mobilise
  

• Enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are engaged in health promotion to communicate regularly about their work;
• Link Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are engaged in health promotion with international Indigenous health and health promotion networks;
• Advise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are engaged in health promotion on conferences, workshops, policy reviews and literature
• Facilitate professional exchange opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are engaged in health promotion
  

  Advocacy
  

• Disseminate relevant health and public policy documents;
• Contribute to national debate and decision-making about infrastructure support and funding required for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health promotion; and
• Act as an advisory body on policy, education and work practices that improve the health status of Indigenous people

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