Health : Aboriginal Medical Service

Strong body, strong mind

Other Health topics: Aboriginal Medical Service, Child & Maternal Health, Drug & Alcohol, Mental Health, Physical Health, Recipes,

  • AMS Profile: Albury Wodonga

    AMS of the Week: Busy health service caters for all ages This week’s Aboriginal Medical Service of the week is the Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service (AWAHS). AWAHS is a non-profit organisation that was set up to cater for the health care needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families. They are […]

    Comments offTopics: Aboriginal Medical Service

  • Goondir in Oakey, QLD

    Goondir Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Corporations for Health Services (Goondir Health Services) covers a huge area of about 160,000 km sq and it services more than 5000 clients. Since its inception in 1994, the service has increased in size to accommodate the growing demand for health services and meet varying health trends. The Goondir […]

    Comments offTopics: Aboriginal Medical Service

  • Education the key to health

    Healthy lifestyle worker Jason Roehl is passionate about improving his community’s health through education on the harm  that tobacco smoke causes and the benefits of healthy eating and physical activity. Healthy Lifestyle Worker Jason Roehl is passionate about improving his community’s health by educating about the harm that tobacco smoke causes, and the benefits of […]

    Comments offTopics: Aboriginal Medical Service Mental Health Physical Health

  • Keep an eye out for the ear van

    There’s a deadly van with a custom-painted Aboriginal artwork by Cherbourg artist Peter Carlo driving around Queensland’s South Burnett region.

    Comments offTopics: Aboriginal Medical Service Child & Maternal Health Physical Health

  • Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services’ Council Inc

    Established in 1986, the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services’ Council Inc (KAMSCI) is a health resource body for a group of independent Aboriginal community-controlled health services (ACCHSs) in the remote Kimberley region of WA. During its 16 years of operation, KAMSCI has played a major role in the development of medicine policy, resulting in a greatly […]

    Comments offTopics: Aboriginal Medical Service

  • Our Health, Our Future

    Together we are building a happier, healthier community. The recent release of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey 2004-2005 revealed that there are still lots of health problems in our community. But it also showed that we are becoming more responsible about getting the health care we need. According to the survey, […]

    Comments offTopics: Aboriginal Medical Service

  • Redfern AMS

    Deadly Vibe Issue 81 The health and living standards of Indigenous communities in Australia has for too long been below acceptable standards. Thankfully, there is an increasing number of Indigenous organisations that are working hard to address this situation. One of the most important of these organisations is the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service, which won […]

    Comments offTopics: Aboriginal Medical Service Events Organisations

  • A Healthy Outlook

    Story: Kiarna Adams Kiarna Adams grew up in Darwin dreaming of becoming a doctor one day. But as she went through high school, she talked herself out of it, thinking that a career in medicine would be too hard. Instead, she headed to Melbourne to start a degree in health science. Yet that dream of […]

    Comments offTopics: Aboriginal Medical Service

Read previous Aboriginal Medical Service stories from our archives: