The first national report on the national Key Performance Indicators (nKPIs) data collection captures data from over 200 primary health care organisations that receive funding from the Australian Government Department of Health to provide services primarily to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

It presents data for 19 'process of care' and 'health outcomes' indicators which focus on the prevention and management of chronic disease and maternal and child health.

The report shows improvements against most of the 'process of care' indicators. It also shows organisations that perform better are spread across different geographic and service delivery environments

Report here: http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129546941

The role of art in promoting emotional healing and wellbeing in Aboriginal communities
19–20 September 2014, Melbourne.

This symposium seeks to explore the role of art in promoting emotional healing and wellbeing in Aboriginal communities. It will examine a range of artistic and cultural practices taking place in Aboriginal communities across Australia. Art and related cultural practices will be examined as a source of cultural resilience and strength, as well as a medium to address the individual and intergenerational effects of trauma experienced by Aboriginal people throughout a history of colonisation and dispossession. 

Artists, art workers, art therapists, mental health practitioners, curators, scholars, community workers and cultural leaders are invited to share their stories of using art for healing in Aboriginal communities and may consider the following themes:

Differing cultural perspectives of emotional wellbeing and healing
Historic and contemporary Aboriginal arts practice
The role of art centres
Community art/cultural projects
Art therapy as a modality
Cultural and emotional education using art
Connection with ceremony

Download call for abstracts [PDF flyer]: http://healingways.daxcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/HealingWays_CallForPapers28Mar.pdf

Closing date is 14 May 2014

I am writing on behalf of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia (MOGA), the peak national body for medical oncology and a special society of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

We would like to extend an invitation to professional and industry colleagues, oncology clinicians and researchers to our upcoming Annual Scientific Meeting, Integrating Molecular and Immunologic Advances into Practice, Sydney, 6-8 August 2014. 

Program: This year's meeting will focus on the latest advances in a number of tumour streams, including breast, lung and colorectal cancers, their relevance to clinical practice and, other developments at the forefront of cancer treatment and management globally, including immunotherapy and bioinformatics. 

Guest speakers: Distinguished international guest speakers will contributing to the program include Professor Ramaswamy Govindan, MD (United States of America), Professor Yuichiro Ohe (Japan) and Dr Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore).

This international contingent is supplemented by more than 20 Australian expert speakers and chairs, with key speakers from various Australian medical and research Institutes. 

Further information: If you or any of your staff and colleagues have any questions about attendance or would like further information please contact me directly on 02 9256 9656 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Daniel Evans

Project Manager

Medical Oncology Group of Australia

145 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000

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