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Presentation Type
Presentation
Location
The University of Notre Dame Australia, Broome Campus
Start Date
15-5-2019 12:30 PM
Description
This team presentation will describe how the links between environmental health and public health have been strengthened in the Kimberley region. Environmental health looks at disease risk reduction in the environment. Public health has a ‘system-wide’ focus and, here in the Kimberley, has supported an unobstructed bridge between clinical service providers and environmental health expertise. Nirrumbuk has worked with many partners to initiate environmental health referrals as a way to build this bridge. This has also created closer ties with the Department of Housing. This presentation will also tell the ‘data story’ that has underpinned these initiatives. This includes the determination of Kimberley Environmental Attributable Fractions (KEAFs) originally sourced from values published by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Inspired by local priorities, this academic work has been extended further to cost hospitalisations of Aboriginal people due to the environment. The recently released WA Sustainable Health Review acknowledged this important applied research.
Recommended Citation
Ward, Jeanette; Clements, Chicky; Christophers, Ray; and Morris, Sarah, "Environmental and Public Health in the Kimberley: Developments, Directions and Data" (2019). Talking Heads Seminar Series. 2.
https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/nulungu_talkingheads/2019/schedule/2
Environmental and Public Health in the Kimberley: Developments, Directions and Data
The University of Notre Dame Australia, Broome Campus
This team presentation will describe how the links between environmental health and public health have been strengthened in the Kimberley region. Environmental health looks at disease risk reduction in the environment. Public health has a ‘system-wide’ focus and, here in the Kimberley, has supported an unobstructed bridge between clinical service providers and environmental health expertise. Nirrumbuk has worked with many partners to initiate environmental health referrals as a way to build this bridge. This has also created closer ties with the Department of Housing. This presentation will also tell the ‘data story’ that has underpinned these initiatives. This includes the determination of Kimberley Environmental Attributable Fractions (KEAFs) originally sourced from values published by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Inspired by local priorities, this academic work has been extended further to cost hospitalisations of Aboriginal people due to the environment. The recently released WA Sustainable Health Review acknowledged this important applied research.
