Tagged with Professor Roianne West

Griffith University First Peoples Health Unit has been announced as a partner in cultural safety training for Australia’s regulators of registered health practitioners.

Griffith University is proud to recognise the life achievements of a remarkable humanitarian, Aunty Pamela Mam, a First Peoples’ Elder, role model, patron and matriarch. She has, for over 60 years, provided tireless service to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Peoples, particularly in the fields of health care and education. Griffith has now conferred upon […]

 Strengthening midwifery education standards to improve maternity services was the call at the recent Trans-Tasman Midwifery Education conference. 

Closing the gap in health outcomes between Australia’s First Peoples and other Australians is the aim of the Griffith Health First Peoples Health Plan 2016-2022.

Kayla Donald understands the problems facing by young expectant mothers in remote Indigenous communities. It’s the reason the Kirwan State High School student, whose community is located in Yunguburra near Cairns, came to Griffith University as part of the Aspirations and Pathways to Health Program. “I want to become a midwife so I can go […]

Increased numbers of Indigenous Midwifery students at Griffith have been just one of the achievements at the university’s First People’s Health Unit (FPHU) since its establishment last year.

Griffith Health is pledging its commitment to the Close The Gap agenda this Thursday (17 March) as the Indigenous health campaign marks its tenth anniversary.