Social and emotional well-being in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian communities-a view from down-under!
Abstract:
Social and emotional well-being (SEWB) challenges across Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia are as diverse as our own communities. Dr. Dickson will be joined by academic members of her team to share how current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduate students, their workplaces and communities are responding to community SEWB needs. Specific examples of health promotion programs will be shared, as will the inspirational work of the team of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics who support graduate learners in the SEWB space. Taking a strength-based approach, the SEWB programs are community inspired and community driven. We will look forward to some open Yarning (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander conversations) about SEWB with you all.
Moderated by Dr. Suzanne Stewart
Biography:
Dr. Michelle Dickson is a Darkinjung/Ngarigo (Aboriginal, New South Wales, Australia)academic in the Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney. She lives and works on Gadigal land and commenced at the University of Sydney in 2010. Dr. Dickson has worked in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and well-being service delivery and health professions education for 25 years. She is Academic Program Director of the Graduate Diploma in Indigenous Health Promotion program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals and provides leadership in Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander health and well-being within and external to, her Institution and the Public Health sector.
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