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Karratha City Shopping Centre
Karratha, WA 6714 Australia Get Directions
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  • Culturally Safe & Respectful Practices Workshop | Karratha

    Karratha Health Hub Karratha City Shopping Centre, Karratha, WA, Australia

    Half day workshop focused on culturually safe practice for any person working in the disabilty services sector. The workshop will cover: significance of country, culture and spirituality signficance of family and kinship impact of colonisation on Aboriginal health today Aboriginal perspective of disabilty influences on Aboriginal participations in disability services communicating and engaging with Aborignal people The workshop is a collaboration between Karratha Central Healthcare and WA Centre for Rural Health and will be delivered by Associate Lecturer Annette McVicar. Annette is a Mununjali/Minjungbal woman from the YUgambeh language region of south-east Queensland. She provides valuable guidance on implementing culturally...

  • Karratha Community Stakeholder Meeting: NEARER SCAN Study for detecting Rheumatic Heart Disease

    Karratha Health Hub Karratha City Shopping Centre, Karratha, WA, Australia

    You are warmly invited to attend a Community Stakeholder Meeting on Thursday 27th July 2023, to yarn about a study being implemented in Karratha and Roebourne called NEARER SCAN - a project to improve how we detect Rheumatic Heart Disease in at-risk children and pregnant women, through non-expert heart ultrasound (‘echo’) screening. Please see attached poster and project overview for your reference. NEARER SCAN Rheumatic Heart Disease Project Background Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a common cause of heart disease (Burlada Yirriri) in children (Gubiyarri/Manggurla) and young adults (Yangubala) in remote communities in Western Australia (Ngurra Warndurala) People don’t always...

  • Remote Ready Program – Self Care workshop | 26 May 2023 | Karratha

    Karratha Health Hub Karratha City Shopping Centre, Karratha, WA, Australia

    As part of the Remote Ready Program, we like to introduce the first of two FREE educational networking workshops delivered in collaboration between Karratha Central Health Care and WA Centre for Rural Health. Join us for an interactive half-day workshop focused on self-care for any person working in the disability services sector. This workshop will cover: Recognising burnout and compassion fatigue Importance of self-care and healthy habits Increasing coping strategies Resource sharing Connection and networking opportunities The program will be delivered by Lecturer in Social Work and Social Worker, Prue Martawidjaja and Associate Lecturer and Psychologist, Catherine Wilson. The workshop...

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid Training | 23-24 May 2023 | Karratha

    Karratha Health Hub Karratha City Shopping Centre, Karratha, WA, Australia

    The next Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid Training will be taking place on the 23rd and 24th May 2023 held at the Karratha Health Hub. This two-day training is open to community members and health service providers that work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This course teaches you how to assist an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander adult who is developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. When:             23-24 May 2023 Where:            Karratha Health Hub, Karratha City Shopping Centre (Next to Pharmacy Help & opposite Red Dot) Time:             ...

  • Step Up! Bystander Intervention Training Program – KARRATHA

    Karratha Health Hub Karratha City Shopping Centre, Karratha, WA, Australia

    The WA Centre for Rural Health invite you to attend the  Step Up! Bystander Intervention Program. The Step UP! Bystander Intervention Program was delivered as an outcome of the Safe and Respectful Pilbara Project, developed by the WA Centre for Rural Health as part of the Vital Change programs led by WACOSS and funded by BHP. This face-to-face training builds individual’s skills, confidence, and motivation to speak up and respond to disrespectful behaviour in their workplace and community and is being held during this year’s 16 Days in WA – Stop Violence Against Women campaign. The goals of Step UP! are to:...

  • Whisper No More Training – Karratha

    Karratha Health Hub Karratha City Shopping Centre, Karratha, WA, Australia

    This workshop aims to encourage conversations and build greater understanding of what matters to Aboriginal people when they have cancer. The training is aimed at all health professionals, health educators, local organisations and community members in Karratha, WA. The workshop incorporates the Whisper No More training package developed by the WA Centre for Rural Health. It aims to: increase awareness and understanding of the specific needs of Aboriginal people with cancer develop participants’ skills as educators as Aboriginal people are frequently called upon for a variety of roles in education (e.g., by family, patients and professional colleagues) facilitate networks between health professionals and cancer support...