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We welcome you to join us at our HelpingMinds Broome Open Days, as we foster resilience and a stronger community. Meet our friendly HelpingMinds team and learn about the programs, services and support we offer to our community. When: 19 May, 16 Jun, 20 Jul, 17 Aug, 15 Sep, 18 Nov, 7 Dec - 9am – 11am Where: Broome HelpingMinds Office, 2/40 Dampier Terrace, Broome WA Who: All of the community are welcome, including mental health carers, families and other service providers Cost: Free | Light snacks provided Please visit https://helpingminds.org.au/pec-events/openbroome-2/ to enrol. For more information email info@warecoverycollege.org.au or call 1300 285...

This webinar provides Western Australian midwives with the information and tools required to improve syphilis screening and care for at-risk and key affected populations. The webinar also highlights the importance of contact tracing and partner notification. A combination of didactic and interactive quizzes will be used throughout the webinar This course is for: All midwives in WA ACM CPD Endorsement Activity 21 July 2021, 4:00pm – 5:30pm (AWST)  Funded by Government of Western Australia Department of Health For more information or to register please visit the website

The Community and Consumer Involvement Program in partnership with the WA Health Outpatient Reform Program and supported by WA Country Health Service, will be holding a series of virtual community conversations across regional WA: Session 1 on the 20th July will include - South West (Bunbury Hospital) Wheatbelt (Northam Hospital) Great Southern (Albany Hospital) 2. Session 2 on the 27th July will include - Kimberley (Broome Hospital) Midwest (Geraldton Hospital) Pilbara (Hedland Health Campus) Goldfields (Kalgoorlie Hospital) Consumers who live in regional WA are invited to join the discussion about the reform of outpatient services in WA. If you have an interest in outpatient reform and would like to share...

This session will look at the many contributing factors that influence our weight, in addition to how we can improve our language around weight to reduce weight stigma and shame. Strategies and approaches to weight management will be discussed in addition to action planning and goal setting.   _______________________________________________________________________________  

We welcome you to join us at our HelpingMinds Broome Open Days, as we foster resilience and a stronger community. Meet our friendly HelpingMinds team and learn about the programs, services and support we offer to our community. When: 19 May, 16 Jun, 20 Jul, 17 Aug, 15 Sep, 18 Nov, 7 Dec - 9am – 11am Where: Broome HelpingMinds Office, 2/40 Dampier Terrace, Broome WA Who: All of the community are welcome, including mental health carers, families and other service providers Cost: Free | Light snacks provided Please visit https://helpingminds.org.au/pec-events/openbroome-2/ to enrol. For more information email info@warecoverycollege.org.au or call 1300 285...

Infectious syphilis in Western Australia - Using the RISE Framework to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes The Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program (SHBBVP) is coordinating a series of videoconferences designed to provide current information and updates related to the outbreaks of infectious syphilis in Western Australia.   Date: Wednesday 18 August 2021 Time: 12.00-12.45pm Venue: This presentation will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. Please see link below. Presenters: Yvette Roe and Sue Kildea, Charles Darwin University     Videoconference Information: The session will be provided via videoconference and recorded. The recording will be made available on the WA Syphilis Outbreak...

Kimberley Grande Resort, Kununurra 21 August 2021 Topics include: Local health priorities and research Cross Cultural Communication Rheumatic Heart Disease Skin Health and Scabies Tropical Diseases Enquiries to: Michele Harvey nursepractitioner@ovahs.org.au Visit the website here.