SBS TV to broadcast Rural Health Education Foundation programs
September 28, 2006In November, SBS Television will broadcast three Rural Health Education Foundation documentary programs on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health issues.
The Start Strong (Tuesday 14 November) and Grow Strong (Tuesday 21 November) programs offer ideas for communities on what can work for them in improving maternal and infant care and early childhood development.
Start Strong and Grow Strong highlight successful community-based initiatives such as Jirnani Childcare Centre on Nguiu (Bathurst Island), Darwin’s Strong Women, Strong Babies Strong Culture program, the Mums and Babies Program, Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service and others.
The Keep Safe program (Tuesday 28 November) offers communities ideas on how to prevent injuries and showcases successful community-based initiatives such as the Hermannsburg (NT) Night Patrol, the Top End Women’s Legal Service (Darwin) and the Western Australian water safety initiative Watch the Kids.
All three 26-minute programs are presented by Karla Grant, the well-known face of SBS TV’s national Aboriginal current affairs program Living Black.
Essential viewing for midwives, nurses and Aboriginal health workers
Commenting on the Start Strong program, Pat Brodie, National President of the Australian College of Midwives, said “Such culturally sensitive and respectful educational resources are still all too rare in the field of maternal and child health. I believe this program to be an essential program for all midwives, nurses, Aboriginal health workers and medical staff.”
In announcing the three SBS Television broadcasts, Don Perlgut, CEO of the Rural Health Education Foundation, said “These national free-to-air television screenings add another dimension to our educational program distribution and help to fulfil the Foundation’s mission to improve health care in rural and remote Australia.”
SBS broadcast details
Start Strong - Tuesday 14 November 3:30pm
Grow Strong - Tuesday 21 November 3:30pm
Keep Safe - Tuesday 28 November 3:30pm
(Each program is 26 minutes long)
For further information about these programs, please contact the Foundation.
Special DVD and video offer
Copies of these three programs on DVD and VHS video can be purchased from the Foundation at a special low price via pre-paid cheque, money order, Visa or Mastercard.
Reviewers give the thumbs up
Independent reviewers have written positive critiques of these programs. Click to read the reviews.
Program funding
Start Strong and Grow Strong were funded by an untied educational grant from Merck Sharp & Dohme with additional funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and the Ian Potter Foundation. Keep Safe was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.