AHPA event: First Nations Workshop - Building Knowledge Exchange Skills

The Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA®) will be hosting a First Nations workshop – Building Knowledge Exchange Skills on Tuesday 20^th September 2022 from 11am-2pm (AEST), 10.30am-1.30pm (ACST), 9-12pm (AWST).

This event will be held virtually.

Participants will have the opportunity to hear from experienced speakers and Indigenous/First Nations people working in health promotion, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Māori - Indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand), and Indigenous people from Pacific Island Nations.

Guest speakers

Guest speakers include:

• Dr Kalinda Griffiths – AHPA Thinker in Residence, HPJA Editorial Team
• Dr Melissa Stewart – Journalist, Editor-in-Chief, Croakey
• Dr Tess Ryan – Academic, Writer, and Consultant

Sessions

This workshop will include three sessions:

• Academic publications 
• Press, PR & Public Interest Journalism
• Social media

The workshop is specifically for AHPA, AEA, AFPHM & PHAA members, Indigenous/First Nations people working in health promotion as well as people working in Indigenous health and with Indigenous/First Nations communities.

This workshop is designed to:

• Support and empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to share their work and stories widely across different platforms.
• Promote how to engage individuals and organisations in better supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander/Indigenous driven and led health promotion and preventative ill health initiatives.

Registration 

Registration is free for all AHPA members and non-members.

More information on the Population Health Congress 2022.

Registrations have now closed for this event.