In this ‘Postcard from the Edge’, LITFL’s Michelle Johnston reflects on her recent exposure to indigenous health in Australia’s remote communities. The ‘Edge’ can be quite close to home.
How’s Your Sugar?
June 1, 2010 by 1 Comment
The How’s Your Sugar? website deals with the issues faced by Australian Indigenous people in ‘living well’ with type 2 diabetes. It uses peer-to-peer narrative through interactive video clips and simple graphics to help explain the importance of food, exercise, medication and smoking cessation on controlling diabetes.
Irukandji in the Northern Territory
May 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
We describe Irukandji syndrome (a painful hypercatecholaminergic condition caused by jellyfish envenoming) in Australia’s Northern Territory.
