Information about services that support the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
A focus area of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Agreement is health and wellbeing. We will achieve this outcome by focusing on:
- recognising the value and need for culturally based healing programs in the ACT that acknowledge the significance of community connectedness
- the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service providers in the provision of services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- facilitating access to health and wellbeing services and programs for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- providing opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to undertake activities on Country to promote health and wellbeing
- providing information and early support to enable informed decision making
- implementing S.27 Human Rights Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to improve health and wellbeing of Traditional Custodians
There are a number of services that support the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT:
