Manual of Resources for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention

Communicating Effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

This short resource describes basic cultural competencies for clinical staff to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families.

Source: Queensland Government

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Desert Pea Media – Music Videos Desert Pea Media works with Indigenous young people in regional and remote areas, using storytelling and audio-visual media to promote social and cultural dialogue, responding to issues including intergenerational trauma, suicide, unemployment and incarceration. Hip hop anthem celebrating the resilience and strength of the Wiradjuri People from the Central West of NSW, addressing issues including The Stolen Generations, racism, family violence, grief and trauma. Source: Desert Pea Media/WNSWPHN

Dear Son shares letters written by Indigenous men about life, masculinity, love, culture and racism. Along with his own prose and poetry, author and editor Thomas Mayor invited 12 contributors, including Joe Williams, Stan Grant and Troy Cassar-Daley, to write a letter to their son, father or nephew, in a book that celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander manhood. Source: Hardie Grant Publishing

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