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The First 1000 Days with Dr Kerry Arabena and Candice Raymond

Indigenous Health MedTalk

Release Date: 09/25/2019

Yarning with Uncle Will & Anthony Paulson about Police, Justice and health impacts. show art Yarning with Uncle Will & Anthony Paulson about Police, Justice and health impacts.

Indigenous Health MedTalk

On the show today we chat with Anthony and Uncle Will Paulson. We talked about Anthony's journey from apprentice butcher to now working as a leader and manager in Cultural Education. We also get to hear Uncle Will share his story from growing up on a mission to getting a medical condition that changed his life. We yarn about the connected nature of police justice and health and how resilience, good choices, work ethic and role modelling can help you find your way in life.   Bio's: Anthony Paulson is a proud Aboriginal man and his people are Worimi, Bundjalung and Mununjali people....

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Cultural Mentors discuss Cultural Education for Doctors show art Cultural Mentors discuss Cultural Education for Doctors

Indigenous Health MedTalk

On the show today we chat with Professor Marlene Drysdale, Dr Kali Hayward and Henry Neill who share their knowledge and expertise in helping GP registrars, or Doctors in training, learn the best ways to interact with their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. They also share information on how to be a good ally.     

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Indigenous Activism and Health Care Reform with Les Collins show art Indigenous Activism and Health Care Reform with Les Collins

Indigenous Health MedTalk

On the show today we chat with Les Collins who shares his journey from growing up in Cherbourg to being a member of the Brisbane chapter of the Black Panthers. And who, through his advocacy, helped shape the legal system, housing and health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, nationally.   Mr Les Collins – Chair of the Board Aboriginal & Islander Health Training Advisory Committee (Kab-bai Committee) Les Collins is one of the pioneers to address Indigenous health inequalities in Queensland. He helped develop a number of community controlled Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander...

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Arly Mehan - The Love Warrior Celebrant show art Arly Mehan - The Love Warrior Celebrant

Indigenous Health MedTalk

On todays episode, Dr Danielle Arabena yarns to Arly Mehan, The Love Warrior Celebrant and Death Doula, about her PhD in EcoAcoustics. We also delve into how Arly helps others use ceremony as a profound way of connecting to Kin in the seen and the unseen.   Arly is a Birrbay and Dunghutti ceremony creatress living and working on Country near Guruk, what is now known as Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia.  Arly is currently working within the wedding and funeral industries in an educaring approach to contribute to decolonising, bringing meaning and authentically honour sacred life...

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RFDS: Saving lives in rural and remote Queensland with Dr Tatum Bond show art RFDS: Saving lives in rural and remote Queensland with Dr Tatum Bond

Indigenous Health MedTalk

On the show today we chat with Dr Tatum Bond, a Ngan'gi woman and emergency specialist about her journey into medicine, her love of remote and rural medicine, camping and her dogs. We also have a chat her important work with the Royal Flying Doctors servicing remote Queensland communities.    Tatum is a proud Indigenous FACEM, whose heritage hails from the Ngajanji tribe, the rainforest people from the southern Atherton Tablelands. Tatum grew up in Tannum Sands in Central Queensland but has always felt at home in Cairns. She recently fellowed in Emergency Medicine and splits her time...

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Skate for a Voice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children show art Skate for a Voice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children

Indigenous Health MedTalk

::TRIGGER WARNING:: - A very powerful edition of our podcast, but also needs to be listened to with care. It contains strong themes and discussion of violence.

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Generational Journey through Health: Yarning with the Arabena Family (Meriam Mer Descendants) show art Generational Journey through Health: Yarning with the Arabena Family (Meriam Mer Descendants)

Indigenous Health MedTalk

On the show today Dr Danielle Arabena is joined by her family, her sister Professor Kerry Arabena founder of the First 1000 Days Australia and her daughters Dr Kayla Arabena-Byrnes, a medical doctor and artist and Amy Arabena-Byrnes a Torres Strait Islander health worker and first year midwifery student. They discuss their family legacy, resilience, their different journeys into health.

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Bringing Back the Warrior and Changing the Narrative with Dwayne Bannon-Harrison show art Bringing Back the Warrior and Changing the Narrative with Dwayne Bannon-Harrison

Indigenous Health MedTalk

On the show today Dr Danielle Arabena yarns with Dwayne Bannon-Harrison who comes to share his ideology of bringing back the warrior, to change the narrative, shift the mindset and help men regain their connection, healing and growth. He leads the way for change through a positive outlook and through the teachings of his Grandfather and his elders.

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Serving Indigenous Communities with Dr Claudia Collins show art Serving Indigenous Communities with Dr Claudia Collins

Indigenous Health MedTalk

Dr Danielle Arabena yarns with Dr Claudia Collins who works as a senior medical officer and lead clinician at Yulu-Burri-Ba Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health on Minjerribah, Stradbroke Island. Having grown up in Far North Queensland, Claudia shares how her journey with med school and her work as a doctor sparked her passion with Indigenous and rural health. Claudia also shares some of the simple yet powerful teachings from community elders.

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Resilience, Persistence and Passion: A Story of a School Teacher and Her Journey through Medicine show art Resilience, Persistence and Passion: A Story of a School Teacher and Her Journey through Medicine

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On the show today Dr Danielle Arabena yarns with Dr Casey Kalsi, an Indigenous GP who shares her journey of resilience after a significant motor vehicle accident put her on the path to her true calling. Along the way Casey experiences the highs and lows but shows she has the inner strength to keep going. There is something in her journey that we can all learn and grow from.

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More Episodes

Today, on Indigenous Health MeDTalk, Dr Danielle Arabena discusses;
  • the ‘First 1000 days Australia’ program
  • the importance of the environment in which a newborn will come home to
  • epigenetics: which Dr Kerry Arabena has been at the forefront of research and implementation, and
  • the household surveys conducted by Candice Raymond which bolster this research.


Dr Kerry Arabena

A descendant of the Meriam people from the Torres Strait, Kerry’s work has brought her to the forefront of Indigenous affairs in Australia. A former social worker with a Doctorate in Environmental Science, Dr Kerry Arabena has held senior positions including Chair of Indigenous Health at the University of Melbourne, Executive Director of First 1000 Days Australia, CEO of the Lowitja Institute, and Director of Indigenous Health Research at Monash University.

With an extensive background in public health, administration, community development and research, Kerry has led a wide range of organisations and committees including the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Equality Council and the National Congress of Australia’s First People. Currently a Director of Kinaway Chamber of Commerce and President of EcoHealth International, Kerry holds an honorary professorial position with the University of Melbourne and has a number of entrepreneurial programs in development.

Candice Raymond

Candice is a Barunggam and Kokobera woman from Queensland with ties to the Kuku-Yalanji and Waanyi Nations. A mother of four children, she has been involved in community development for three years and has more than 15 years sales experience.

Candice became involved with the First 1000 Days Australia at a short course held in the Moreton Bay region in early 2018. She began working with the Executive Working Committees to develop the A-HA workshops, Welcome Baby and Welcome Children to Country events and the Household Survey Working Group, and was a Logistics Coordinator and Peer Researcher for the Moreton Bay Household Survey.

Candice has recently graduated in the Milparanga 5.2 cohort and is now an alumni of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation.