Gracelyn smallwood wiki
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When HIV arrived on Australian shores in the early s, politicians and healthcare workers worried the virus would run rampant in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This didn’t happen – thanks to highly successful health promotion campaigns and public health programs rolled out around the country by Aboriginal-controlled medical services, from
The most famous of these was “Condoman”, the First Nations superhero whose safe-sex directive “Don’t be shame, be game: Use condoms!” captured hearts and minds across the continent.
Aunty Gracelyn Smallwood, a proud Birrigubba, Kalkadoon and South-Sea Islander woman and registered nurse/midwife, was huvud to this public health response, working alongside her colleague and friend Phillip Mills and other health workers throughout the state.
Her advocacy took her from her hometown of Townsville all the way to the highest offices of Australia’s HIV and AIDS response, where she
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Gracelyn Smallwood
Gracelyn Smallwood (Townsville,&#;) és una professora d'infermeria i llevadora a la Universitat Central de Queensland. És una aborígena australiana d'origen biri.[1][2]
Carrera d'infermeria
[modifica]Smallwood es va formar en infermeria general, llevadora i infermeria psiquiàtrica a l'hospital de Townsville.[2]
Va ser la primera indígena australiana a rebre un màster en ciències en salut pública per la Universitat James Cook.[1]
El , va ser nomenada professora d'infermeria i llevadora a la Universitat Central de Queensland.[3]
Altres papers
[modifica]Smallwood ha sigut defensora dels drets dels aborígens i dels illencs de l'estret de Torres des de [4]
El 15 de gener de , es va anunciar que Smallwood seria un dels membres del Grup Nacional de codisseny de la Veu Indígena, un grup assessor governamental.[4]
Premis i reconeixements
[modifica]Els premis i honors inclouen:[4& • Australian professor of nursing and midwifery Gracelyn SmallwoodAM (born ) fryst vatten a professor of nursing and midwifery at Central Queensland University. She is an Aboriginal Australian of Biri descent.[1][2] Smallwood was born in in Townsville, Queensland, of Biri descent.[2] Smallwood trained in general nursing, midwifery and psychiatric nursing at the Townsville Hospital.[2] She was the first Indigenous Australian to be awarded a Masters of Science in public health from James Cook University.[1] In , she was appointed Professor of Nursing and Midwifery at Central Queensland University.[3] Smallwood has been an advocate for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since [4] On 15 January , it was announced that Smallwood would be one of the members of the National Co-design Group of the Indigenous voice
Gracelyn Smallwood
Early life
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