Our West Kimberley dietitians ran some great activities at the Broome Boulevard for Smart Eating Week on February 15th, with the aim of increasing healthy food choices and awareness of smart eating amongst Kimberley residents . The team provided healthy snacks, demonstrations, recipe books and promotional giveaways and our dietitians were on hand to have …
Discover, through an experiential eight week course, how being more present and mindful can help you recognise unhelpful, habitual reactions and choose alternative responses for greater contentment and freedom. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is the original course designed by Jon Kabat-Zinn in the mid-1970s. It has been proven helpful to assist people to better manage …
Mental Health Week is held every year in October, and aims to raise awareness, reduce stigma, encourage help-seeking behaviour and promote mentally healthy communities. This year’s theme is to connect with nature, connect with community and connect with self for mental wellbeing. Boab’s ITC and mental health team joined other agencies in Broome on 12th …
Feltman is a teaching tool that can be used by health professionals to help explain what happens in the body of someone who has diabetes. A very successful group training session showing participants how to use Feltman was delivered by Niomi Vis Crowe, one of our West Kimberley Dietitians on 31st March. The session was …
Over 200 people attended Boab Health’s Close the Gap community event on Male Oval to acknowledge National Close the Gap Day on March 17th, which is a national day of action to pledge support for achieving Indigenous health equality by 2030. The event aimed to bring people together, to share information, deliver positive health messages …
Six enthusiastic Boab staff members to kicked off the Easter long weekend by participating in the second Broome Deadly Fun Run on a very stormy evening at Gantheume Point beach. Participants wore white to demonstrate support in fighting against ice / methamphetamine and the event was well supported by community members. For more information please …
Boab Health Dietitians Emma Robinson and Jackie Gillin teamed up with WA Country Health Services dietitian Katie Johnstone during Australia’s Healthy Weight Week, to try and clarify some of the confusion around ‘Healthy Snacks’, a topic that community members raise regularly with the nutrition team. A complimentary display area was provided by Broome Boulevard outside …
Boab Health’s Closing the Gap team work tirelessly to improve access for Aboriginal people with chronic disease to better access primary health care services. For example within Boab Health, the Closing the Gap team work closely with our podiatrists to assist clients to attend appointments and facilitate access to funding for shoes through the supplementary …
Boab is able to offer organisations professional supervision on a fee for service basis. Supervision can be delivered face to face in Broome or via VC, SKYPE or telephone for more remote locations. We currently offer supervision to Drug and Alcohol workers, Mental Health Professionals, Refuge workers, SEWB workers and workers in the field of …