Smart & Deadly - Aboriginal Sexual Health Promotion

About the Smart and Deadly Project

• Background

  The ‘Smart and Deadly’ Aboriginal Sexual Health Promotion Project consisted of a series of consultations, workshops and events undertaken over a 12 month period in 2011-2012. It resulted in wide participation of agencies across many sectors, broad community engagement (>120 families and individuals), and the creation, production and social media dissemination of numerous performance art products (songs, drama) and training resources.

  This initiative sought to engage young people, Elders, parents and caregivers living in Albury/Wodonga. It was guided by the principles of community ownership, inter-agency collaboration and cultural respect. It employed a collaborative approach, including a mix of working and creative groups and informal processes, creating safe space for yarning and story-telling.

  A multi-media resource was produced, that documented the processes and progress of the Smart and Deadly initiative. This included video clips of the creative outputs of the different workshops and other material directed at strengthening the capacity of mainstream agencies to more effectively serve the sexual health needs of local Aboriginal young people.

• Objectives
  • Design, implement and evaluate a local sexual health promotion project with young rural Aboriginal people and their families, using the principles of Aboriginal health promotion practice.
  • Support young rural Aboriginal people to develop their own creative sexuality education resources.
  • Develop an audio-visual training resource for non-Aboriginal rural health workers engaging with Aboriginal communities.
• Contact

  For more information on this project please contact:

  Kylie Stephens, Senior Health Promotion Officer, CERSH

  kylies@unimelb.edu.au