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Submission Sessional Committee on the Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the Community 084 HALT Healthy Aboriginal Life Team

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Submission Sessional Committee on the Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the Community 084 HALT Healthy Aboriginal Life Team

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Tabled Paper 409

Collection

Tabled Papers for 6th Assembly 1990 - 1994; Tabled Papers; ParliamentNT

Date

1991-08-15

Description

Tabled by Eric Poole

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Made available by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory under Standing Order 240. Where copyright subsists with a third party it remains with the original owner and permission may be required to reuse the material.

Language

English

Subject

Tabled papers

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https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00044

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/294206

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/396680

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8. t Wallace Rock Hole . Drying out place * Intjartnama . Traditional treatment and rehabilitation program * Central Australian Aboriginal Alcohol Planning Unit . Co ordinates meetings between stakeholders . Places submissions to funding bodies . Is developing a planning strategy for the Aboriginal community. . Lobbying and Advocacy * HALT . Community development and empowerment . Facilitates Community response for behaviour change . Conducts petrol sniffing program in participating Communities . Facilitates traditional learning processes . Advocacy and Promotion 3.4.2.3. Gaps in Alcohol Related Services. . No prevention programs . No Town Camp health promotion . Inadequate training and education . No support group for non drinkers in rural areas 3.4.2.4. Conclusion. Other agencies are providing: . administrative services; . clinical services to individuals who are drinkers with problems, ex drinkers, non drinking family members ; and . advocacy functions. HALT is the only agency which orients its process to involving the entire Aboriginal Community. Each Educator lives in his own traditional geographical area and is able to assess the immediate needs of a Community at any given time. Other stakeholders are included in HALT programs by networking, to achieve optimum output for available resources; HALT work is advanced by promoting interagency and intesectoral collaboration.