Social Emotional Wellbeing Program

The health of the Aboriginal individual and whole community is defined in a holistic way as social, emotional, spiritual and cultural wellbeing. UTHS DAS arranged various programs aligned with their needs and beliefs to promote mental social and physical health.

Yesterday is history, today is a gift, tomorrow is a mystery

With Covid19 in Back drop and demanding everyone’s attention, some of really important health issues and tests has been forgotten or put off. Cancer Screening is one such important, neglected arena that needs to be revived.

Cancer screening saves lives

So much so that it needs to be incorporated into our general health routine, same as checking on for high cholesterol, for Diabetes, for anemia etc. Getting screened for certain types of Cancer has become easier and user friendly than ever before.

Why cancer screening is important

Screening can find cancers long before any symptoms appear and detect changes in cells before they becomes cancerous. Therefore better chance of treatment and survival for that person. Screening can identify infections that cause cancer in the future. But Regular screening may be needed. Though there are set time intervals for certain screening programs, if you are worried of a symptoms of a disease, please see a doctor/ health professional for additional tests.

What Cancer screening is available?

Breast screen Australia Program – chance of a woman developing breast cancer is one in eight. Approximately 17000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer annually. The screening for breast cancer is Mammogram which is a low dose X ’ray on woman’s breast. All women aged 5074 are encouraged to have free mammogram every two years through Breast Screen Australia.

National bowel Cancer screening program- Second most common cancer in Australia. Around 14000 new cases of bowel cancer are diagnosed each year in Australia.it is detected by FOBT [fecal occult blood test] s simple that can be done at home and looks for hidden traces of blood in bowel motion. It’s offered free to all aged 50-74 years, every two years. A further investigation, usually colonoscopy is needed to establish the cause, if FOBT find traces of blood.

National Cervical screening Program- The incidence of cervical cancer have halved in Australia since the introduction of screening program. Today women from age 25 can choose to collect a sample themselves under supervision which is effective at detecting HPV [human Papilloma Virus]. This needs to be done every 2 years.

Cancer screening results of both bowel and cervical are reported and recorded in our National Cancer Screening Register. This helps us to check on when the next screening test is due. Though these are the major population based screening programs happening nationally, there are other types of cancer screening which run on demand. Lung Cancer screening, Prostate Cancer screening, Skin Cancer screening, Ovarian Cancer screening to name a few.

“I am hoping my choice in Cancer screening allow me to live longer and healthier – Angelina Jolie” A quote by this famous Hollywood actress explains it all. A quote by this famous Hollywood actress explains it all.