“WIBIYANHA NGURANG”STAY HOME

COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS

ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY

STAKEHOLDER PACK

Keep the mob home to keep the mob safe

CONTENTS

• Introduction

• The Key Messages

• Posters and Brochures

• Resources available to use

• Ideas for Social Media posts

• Ideas for Social Media messages

• Feeling unwell? Symptoms and Contact numbers

• Testing Centres within the Murrumbidgee

Yindyamarra - do something slowly, to respect, to be gentle, to be polite, to honour

Keep the mob home to keep the mob safe

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

INTRODUCTION

A COVID-19 Murrumbidgee Aboriginal Health Consortium has been established to provide a comprehensive,

coordinated and culturally safe response to COVID-19, and it’s impacts on the Aboriginal

communities within the Murrumbidgee Health District.

The Consortium members include a wide range of community leaders and Aboriginal community

controlled health services and Government organisations offering diverse expertise

and local community knowledge, to help keep our community members safe.

With strong connections to your local Aboriginal

community, we ask for your support us in helping to share the information and

resources included in this pack.

Having access to this information is especially important to those who may

be isolated from family, friends and their usual support network.

Helping people understand what they need to do to reduce their risk

and the risk to those close to them of COVID-19, is key to slowing the spread.

Keep the mob home to keep the mob safe

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

THE KEY MESSAGES:

To protect your mob you need to:

• Practise good hygiene – wash your hands

• Practise social distancing- stay 2 big steps away from others

• Follow the enforced limits for public gatherings

• Understand how to self-isolate if you need to

• Wibiyanha ngurang - Stay at home.

Keep the mob home to keep the mob safe

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

POSTERS:NSW Government resources for your community: https://www.nsw.gov.au/resources-for-your-community/aboriginal-health

Keep your mob small Good health and hygiene New laws funerals and Sorry Business Sorry Business and Coronavirus

Wibiyanha ngurang - stay home

Keep the mob home to keep the mob safe

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

POSTERS/BROCHURES:

Protect community members and Elders Stay connected

Stop the spread brochureKeep the mob home to keep the mob safe

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

RESOURCES:

Coronavirus (COVID-19) resources for Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander people and remote communities.

MLHD – Daily Media Releases

and Updates.

Coronavirus Australia app

Social Media Tiles/Packs Community messages booklet

Resources for community

Keep the mob home to keep the mob safe

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

RESOURCES:NACCHO – National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation: Coronavirus (COVID-19) #StoptheSpread #KeepOurMobSafe

@NacchoAboriginalHealth

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Advisory Group

Stop the spread – Social media tiles

Stop the spread – Social media banners

Sector Resource and information Links

NACCHO – Coronavirus (COVID-19)

updates and information Keep the mob home to keep the mob safe

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

IDEAS FOR SOCIALMEDIA POSTS: “wibiyanha ngurang”

Ideas:

• An easy way to get the messages out is to use the posters and tiles available from the resource pages and post them on your Facebook or Instagram page.

• Or write a short message to your mob about key messages they need to know, “Keep our mob safe, stay at home” or “stay deadly, stay at home”.

Yawarrandhu – be careful

Keep the mob home to keep the mob safe

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

IDEAS FOR SOCIAL

MEDIA MESSAGES:Aunty Mary Atkinson Winhangagigilanha - care for each other

Murrumbidgee Aboriginal Health Consortium: Key Messages Video.

Keep the mob home to keep the mob safe

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

FEELING UNWELL?If you have any of the following symptoms, you should get tested:

• Fever,

• Cough,

• Fatigue,

• Shortness of breath,

• Loss of taste and/or smell,

• Even if you have a low-grade fever or any respiratory symptoms, you are encouraged to come forward for testing.

• Call your local GP to arrange an appointment – but let them know if you have any of these symptoms,

• Call the Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) COVID-19 Hotline 1800 831 099 an appointment will be made for you

at your nearest, or preferred location, this also includes Mobile (Pop up) testing clinics which are also now operating in regional areas,

• Or you can call the Australian Government’s National Coronavirus Helpline on 1800 020 080 (24 hours),

• Or Health Direct 1800 022 222 , where a nurse will advise you,

• Or you can visit one of the public COVID-19 clinics listed on the next page.

Keep the mob home to keep the mob safe

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

TESTING CENTRES WITHIN THEMURRUMBIDGEE

RIVERINA MURRAY AREA:

• Cootamundra Hospital – 148 MacKay Street, Cootamundra, NSW 2590

Open 12pm – 4pm, Monday to Friday.

• Deniliquin Community Health Building - 2 Macauley Street, Deniliquin, NSW 2170 – Rear of the Deniliquin Community Health Building

Open 10am – 2pm, Monday to Friday.

• Griffith Base Hospital – Nurse Training School, Warrambool Street, Griffith, NSW 2680

Open 9am – 2pm, 7 days. Booking required via 1800 831 099.

• Hay Hospital – Community Health Building, 351 Murray Street, Hay, NSW 2711

Park to the left of min entrance in National Parks and Wildlife car park and designated area on corner of building – 10 am – 12pm, Monday to Friday.

• Leeton District Hospital – Pathology Unit, Myall Street, Leeton, NSW 2705

Enter at the rear of the hospital near the Ambulance entry – 2pm – 4pm, Monday to Friday.

• Tumut Hospital – 107 Simpson Street, Tumut, NSW 2720

Located behind the Chronic and Complex/Renal Building, at the side of the old Nurses Home – 12pm – 4pm, Monday to Friday.

• Wagga Wagga Clinic – 69 Brookong Avenue, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650

Open 9am – 2pm, 7 days. Booking required via 1800 831 099.

• Albury Wodonga Health – call 60 58 44 44 to arrange for an appointment for drive through testing in Wodonga.

REFERENCES:• NSW Government – COVID-19 (Coronavirus) – https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19

• Coronavirus Aboriginal Community Stakeholder Pack – Victorian State Government – www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au

• NACCHO – National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation – https://www.naccho.org.au/home/aboriginal-health-alerts-coronavirus-covid-19/stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus-covid-19/covid-19-resources/

• Australian Government Department of Health - https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-resources-for-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-and-remote-communities

• Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW (AH&MRC of NSW)- https://www.ahmrc.org.au/coronavirus/

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association (NATSIHWA) - https://natsihwa.org.au/

• NSW Government Health: Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) - https://www.mlhd.health.nsw.gov.au/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:• Thank you everyone involved in the creation of the videos used within this resource:

• Thank you to Aunty Mary Atkinson for her words.

• Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation (RIVMED) and staff, a special thank you to Ted Simpson

and Georgina Oneill – Mental Health Team Leader for their participation,

• Griffith Aboriginal Medical Service, Glen Buerckner – Tackling Indigenous Smoking Coordinator, and staff,

• The Murrumbidgee Public Health Network for their work behind the scenes.