Environmental Health Needs of Aboriginal Communities in WA – Report Released

This report outlines the findings from a survey of discrete Aboriginal communities during late 2007 and through 2008, funded by the Environmental Health Coordinating Committee (EHNCC), the peak coordinating body in Aboriginal environmental health in WA.

The survey was coordinated by the Environmental Health Needs Coordinating Committee and conducted by environmental health practitioners who work with, and in, discrete Aboriginal communities. Each of the participating communities was visited by environmental health practitioners in order to survey the infrastructure and collect information from community members. This information included levels of community satisfaction and concern with the provision of essential, municipal and allied services influencing and affecting environmental health.

The Report provides analysis on the 8 core environmental health indicators of:

1. Water
2. Electricity
3. Housing
4. Solid Waste Disposal
5. Sanitation
6. Dust
7. Dog Health programs
8. Emergency Management

To read the full report, download the attachment below

To read press coverage of this report from The West Australian on May 15, please download from this link.