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The online training module for health centre staff taking part in the National Pilot is now available.

Click here to find the online module and other National Pilot materials.

Applications to take part in the National Indigenous Bowel Screening Pilot to help make bowel screening more accessible for Indigenous Australians have now closed.

Raising awareness of bowel cancer and the importance of bowel screening.

This video was first shown at the Indigenous people and cancer: a shared agenda for Aotearoa, Australia, and Pacific nations symposium in New Zealand on Tuesday 20 February 2018.

Do you have a story to share about bowel cancer or the bowel screening test?

Hosting a men’s or women’s health event?

New postcards are available to promote bowel screening amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women.

Indigenous Hip Hop Projects came together with Menzies School of Health Research and the Department of Health on beautiful Gooniyandi country to make a music message about culture, country, bush medicine, health and having the bowel screening test.

2018 is going to be an exciting year for bowel screening and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Connect with us now so you don’t miss a thing.

Join Professor Gail Garvey, Dr Brad Murphy and Peggy Manton-Williams for this webinar that aims to give health professionals skills, knowledge and confidence to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients to bowel screen and participate in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP).

An interactive online training module has just been released to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers to talk with their patients about bowel screening.

We need to make it ok to talk about bowel screening – it’s a simple test that could save your life.