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Stay Strong

Children's health and development during their primary years have lifelong implications. However for Indigenous kids in the 6 to 12 years age group, it can be quite a challenge to "stay strong". Many of them are disadvantaged at birth by poverty, poor health and nutrition, overcrowding or homelessness, and are further stressed by the death of close family members. Their opportunities for a successful educational outcome have often been reduced. Good nutrition, education and a strong cultural identity are central to the overall health and well-being of Indigenous kids. This program examines some successful community-based health and education initiatives that put an emphasis on prevention and health promotion. These include the Nunga Kids Café in Port Lincoln, South Australia; Music Outback Foundation in Central Australia; and Chris Sarra's "Strong and Smart" program. All of them aim to provide culturally positive experiences that build pride and resilience for Indigenous kids, and that help them "stay strong". Stay Strong is a half-hour documentary version of the hour-long program Step by Step: Indigenous Kids 6-12 Years, originally produced by the Rural Health Education Foundation in 2008, and is the fourth program in the "Strong" series (a set of programs on Indigenous children's health) that the Foundation has been developing and distributing since 2005. Stay Strong is presented by Roxanne McDonald, well-known Indigenous actor. This program was formally launched by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of New South Wales, and Mr Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission. Produced by the Rural Health Education Foundation http://www.rhef.com.au/