The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

The Aboriginal Heritage Office was given an initial time period of five years to complete a range of tasks beneficial for the protection of Aboriginal sites of importance, create awareness and to improve the equity and local services for the Aboriginal people leaving in the North Shore area (Aboriginal Heritage Office, 2006). After its first few years of operations multiple other councils joined the Aboriginal Heritage Office. Lane Cove, North Sydney, Manly, Warringah, Willoughby, Ku-ring-gai and Pittwater councils are all involved in The Northern Sydney Aboriginal Social Plan (Northern Sydney Aboriginal Social Plan,

The health of Aboriginal people in Canada is both a tragedy and a crisis (Aboriginal Affairs and North Development Canada, 2010). Aboriginals have a higher rate of death among aboriginal babies, twice the national average, higher rate of Infectious diseases example gastrointestinal infections to tuberculosis, and chronic and degenerative diseases such as cancer and heart disease are affecting more aboriginal people than they once did (AANDC, 2010). Availability of important medical facility is not enough to accommodate the growing medical needs of Aboriginals. A socioeconomic and cultural issue also hinders the access of aboriginals to access health care in the community.

The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, (NACCHO) is an existing representation of the hope of Aboriginal communities and their fight for self-rule. NACCHO is the nationwide climax organization representative. It controls over 150 Aboriginal Community Health Services (ACCHSs) across the country on Aboriginal health and issues.

How we define health differs to how Indigenous Australians define health. The World Health Organisation defines health as “not only the absence of infirmity and disease but also a state of physical, mental and social well-being” (WHO, 1946) However, the National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party (1989)

The Northern Territory Intervention and the Closing the Gap initiative are two Federal Government strategies that were designed to end the disparity between the health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

“The status of Indigenous health in contemporary Australia is a result of historic factors as well as contemporary socio-economic issues” (Hampton & Toombs, 2013, p. 1).

This paper will examine the healthcare of Indigenous Australian peoples compared to non-indigenous Australians. The life expectancy gaps between the two are a cause for alarm when statistics show Indigenous Australian peoples die on average 17 years earlier than non-indigenous Australians (Dick 2017). This paper will examine the social determinants of health to explore these factors and what interventions are in place to improve health status and life expectancy gaps for equality. The Federal Government has seen the implementation of the Northern Territory Intervention and the Closing the Gap Initiative. This essay will examine these two strategies and discuss the effectiveness of both policies. It will explain the differences, similarities and look at the success so far to

The inequalities in today’s indigenous communities are still strongly evident. Heard, Khoo & Birrell (2009), argued that while there has been an attempt in narrowing the gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians, a barrier still exists in appropriate health care reaching indigenous people. The Indigenous people believe, health is more than the individual, it is

Access to the communities is provided year round by Wasaya Airline and airstrips that are maintained by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. Of course, each Aboriginal community is unique with its own set of traditions and ways of healing but my observation after working within the communities for over ten years is that they all suffer from improperished conditions and substandard housing. The local economies are primarily based upon government services (Indian and Northern Affairs) (INAC) and small business. Most of the reserves have six hundred people or less, and each community has a nursing station. The nursing stations are well-maintained functional buildings built in or about the early 1960’s and are maintained by Health Canada. First Nations and Inuit Health (FNIH) maintains responsibility for primary care services in the majority of the northwest Ontario reserve communities. In the north, nurses are the primary care givers working in an extended scope of practice, and client care is centrally coordinated by nurses working within interdisciplinary teams. The majority of the nursing and medical staff working for FNIH in the Sioux Lookout zone are Caucasian and do not come from local communities. This could outwardly appear as a reinforcement of power relations in the racial identities. There is only very limited cultural training given to employees when they are employed by FNIH. Medical advice and

There are a number of primary healthcare services that are provided by National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health and Clinical Services (NACCHO) such as 24 hour emergency care, preventive care, immunisation and early intervention i.e. health check-ups for all and prevention of complications in chronic illness etc. (NACCHO 2016).

A national strategy was developed and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation replaced the National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organisation in 1992.[33] In 1995, responsibility for most aspects of Indigenous health services was transitioned from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission to the Commonwealth Department of

In this essay we will discuss Ballarat and the different health services available. We will particularly focus on the Indigenous services in the town. Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative (B.A.D.AC) will be discussed at length and the importance of self-determination to the Indigenous population. We will discuss some of the services covered by B.A.D.A.C focussing particularly on how their chronic illness care helps the Aboriginal population of Ballarat. We will then go on to discuss ongoing professional development in relation to Indigenous cultural safety, and discuss some of the possible ways to continually develop Indigenous cultural safety.

First Nations Health Authority is a non-governmental organization responsible for planning, designing, managing, and providing health benefits programs and services to eligible First Nations people in BC. These non-insured health benefits (NIHB) include medical transportation, dental, medical supplies and equipment, pharmacy and prescription drugs, crisis counselling, and vision care.

Health workforce Australia has incremented the supply of specialists in all health professions – and has encouraged an even appropriation of workforce as far as geology and the types of services provided (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2008) .The health workforce has increased supply by providing funded clinical training programs this has helped increase the number of clinical placements. Propelled in 2010, with subsidizing accessible in 2011-2013, the Clinical Training Funding (CTF) system is intended to expand the clinical training capacity of the health workforce in Australia. The project means to support extra clinical training spots for up to 8,400 expert section understudies across 25 health professions to address workforce shortages (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2008). In February and March 2013, HWA financed a TV documentary that brought issues to light of the critical part of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, which was publicized on the Rural Health Channel and the National Indigenous Television (NITV) station. HWA financed provincial workforce organisations in each state

In 2002, Hunt released a discussion paper aimed at improving antenatal care protocols and practice in the Northern Territory (NT) in Australia [17]. Hunt advised that antenatal visits should be longer and fewer, thus more likely to be comprehensive and thorough, and provided in a much more flexible woman-centered manner, one that is specific for every NT woman, with no generalizations or assumptions. Daruk Aboriginal Community Controlled Medical Service in New South Wales (NSW) also managed to achieve earlier antenatal care attendance and increased visits by pregnant women through their comprehensive primary health care program incorporating inclusive antenatal care services (home visiting, transport, ultrasound screening and postnatal care) [18]. This example of the provision of comprehensive, high quality ANC should be carried out in many other Aboriginal communities. [19]. Conversely, as the majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples live in urban or inner regional areas and receive healthcare through mainstream services, it is