Improving Aboriginal health

Successful partnerships are the key to improving Aboriginal health.

Partnership is a process that must be recognised as a fundamental part of any strategy for improving health outcomes for Aboriginal people. Addressing the inequities in health outcomes between Aboriginal people and other Australians will require a sustained, coordinated and well-informed approach that works to a set of goals and targets developed with input from the Aboriginal community. Partne...

Linking acute care to a strategy for improving Aboriginal health.

In this paper we consider the extent to which strategies to improve access to acute care services have been integrated with national strategies to improve Aboriginal health outcomes. To do this we review the primary and secondary sources and provide an overview of current national strategy in Aboriginal health and identify where policy and strategic issues relevant to acute care have been devel...

Health outcomes in Aboriginal populations.

Improving healthcare for Aboriginal Australians through effective engagement between community and health services

BACKGROUND Effectively addressing health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians is long overdue. Health services engaging Aboriginal communities in designing and delivering healthcare is one way to tackle the issue. This paper presents findings from evaluating a unique strategy of community engagement between local Aboriginal people and health providers across five distri...

Improving the quality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care (PHC) sector has embraced continuous quality improvement (CQI) as a way of improving the overall quality of care delivered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, in order to improve health outcomes. This evidence brief presents an overview of findings from local and international research about barriers, enablers and s...