{"title":"NSW Aboriginal Health Promotion Program: lessons learned and ways forward.","authors":"Ian Raymond, Catriona McDonnell, Geraldine Wilson","doi":"10.1071/NB12067b","DOIUrl":"10.1071/NB12067b","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29974,"journal":{"name":"NSW Public Health Bulletin","volume":"23 3-4","pages":"57-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30691032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In 2005, the Maari Ma Chronic Disease Strategy of the Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation in far west NSW identified the importance of addressing the fetal, infant and child origins of chronic disease in adults. In 2008a process for developing a strategic framework to improve the development and wellbeing of children was initiated. The process incorporated all organisations involved with children. A multisectoral working group was established to facilitate the development of the strategic framework which was published in 2009 and a Project Officer was employed by Maari Ma to implement it. This included working with agencies that have the potential to affect the social determinants of health. It is anticipated that, in the medium to long term, this approach will contribute to reducing the rate of chronic disease in adulthood, and reduce the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal health outcomes.
2005 年,新南威尔士州最西部的 Maari Ma 健康原住民公司制定了 Maari Ma 慢性病战略,确定了解决成人慢性病的胎儿、婴儿和儿童起源问题的重要性。2008 年,启动了一个制定战略框架的进程,以改善儿童的发展和福祉。该进程包括所有与儿童有关的组织。为促进战略框架的制定,成立了一个多部门工作组,该框架于 2009 年公布,马利-马雇用了一名项目官员来实施该框架。这包括与有可能影响健康的社会决定因素的机构合作。预计从中长期来看,这种方法将有助于降低成年后的慢性病发病率,缩小原住民和非原住民健康成果之间的差距。
{"title":"The development and implementation of a strategic framework to improve Aboriginal child development and wellbeing in far west NSW: a collaborative approach.","authors":"Garth Alperstein, Cathy S Dyer","doi":"10.1071/NB11053","DOIUrl":"10.1071/NB11053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2005, the Maari Ma Chronic Disease Strategy of the Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation in far west NSW identified the importance of addressing the fetal, infant and child origins of chronic disease in adults. In 2008a process for developing a strategic framework to improve the development and wellbeing of children was initiated. The process incorporated all organisations involved with children. A multisectoral working group was established to facilitate the development of the strategic framework which was published in 2009 and a Project Officer was employed by Maari Ma to implement it. This included working with agencies that have the potential to affect the social determinants of health. It is anticipated that, in the medium to long term, this approach will contribute to reducing the rate of chronic disease in adulthood, and reduce the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":29974,"journal":{"name":"NSW Public Health Bulletin","volume":"23 3-4","pages":"73-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30689915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bug breakfast in the bulletin: sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.","authors":"Susan L Thomas, Harpreet Kalsi, Simon Graham","doi":"10.1071/NB11029","DOIUrl":"10.1071/NB11029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29974,"journal":{"name":"NSW Public Health Bulletin","volume":"23 3-4","pages":"92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30689919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Healthy Ears, Happy Kids: a new approach to Aboriginal child ear health in NSW.","authors":"Paul Huntley, Brian Woods, Sian Rudge","doi":"10.1071/NB12067e","DOIUrl":"10.1071/NB12067e","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29974,"journal":{"name":"NSW Public Health Bulletin","volume":"23 3-4","pages":"60-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30691036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"HealthStats in the bulletin: more Aboriginal mothers are attending their first antenatal visit before 14 or 20 weeks gestation in NSW.","authors":"","doi":"10.1071/NB12075","DOIUrl":"10.1071/NB12075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29974,"journal":{"name":"NSW Public Health Bulletin","volume":"23 3-4","pages":"93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30689920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communicable Diseases Report, NSW, January and February 2012.","authors":"","doi":"10.1071/NB12072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/NB12072","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29974,"journal":{"name":"NSW Public Health Bulletin","volume":"23 3-4","pages":"94-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30689921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Service was established to improve the health of Aboriginal women during pregnancy and decrease perinatal morbidity and mortality for Aboriginal babies. The Service is delivered through a continuity-of-care model, where midwives and Aboriginal Health Workers collaborate to provide a high quality maternity service that is culturally sensitive, women centred, based on primary health-care principles and provided in partnership with Aboriginal people. An evaluation of the Service found that the program is achieving its goals in relation to the provision of antenatal and postnatal care and has demonstrated improvements in perinatal morbidity and mortality rates.
{"title":"The Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Service: a decade of achievement in the health of women and babies in NSW.","authors":"Elisabeth Murphy, Elizabeth Best","doi":"10.1071/NB11051","DOIUrl":"10.1071/NB11051","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Service was established to improve the health of Aboriginal women during pregnancy and decrease perinatal morbidity and mortality for Aboriginal babies. The Service is delivered through a continuity-of-care model, where midwives and Aboriginal Health Workers collaborate to provide a high quality maternity service that is culturally sensitive, women centred, based on primary health-care principles and provided in partnership with Aboriginal people. An evaluation of the Service found that the program is achieving its goals in relation to the provision of antenatal and postnatal care and has demonstrated improvements in perinatal morbidity and mortality rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":29974,"journal":{"name":"NSW Public Health Bulletin","volume":"23 3-4","pages":"68-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30689914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Working towards a 10-Year Aboriginal Health Plan: the Centre for Aboriginal Health initiatives.","authors":"Geraldine Wilson, Jessica Stewart","doi":"10.1071/NB12067a","DOIUrl":"10.1071/NB12067a","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29974,"journal":{"name":"NSW Public Health Bulletin","volume":"23 3-4","pages":"56-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30691030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A 5-year strategic plan for Aboriginal health research and evaluation has been developed to support the NSW Ministry of Health in its efforts to create the evidence for what works in addressing the health disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. The plan has the following objectives: that all Aboriginal health policies and programs are evidence informed; that programs and strategies are rigorously evaluated and contribute to building the evidence for improving Aboriginal health outcomes; that new research evidence is generated for improving Aboriginal health outcomes; and that robust monitoring and accountability mechanisms in Aboriginal health are in place, with improved data quality. This paper describes the development of the NSW Ministry of Health's Aboriginal Health Research and Evaluation Strategic Plan 2011-15, including a review of the evidence and policy documents, facilitated planning sessions, and consultation with staff within the Population and Public Health Division of the Ministry.
{"title":"Building a strategic approach to improve Aboriginal health research and evaluation in NSW.","authors":"Jessica Stewart, Carmen Parter, Louise Maher","doi":"10.1071/NB11055","DOIUrl":"10.1071/NB11055","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 5-year strategic plan for Aboriginal health research and evaluation has been developed to support the NSW Ministry of Health in its efforts to create the evidence for what works in addressing the health disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. The plan has the following objectives: that all Aboriginal health policies and programs are evidence informed; that programs and strategies are rigorously evaluated and contribute to building the evidence for improving Aboriginal health outcomes; that new research evidence is generated for improving Aboriginal health outcomes; and that robust monitoring and accountability mechanisms in Aboriginal health are in place, with improved data quality. This paper describes the development of the NSW Ministry of Health's Aboriginal Health Research and Evaluation Strategic Plan 2011-15, including a review of the evidence and policy documents, facilitated planning sessions, and consultation with staff within the Population and Public Health Division of the Ministry.</p>","PeriodicalId":29974,"journal":{"name":"NSW Public Health Bulletin","volume":"23 3-4","pages":"87-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30689918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Louise Maher, Anthony M Brown, Siranda Torvaldsen, Angela J Dawson, Jillian A Patterson, Glenda Lawrence
Aim: To assess the availability, accessibility and uptake of eye health services for Aboriginal people in western NSW in 2010.
Methods: The use of document review, observational visits, key stakeholder consultation and service data reviews, including number of cataract operations performed, to determine regional service availability and use.
Results: Aboriginal people in western NSW have a lower uptake of tertiary eye health services, with cataract surgery rates of 1750 per million for Aboriginal people and 9702 per million for non-Aboriginal people. Public ophthalmology clinics increase access to tertiary services for Aboriginal people.
Conclusion: Eye health services are not equally available and accessible for Aboriginal people in western NSW. Increasing the availability of culturally competent public ophthalmology clinics may increase access to tertiary ophthalmology services for Aboriginal people. The report of the review was published online, and outlines a list of recommendations.
{"title":"Eye health services for Aboriginal people in the western region of NSW, 2010.","authors":"Louise Maher, Anthony M Brown, Siranda Torvaldsen, Angela J Dawson, Jillian A Patterson, Glenda Lawrence","doi":"10.1071/NB11050","DOIUrl":"10.1071/NB11050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess the availability, accessibility and uptake of eye health services for Aboriginal people in western NSW in 2010.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The use of document review, observational visits, key stakeholder consultation and service data reviews, including number of cataract operations performed, to determine regional service availability and use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Aboriginal people in western NSW have a lower uptake of tertiary eye health services, with cataract surgery rates of 1750 per million for Aboriginal people and 9702 per million for non-Aboriginal people. Public ophthalmology clinics increase access to tertiary services for Aboriginal people.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Eye health services are not equally available and accessible for Aboriginal people in western NSW. Increasing the availability of culturally competent public ophthalmology clinics may increase access to tertiary ophthalmology services for Aboriginal people. The report of the review was published online, and outlines a list of recommendations.</p>","PeriodicalId":29974,"journal":{"name":"NSW Public Health Bulletin","volume":"23 3-4","pages":"81-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30689917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}