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Critical Practice in Indigenous Health
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Critical Practice in Indigenous Health
Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme
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Indigenous Australians Health Programme
Introduction
This Programme was started by the Australian Government on 1 July 2014, to improve the healthcare needs of the local population to mitigate the gap between the indigenous and other Australians (Australian Government ,2018). The Programme was aimed to provide the health care solutions through these four services: The Primary Healthcare base Funds, Stronger Futures in Northern Te
itory, Child and Maternal Health Programmes and To
es Strait Islander Chronic Disease Fund.
The initiative delivered many nationwide tobacco reduction strategies, promoting healthy life style, providing the specialist medical facilities for the distant rural and u
an populations. The government also facilitated many health assessment projects through this programme to follow on the controlling and care of chronic disease, providing cheaper medicines, and incentive for better management of the long term diseases. The Primary Healthcare Services helped the communities to better manage and prevent these diseases.
Background
The initiative was framed according to the Health Performance Framework addressing the seven closing the gap targets (Australian Government ,2018). For example closing the gap in life expectancy, halving the mortality rate gaps for the To
es and strait islander children below the age of 5 years, facilitating the early childhood education for all the children below 4 years living in remote rural areas, mitigating the gap for the children in writing, reading and numeracy skills, helping the children to grow in healthy way to reach the age of 12 years and reducing the differences in employment opportunities between the indigenous and other people. Two of these targets are directly associated with the healthcare: Halving the mortality rate of children under the age of 5 years until 2018, and mitigating the life expectancy in a generation by 2031 (Australian Government ,2018). Improving the accessibility of the healthcare services to reach the socially disadvantaged sections of the community is the key to the success of these programmes. It is observed that one half of the gap in the health outcomes between the Aboriginal and general people in Australia is related to the differences in education, income and available job opportunities (DSI consulting, 2009).
The Australian Government invested more than $4.8 billion in promoting such programmes under the Advanced Indigenous Strategy. The Indigenous Australian Health Programme (IAHP) offers a non discriminatory and culturally respectful healthcare system. The programme identifies the social determinants of health such as environmental factors, socioeconomic standard, and community capacity to
ing about necessary changes in the plans. The initiative evaluates the effectiveness of the healthcare system in terms of safety, accessibility, efficiency, responsibility, effectiveness and sustainability. The Programme is based on Evidence based practices, and includes the mental health, emotional and social well being of the indigenous communities.
Objectives and the Outcomes of the Programme
The aim of IAHP is to provide the indigenous people access to culturally appropriate and effective high quality medical health facilities at all the rural, u
an and remote areas in Australia (National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation ,2017).
The initiative mainly strives to improve the accessibility of healthcare services to distant people, health condition of the to
es strait islander people, increasing the support to these disadvantaged communities at the system level. The Program basically is aligned with National Aboriginal and To
es strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023 Implementation Plan, designed for improving the efficiency of related programs (National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation ,2017). The Programme also addressed the differences based on location and distances, and initiated the measures like Electronic Health Records, setting up the Primary Healthcare Networks, Regional coordination and planning opportunities,
Activities of the Programme
The IAHP facilitates the healthcare services through five sections:
1. Primary Healthcare Services:
The Programme encourages the improvements in quality and delivery of the medical facilities through efficient Primary Healthcare Services (National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation ,2017). Clinical services such as diagnosis, examination, eyes ears and oral health interventions, health crisis and emergency services, refe
als and management of long term chronic diseases is done by these services. The population activities like consultation about the treatment, refe
als to other clinics, parenting advice, and antenatal care services are also included under this clause. Child health services, post natal health facilities, parenting advice, immunization for children and adults, health promotion activities...