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In this assignment, the student is expected to demonstrate knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health reform initiatives that support the ?Closing the Gap? campaign and explore the role of the nurse in promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family health.
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Report Card (2011) states:The gap in health and life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and other Australians continues to be significant. There are some indications of change, but these are limited and the changes are gradual…best practice in primary care for Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders is about implementing models of collaborative service delivery that sustain continuity of care and are suited to the particular needs of particular regions and locations in Australia. Australian Medical Association 2011, Best practice in primary health care for Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islanders, viewed 3 January 2012, http://ama.com.au/aboriginal-reportcard2010-11
Instructions for completing this essay: Structure your essay so that it meets the following requirements ? you may also use headings. Please ensure you stick to the word count and reference thoroughly
1. Introduction (approximately 150 words).
2. Body – (approximately 1700 words).
Describe in detail two (2), [one (1) national (remote or rural) and one (1) local (urban, or regional)], Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health reform initiatives which address the key issues identified in the 2010-11 AMA report and discuss how they directly support the ?Closing the Gap? campaign. You must research current initiatives which are different from the samples outlined in the AMA report. Approximately 250 words per initiative. In addition, explain the rationale and actions you will take to engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families when providing Family Centred Primary Health Care. In particular, consider specific Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander approaches to communication and outline the strategies you would use when building relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. Provide detailed examples of how you would work collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families as well as other health care professionals, and demonstrate your ability to align the ?western? principles of Family Centred Care with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander concept of family. Approximately 1200 words.
3. Conclusion (approximately 150 words)
My further instructions please stick to word count and intext reference thoroughly
Please incorporate this quote into introduction and put few short lines about the why it is relevant to the proceeding essay, what the essay is about what it addresses ect = 150 word as above
The late Dr Arnold “Puggy” Hunter (1951-2001). ?Please, before you go running off with all good intentions , talk to our mob around the country .Talk to our services, because I can honestly tell you from the position that NACCHO is in, we would not-I will not- endorse anything that comes to the table that hasn?t been endorsed by my local community or through State bodies. So if you are going to do Aboriginal health, do it with us, don?t do it without us?.
The late Dr Arnold “Puggy” Hunter (1951-2001) cited in Couzos, S & Murray, R 2008, Aboriginal primary health care. An evidence based approach, 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.
Initiatives must address the key issues identified in the AMA report and aren’t one of the ones described in the report. They MUST involve collaboration with or be controlled by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care community or either the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander health care community.
When you write about the initiative you need to explain the link between the issues identified in the AMA report and what is being provided by the initiative, so you will need to state what the issues are (related to your chosen initiative). Ask yourself, is the initiative I have chosen tackling some or all of the issues identified in the AMA report and if so, how is it doing that? It was relate to medical/health.
Remember you need to keep to the word count of 250 words per initiative. The above will relate to the first two points of the content section in the assessment criteria.
You then need to explain what approaches you would take to engage the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, when delivering Family-Centred Care, give examples of those approaches and explain why you are using them (back it up with your research). This must be written in the 3rd person e.g. Nurses need to
You need to provide examples of how you would work collaboratively with the family/patient/client as well as other health care professionals to provide family-centred care, demonstrate your understanding of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander concept of family and how you would adapt your practice to accommodate that. The above relates to the 3rd point of the content section of assessment criteria. The 4th point of the content section of the assessment criteria relates to your ability to tease out what is important and be succinct.
In short, no matter how clever an initiative is, it will not work unless there is culturally appropriate engagement and collaboration with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patient/family/extended family/community and you need to demonstrate (give examples) of your understanding of that requirement and how you would adapt your practice to ensure appropriate engagement was achieved. I will attach some resources that can be used as sources of information
1st initiative: rural/remote
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pathology-qaams-index.htm
Quality Assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Services (QAAMS)
The QAAMS program uses Point of Care Testing (PoCT) technology to conduct pathology tests on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with diabetes. The QAAMS program is administered on behalf of the Department by the Flinders University Rural Clinical School and the RCPA Quality Assurance Programs Pty Ltd. More information is available at http://www.qaams.org.au/
2nd initiative rural/remote
Apunipima Cape York Health Council is a primary health care service provider and lead agency representing a holistic approach to health issues in the Cape York Region with the aim to support Cape York communities own solutions to live long healthy lives, strengthening our culture and regaining our spirit.The organisation is directed with the Governing Committee and is dedicated to health advocacy for the health needs of Cape York Indigenous communities.Apunipima was the first Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation covering Cape York and was a new model in Aboriginal health services. The Apunipima Health Council is committed to working with the mainstream health system to coordinate improved health service delivery, and to fill the gaps in services as prioritised by the communities that make up the membership.The peak bodies for Aboriginal Health that work closely with Apunipima are Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) and National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO).Apunipima forms an integral part of the interwoven web of regional organisations that represent the grass roots – the community people. http://www.apunipima.org.au/
2 local initiates
1st
Aunty Jean’s Good Health Team: listening to the voices of the Elders to create an Aboriginal chronic and complex care program.
Unanderra, NSW: Illawarra Health
http://www.archi.net.au/resources/chronic/improving/aunty-jeans
2nd
Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation
http://www.waminda.org.au/index.html
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