Lurrtjurringa lan program

• Reach:

  WA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Lurrtjurringa lan ('joining together') program aims to improve access to mainstream health services for Indigenous people in the Laverton region of Western Australia (WA). It also aims to promote access and inclusion for Indigenous people in the community who are living with a disability.

The program commenced in 2006 as a joint initiative of the Goldfields Esperance GP Network (GEGPN), the WA Disability Services Commission and the WA Health Department. One of the program's main activities is a regular health clinic conducted by an Aboriginal Health Worker at these locations:

• Wongatha Wongannarra Corporation
• Mount Morgan Prison
• Mt Margaret Aboriginal Community
• Leonora
• Laverton.

Other aims of the Lurrtjurringa lan program are to:

• promote and advertise visiting health professional service to the community
• engage and communicate with project stake holders, allied health professionals and the local general practitioner in order to provide effective service to Aboriginal people
• identify the service or resource gaps in relation to health needs
• provide support and encourage client management of their chronic illness
• ensure the equality and better access health service
• identify and support transit clients to meet their health needs.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Contacts

Program Manager
Lurrtjurringa lan program
Goldfields Esperance GP Network
49 Brookman Street
PO Box 4575
Kalgoorlie WA 6430
Ph: (08) 9091 8837
Ph: (08) 9080 0400
Email: info@gegpnetwork.org.au

Related publications

Keating T (2007)

Lurrtjurringa Lan Project: joining together.

Paper presented at the 9th National Rural Health Conference: standing up for rural health: learning from the past, action in the future. 7-10 March 2007, Albury, NSW

• Links
• View conference presentation: Lurrtjurringa Lan Project: joining together (PDF - 136.0 KB)

Links

• View information: Goldfields Esperance GP Network (GEGPN) - Lurrtjurringa Lan
• View website: Goldfields Esperance GP Network (GEGPN)