Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector accreditation and quality standards project

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Completed

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

This project explored the feasibility of applying accreditation standards to the Indigenous health services sector.

Specifically, the project identified:

• accreditation standards that could be applied to the Indigenous health services sector
• the most feasible approach to implement accreditation against those standards
• the support needed throughout the sector in order to achieve such accreditation.

Representatives from Indigenous health organisations and from the accreditation industry were consulted for the project.

The outcomes from the project were provided as advice to the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH) at the federal Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA). This advice is available for download via the links below.

Contacts

Lowitja Institute
179 Grattan Street
PO Box 650
South Carlton Vic 3053
Ph: (03) 8341 5555
Fax: (03) 8341 5599
Email: admin@lowitja.org.au

Related publications

Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (2008)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Sector Accreditation and Quality Standards Project: review of the literature.

Melbourne: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health

• Links
• View report: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Sector Accreditation and Quality Standards Project: review of the literature (PDF - 320.0 KB)
• View information: Quality standards in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
• View website: Lowitja Institute

Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (2008)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Sector Accreditation and Quality Standards Project: report to Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services.

Melbourne: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health

• Links
• View report: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Sector Accreditation and Quality Standards Project: report to Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services (PDF - 1.1 MB)
• View information: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Sector Accreditation and Quality Standards Project: report to Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services
• View website: Lowitja Institute

Links

• View information: Quality standards in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
• View website: Lowitja Institute