Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service holistic health care for prison model
Overview
This model was developed through the Winunga prison health study, and run by Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service (WNAHS). The model was developed for holistic care in prison, and consisted of three parts: Health Service coordination; strategies to manage recidivism; and integration strategies. The model takes into consideration the holistic care necessary for those on remand, sentenced prisoners, but their families as well, both for those in prison and on release. The model also shows that health, family and spirituality are the three supporting components of those incarcerated and released in the community.
The development of the model was based on experience through the provision of a health service to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates of two NSW prisons and the ACT Remand Centres over a period of eight years, combined with data gained from Australian and international literature, and interviews with 22 ex-prisoners, 17 families of prisoners and 39 representatives of health and justice support organisations in the ACT.
Contacts
Winnunga Nimmityjah
63 Boolimba Crescent
Narrabundah ACT 2604
Ph: (02) 6284 6222
Fax: (02) 6284 6200
Related publications
Tongs J, Chatfield H, Arabena K (2007)
The Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service holistic health care for prison model.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 31(6): 6-8
Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service (2007)
You do the crime you do the time: best practice model of holistic health service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates of the ACT Prison.
Narrabundah, ACT: Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
This report details the findings from the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service study into a best practice model of holistic health service delivery for Aboriginal inmates at the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Alexander Maconochie Centre. This report outlines a number of recommendations that resulted from the study, including:
- incorporating this holistic health care model into the ACT Health prison services delivered at the Alexander Maconochie Centre
- establishing a prisoner health communication network between Winnunga and other Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal organisations
- establishing a monitoring and evaluation program for the implementation of the Winnunga Holistic Health Care Prison Model at the Alexander Maconochie Centre assessing process, impact and outcomes of the Model
- that the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH) transfer this new knowledge and understanding to the health and justice systems in other jurisdictions throughout Australia
- that further studies be undertaken to help overcome the current lack of an evidence base for Aboriginal prison-related issues in the ACT and Australia.
Abstract adapted from the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service (2007)
You do the crime you do the time: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences of prison life and afterwards.
Narrabundah, ACT: Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
Poroch N, Tongs J, Longford E, Keed S (2012)
Aboriginal health workers at Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service caring for the needs of Aboriginal people in the new ACT prison and the needs of their families.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 36(1): 6-8, 17
Poroch N, Boyd K, Tongs J, Sharp P, Longford E, Keed S (2011)
We're struggling in here! : the phase 2 study into the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT Alexander Maconochie Centre and the needs of their families.
Narrabundah, A.C.T: Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
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