Aboriginal health promotion and chronic care partnership (AHPACC) initiative

• Reach:

  VIC

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Aboriginal health promotion and chronic care partnership (AHPACC) initiative supports Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations (ACCHOs) and community health services to work in partnership to develop and deliver local services and programs that prevent and manage the high prevalence of chronic disease within Aboriginal communities.

More than 20 organisations receive ongoing (recurrent) funding to deliver AHPACC as partnerships or consortia within Victoria. The way in which AHPACC is implemented is dependant on local planning and community needs.

Aboriginal Health Promotion and Chronic Care partnership (AHPACC) initiative abstract

Contacts

Melissa Boag
Senior Programs Officer
Department of Health
Melbourne Vic 3000
Ph: (03) 9096 5025
Email: melissa.boag@health.vic.gov.au

Related publications

Victorian Department of Health (2011)

Aboriginal health promotion and chronic care partnership (AHPACC) initiative: guidelines and strategic directions 2011–14.

Melbourne: Victorian Department of Health

• Links
• View report: Aboriginal health promotion and chronic care partnership (AHPACC) initiative: guidelines and strategic directions 2011–14 (PDF - 856.0 KB)
• View information: AHPACC Guidelines and Strategic Directions 2011-14
• View website: Department of Health

Women's Health East (2011)

The Aboriginal health promotion and chronic care partnership (AHPACC) continuous quality improvement (CQI) tool.

Melbourne: Women's Health East

This tool kit is intended to support planning and prioritising of activity by AHPACC partnerships and may also assist other organisations and partnerships implementing Aboriginal health programs.

Organisations and consortia should use this tool to guide their work by:

• assessing how well they meet each statement by scoring themselves on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 does not meet the criteria, and 5 fully meets the criteria
• justifying their assessment by noting evidence which exists to support the assessment
• identifying areas for improved practice, and then prioritising areas identified at the end of the tool.
  

It is recommended the completion of the tool be done in partnership with other agencies however, it may also be completed by an individual agency. Completion of the tool should be led by a manager. Involvement of direct service staff is highly valuable in a CQI process however, the tool should not be completed by an individual staff member alone.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View resource: The Aboriginal Health Promotion and Chronic Care Partnership (AHPACC) Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Tool (PDF - 92.0 KB)
• View resource: The Aboriginal Health Promotion and Chronic Care Partnership (AHPACC) Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Tool (Word - 224.0 KB)
• View website: Women's Health East

Links

• View information: Aboriginal health promotion and chronic care partnership (AHPACC) initative
• View website: Department of Health Victoria