Strengthening cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a guide for health professionals (2005)

Description

This guide is based on available evidence and wide-ranging processes of consultation. Information was collected from health professionals and consumers in regard to the reasons why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not attend cardiac rehabilitation programs and how services could be made more accessible.

The guide promotes flexible, multidisciplinary approaches that make use of the skills available in each setting and encourages partnerships and capacity building at a local level. It also contains practical guidance and lists of additional resources and advice for those practitioners involved in cardiac rehabilitation. Generic issues around cultural competence and discrimination are considered in relation to cardiac rehabilitation and the secondary prevention of heart disease. The guide is most suited to health practitioners as it contains concise information relating to the cultural complexities associated with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples recovering from cardiac problems.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Links

• View report: Strengthening cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. A guide for health professionals (PDF - 2.4 MB)
• View website: National Health and Medical Research Council

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