2012
Aboriginal Health (2012)
Strengthening our Aboriginal health workforce.
Perth: Western Australian Department of Health
Aboriginal Health (2012)
WA Health Aboriginal cultural learning framework.
Perth: Western Australian Department of Health
Commissioner for Children and Young People WA (2012)
Building blocks: best practice programs that improve the wellbeing of children and young people – edition one.
Perth: Commissioner for Children and Young People WA
This report, prepared by the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Western Australia, provides the details of 82 evidence-based programs from WA and across Australia. These programs demonstrate best or promising practice and all aim to increase the wellbeing of children and young people. Each program addresses at least one of the eight areas of wellbeing:
- health and safety
- education
- material wellbeing
- family and peer relationships
- participation
- subjective wellbeing
- behaviours and risks
- environment.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Department of Health (2012)
WA Health Aboriginal leadership strategy 2013–2016.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
Dudgeon P, Cox K, D’Anna D, Dunkley C, Hams K, Kelly K, Scrine C, Walker R (2012)
Hear our voices: community consultations for the development of an empowerment, healing and leadership program for Aboriginal people living in the Kimberley, Western Australia: final research report.
Perth, WA: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research: Aboriginal Health
This report details the methodology and findings of a research project that was undertaken in response to the high number of suicides in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The primary aim of the project was to develop an Aboriginal-led empowerment, healing, and leadership program that would appropriately meet the needs of the local community members. Community consultations were held to seek feedback from members on the development of such a program. Knowledge was also gained through a literature review and an examination of similar programs. The findings demonstrated an apparent need to support people to change their lives, with participants speaking of the need to initially focus on strengthening the individual and rebuilding family. Participants also spoke of the urgent need to focus on young people. The findings also demonstrated that the efficacy of a program was largely dependent on the program being culturally-based and the inclusion of traditional elements.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Durey A, Thompson SC (2012)
Reducing the health disparities of Indigenous Australians: time to change focus.
BMC Health Services Research; 12: 151
Retrieved 10 June 2012 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6963-12-151.pdf
Family Planning Association of Western Australia (2012)
Family Planning Association of Western Australia reconciliation action plan.
Perth, WA: Family Planning Association of Western Australia
Hinton R, Nagel T (2012)
Evaluation of a culturally adapted training in Indigenous mental health and wellbeing for the alcohol and other drug workforce.
ISRN Public Health; 2012: 380581
Retrieved 3 January 2012 from http://downloads.isrn.com/journals/ph/2012/380581.pdf
Hoad V, Hayward C (2012)
Student Aboriginal health worker smoking: findings from a training college in Western Australia [letters].
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 36(3): 296-297
Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council (2012)
Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council standing orders: 7th edition - 2012.
Broome: Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council
The Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service Council standing orders (KAMSC SO) have been developed for the use of Senior Aboriginal Health Workers and Registered Nurses who provide health care at KAMSC affiliated clinics. The SOs enable an authorised person to autonomously handle and administer specific S4 drugs, without a prescribed medication order by a medical officer. The KAMSC SOs are consistent with the Kimberley standard drug list, KAMSC chronic disease and child and maternal health protocols and the Australian therapeutic guidelines. It contains information on:
- assessing an adult
- assessing a sick child
- anaemia
- abdominal pain
- diarrhoea
- burning urine
- burns, cuts, bites, and ulcers
- chest pain
- cough and/or trouble breathing
- ears
- eyes
- mental health
- mouth and throat
- sexually transmitted infections
- skin infection.
Abstract adapted from Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council
Kimberley Dental Team (2012)
Kimberley Dental Team: strategic plan 2012-2016.
Midland, WA: Kimberley Dental Team
Logiudice D, Smith K, Atkinson D, Carroll E, Schaper F, Shadforth G, Murphy R, Lautenschlager N, Flicker L (2012)
Lungurra Ngoora: a pilot model of care for aged and disabled in a remote Australian Aboriginal community - can it work?.
Alzheimer's & Dementia; 8(4, supplement): P384
Perth Co‐occurring Disorders Capacity Building Project (2012)
Aboriginal cultural security guide for human service organisations - first edition.
Perth: Department of Health and Ageing
This guide has been developed to help Western Australian human service organisations improve their delivery of culturally secure services to Aboriginal people and their communities. The guide provides information on cultural considerations and practical suggestions for achieving strategies in the following areas:
- organisational and structural/systemic level
- service delivery and program level
- human resource management of Aboriginal staff in your organisation
- practice and responsibilities of individual staff members.
This guide was produced by the Palmerston Association on behalf of the Perth Co‐occurring Disorders Capacity Building Project Consortium.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Workforce analysis: rural general practitioners in Western Australia: general practice workforce in Aboriginal Medical Services 2011 (2012)
Rural Health West
Western Australian Department of Health (2012)
Asthma model of care.
Perth, WA: Health Networks, Western Australian Department of Health
Western Australian Department of Health (2012)
Chronic lung conditions model of care.
Perth, WA: Health Networks, Western Australian Department of Health
Western Australian Department of Health (2012)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease model of care.
Perth, WA: Health Networks, Western Australian Department of Health
Western Australian Department of Health (2012)
Pathway for renal palliative care services in Western Australia.
Perth, WA: Health Networks, Western Australian Department of Health
Western Australian Department of Training and Workforce Development (2012)
Training together - working together: Aboriginal workforce development strategy.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Department of Training and Workforce Development
Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (2012)
Standard on culturally secure practice (alcohol and other drug sector).
Perth: Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies
The Standard on culturally secure practice (alcohol and other drug sector) has been developed for alcohol and other drug (AOD) agencies to gain a formal certification of a culturally secure practice.
The Standard contains seven performance expectations and criteria. Agencies are awarded a 'good practice' certification if they meet 80% of the essential criteria for each performance expectation.
The Standard is supported by a separate document, the Interpretive guide to the standard on culturally secure practice. The Interpretive guide helps agencies to achieve certification by providing examples of how to interpret and apply the standards.
The Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (WANADA) developed the document in consultation with the WA AOD sector, and with Indigenous AOD services Australia-wide. The Drug and Alcohol Office of WA and the Australian Government's Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health funded its development.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
2011
Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (2011)
Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia 2011 state sector conference report.
Perth: Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia
Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (2011)
Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia member's planning day 2011 report.
Perth: Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia
Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (2011)
Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia sector meetings on medical locals in WA.
Perth: Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia
Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (2011)
ALO workshop report.
Perth: Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia
Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services (2011)
Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services six monthly report September 2010 - March 2011.
Canberra: Office of the Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services
Lenthall S, Wakerman J, Opie T, Dunn S, MacLeod M, Dollard M, Rickard G, Knight S (2011)
Nursing workforce in very remote Australia, characteristics and key issues.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 19(1): 32-37
McHugh A, Bradley R, Hornbuckle J (2011)
Women and children first.
O&G Magazine; 13(3): 28-31
Paul D, Allen C, Edgill P (2011)
Turning the corner assessment: a key strategy to engagement and understanding in Indigenous health.
Focus on Health Professional Education: a Multi-disciplinary Journal; 13(1): 13
Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program (2011)
Hepatitis C model of care implementation plan 2010-2014.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
Smith K, Flicker L, Shadforth G, Carroll E, Ralph N, Atkinson D, Lindeman M, Schaper F, Lautenschlager NT, LoGiudice D (2011)
‘Gotta be sit down and worked out together’: views of Aboriginal caregivers and service providers on ways to improve dementia care for Aboriginal Australians.
Rural and Remote Health; 11: 1650
Retrieved 14 June 2011 from http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1650.pdf
WA Country Health Service (2011)
Embedding online cultural awareness training across metro and rural health services in WA to improve service delivery to Aboriginal clients.
Perth: WA Country Health Service
WA Country Health Service (2011)
Embedding online cultural awareness training to improve health service delivery to Aboriginal clients.
Perth: WA Country Health Service
West Australian Country Health Service Renal Dialysis Plan Working Party (2011)
Gascoyne Health District WA Country Health Service – Midwest service plan 2010-2020 final version.
Perth, WA: West Australian Country Health Service
West Australian Country Health Service Renal Dialysis Plan Working Party (2011)
Kutjungka Region clinical services plan.
Perth, WA: West Australian Country Health Service
West Australian Country Health Service Renal Dialysis Plan Working Party (2011)
South West Coastal Health service plan: Busselton, Margaret River and Augusta final version.
Perth, WA: West Australian Country Health Service
West Australian Country Health Service Renal Dialysis Plan Working Party (2011)
Tom Price and Paraburdoo health service, West Pilbara health district: WA country health service final version.
Perth, WA: West Australian Country Health Service
Western Australian Aboriginal Education and Training Council (2011)
Western Australian strategic plan for Aboriginal education and training 2011-2015.
Osborne Park, WA: Western Australian Aboriginal Education and Training Council
Western Australian Country Health Service (2011)
Western Australian Country Health Service Kimberley working life.
Retrieved 2011 from http://www.wacountry.health.wa.gov.au/
This online guide for health professionals focuses on working life in Western Australia (WA) Country Health Services, specifically in the Kimberley region of WA. The guide summarises information particularly relevant to those working in nursing, such as:
- available hospital services
- community and population health units
- aged care, mental health and allied health services.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Western Australian Department of Health (2011)
Child and Adolescent Health Service.
Perth: Western Australian Department of Health
Western Australian Department of Health (2011)
North Metropolitan Health Service.
Perth: Western Australian Department of Health
Western Australian Department of Health (2011)
Northern and Remote Country Health Service.
Perth: Western Australian Department of Health
Western Australian Department of Health (2011)
South Metropolitan Health Service.
Perth: Western Australian Department of Health
Western Australian Department of Health (2011)
Southern Country Health Service.
Perth: Western Australian Department of Health
Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (2011)
Comorbidity capacity building toolkit.
Perth: Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies
This toolkit was produced by the Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies. The purpose of the toolkit is to provide guidance for other Western Australian alcohol and other drug (AOD) services planning to undertake capacity building initiatives. The toolkit was developed in accordance with knowledge gained throughout the national Improved services initiative (ISI) project. This project aimed to build the capacity of non-government AOD organisations to effectively identify and treat comorbid substance use and mental illness.
Abstract adapted from Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies
Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (2011)
Review of the impact of the AOD improved services initiative in Western Australia.
Perth: Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies
Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (2011)
The culturally secure Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander recruitment & retention guide.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies
The Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies has developed a Culturally secure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recruitment and retention guide to support CEOs and senior managers of services in the alcohol and other drugs sector. The guide is designed to provide CEOs and line managers with a deeper understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers and their culture. This guide provides useful tips and examples of positive approaches to recruiting and retaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers.
Abstract adapted from the Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies
Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (2011)
Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies annual review 2010/2011.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies
Western Australian Nursing and Midwifery Office (2011)
Aboriginal nursing and midwifery strategic plan 2011–2015.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Department of Health
Wood L, Shilton T, Dimer L, Smith J, Leahy T (2011)
Beyond the rhetoric: how can non-government organisations contribute to reducing health disparities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?.
Australian Journal of Primary Health; 17(4): 384-394
2009
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health labour force statistics and data quality assessment.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report provides comprehensive data on the Indigenous health labour force. The statistics presented in this report are drawn from censuses, surveys and administrative data sources. Information in the report includes data about: Indigenous medical practitioners; nurses; Aboriginal Health Workers; and Indigenous people studying in the health area. The quality of Indigenous labour force data is also discussed.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Lin IB, Beattie N, Spitz S, Ellis A (2009)
Developing competencies for remote and rural senior allied health professionals in Western Australia.
Rural and Remote Health; (9): 1115
Retrieved 21 April 2009 from http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1115.pdf
North Metropolitan Area Health Service (2009)
North Metropolitan Area Health Service: Aboriginal reconciliation and integration strategy.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
Careers in health: a guide for Indigenous students (2009)
Simpson A, Office of Aboriginal Health
This booklet, produced by the Western Australian (WA) Department of Health's Office of Aboriginal Health, provides general information on the health industry in WA, career information on areas of potential employment, and education pathways which can qualify a person for their chosen job. Contact details of providers offering qualifications in WA is also outlined in the resource.
The booklet may be of use to Indigenous students, teachers and career advisers.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
South West Aboriginal Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation (2009)
South West Aboriginal Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation 2008/2009 annual report.
Bunbury: South West Aboriginal Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation
West Australian Country Health Service (2009)
Revitalising WA Country Health Service 2009-2012.
Perth, WA: West Australian Country Health Service
West Australian Country Health Service (2009)
Revitalising WA Country Health Service 2009-2012: WA Country Health Service operational plan 2009/10.
Perth, WA: West Australian Country Health Service
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