Programs - Aboriginal Primary Care Action Plan
WA Aboriginal Primary Care Action Plan (PDF 594KB)
Addressing issues in Aboriginal health offers substantial challenges for health professionals, the Government and the community, not only because of the kinds of health issues experienced by Aboriginal people, but also by the governance and accountability arrangements at a state and federal level.
WA Health’s reform program has provided renewed commitment and enthusiasm to improving the lifestyles, health and wellbeing for all Western Australians, with Aboriginal communities a priority. WA Health is developing responsive policy and practice that is forming a strong foundation from which the Aboriginal primary care sector will advance.
The WA Aboriginal Primary Care Action Plan gives service providers and communities a statewide vision for Aboriginal primary care, evidence-based priorities, an approach to culturally secure models of care and achievable health outcomes that strongly emphasise a focus on child and maternal health. It offers a framework that will assist service providers and communities with their local planning.
The WA Aboriginal Primary Care Action Plan seeks to build on existing strategies that are working successfully and establish strong links with new initiatives that are aligned with the reforms taking place across the WA Health system.
A Lifecourse approach will be promoted for the planning and delivery of primary care services to Aboriginal people in Western Australia. The Lifecourse approach groups strategies and actions around four key periods in life that impact on Aboriginal health:
- The early years
- Adolescence and transition from school years
- The family years
- The granny years
Accompanying the WA Aboriginal Primary Care Action Plan is a statistical report, The Status of Primary care and Aboriginal Health from a State and Regional Perspective in Western Australia (PDF 1.80MB)
Also available is the Cultural Security Framework (PDF 146KB) developed by the Office of Aboriginal Health, that requires WA Health to better develop and manage health services so that all Indigenous people can expect and receive core services delivered in an efficient and timely manner, and that staff can be confident that their talents and commitments can have the best effect
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