Client: Australian Government, Dept of Health & Ageing, Office
for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health
Project: Regional health services planning study for East Arnhem Land
in the Northern Territory – in collaboration with Centre for Remote
Health (CRH)
Timeline: June 2008 – December 2008
Project Aim:
The purpose of the project is to consider future resource allocation,
service delivery and governance models for the region through identifying
ways in which Indigenous people’s access to primary health care
services can be improved.
This was done by establishing a comprehensive data profile and needs
assessment for the region that will:
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Inform future resource allocation
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Inform service delivery models
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Inform regional governance models
Requirements of the project:
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Desktop analysis of federal and state policy documents
and planning papers
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Development of a regional health status
profile
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Comprehensive regional health service mapping and
gap analysis
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Extensive consultation with communities and interviews
with individual community members, health and community service providers
to ground truth information and gather additional data
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Analysis
and synthesis of data with identification of opportunities and barriers
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Formulation
of recommendations to strengthen and enhance service delivery to
improve access by Indigenous people to primary health care services
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Identification
of, and strategies to address issues impacting on workforce recruitment
and retention
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