Aboriginal health in NSW

How can we do things differently in Aboriginal health? The same challenges seen through new eyes Editorial by Carmen Parter and Kim Browne. Full Text | PDF (172 KB) There are currently about 156 000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in New South Wales (NSW), representing 2.3% of the total NSW population, and equating to 29% of the total Australian Aboriginal population. In this special issue of the NSW Public Health Bulletin, in accordance with NSW Health policy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are referred to as Aboriginal in recognition of the fact that Aboriginal people are the original inhabitants of NSW. It is well known that Aboriginal people continue to experience poorer health than the general population. When the new state government took office in March 2011, they gave a commitment to continue to work on closing the gap in Aboriginal health inequity. This commitment specifically mentioned that the NSW Government would: develop a 10-year Aboriginal Health Plan for NSW hold an Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing forum in their first year of office hold, each year, an annual progress meeting with Aboriginal community-based organisations and NSW Health representatives produce an annual progress report that measures the performance of the health system against the Closing the Gap agenda. It is now a year since that commitment was provided. So where are we up to, what successes have we seen, and where do we go from here? This special issue of the Bulletin provides an opportunity to take stock, and offers a number of perspectives on working in Aboriginal health and doing it better in the future. We discuss the intentions behind the Aboriginal Health Plan that is currently in development and note the themes emerging from the consultation and how closely these mirror the themes in each of the papers presented in this issue. Contents: Successful partnerships are the key to improving Aboriginal health Sandra Bailey and Jennifer Hunt Abstract | Full Text | PDF (70 KB) Developing an Aboriginal Health Plan for NSW: the consultation process Carmen Parter, Leigh Gassner, Stephen Atkinson and Claire McKendrick Abstract | Full Text | PDF (69 KB) Working towards a 10-Year Aboriginal Health Plan: the Centre for Aboriginal Health initiatives Geraldine Wilson and Jessica Stewart Full Text | PDF (265 KB) NSW Aboriginal Health Promotion Program: lessons learned and ways forward Ian Raymond, Catriona McDonnell and Geraldine Wilson Full Text | PDF (265 KB) The Chronic Care Service Enhancement Program Maurice Terare, Catriona McDonnell and Geraldine Wilson Full Text | PDF (265 KB) Responding to family violence in Aboriginal communities: The NSW Aboriginal Family Health Strategy Helen Gardiner and Geraldine Wilson Full Text | PDF (265 KB) Healthy Ears, Happy Kids: a new approach to Aboriginal child ear health in NSW Paul Huntley, Brian Woods and Sian Rudge Full Text | PDF (265 KB) Reporting of Aboriginal people in health data collections in NSW Louise Maher, Caroline Turnour and Jessica Stewart Full Text | PDF (265 KB) Closing the gap in a regional health service in NSW: a multistrategic approach to addressing individual and institutional racism Hunter New England Health and Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Strategic Leadership Committee Abstract | Full Text | PDF (132 KB) The Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Service: a decade of achievement in the health of women and babies in NSW Elisabeth Murphy and Elizabeth Best Abstract | Full Text | PDF (164 KB) The development and implementation of a strategic framework to improve Aboriginal child development and wellbeing in far west NSW: a collaborative approach Garth Alperstein and Cathy S. Dyer Abstract | Full Text | PDF (128 KB) The Chronic Care for Aboriginal People program in NSW Raylene Gordon and Natalie Richards Abstract | Full Text | PDF (103 KB) Eye health services for Aboriginal people in the western region of NSW, 2010 Louise Maher, Anthony M. Brown, Siranda Torvaldsen, Angela J. Dawson, Jillian A. Patterson and Glenda Lawrence Abstract | Full Text | PDF (327 KB) Building a strategic approach to improve Aboriginal health research and evaluation in NSW Jessica Stewart, Carmen Parter and Louise Maher Abstract | Full Text | PDF (78 KB) Bug Breakfast in the Bulletin: Sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations Susan L. Thomas, Harpreet Kalsi and Simon Graham Full Text | PDF (49 KB) HealthStats in the Bulletin: More Aboriginal mothers are attending their first antenatal visit before 14 or 20 weeks gestation in NSW Full Text | PDF (109 KB) Communicable Diseases Report, NSW, January and February 2012 Communicable Diseases Branch Full Text | PDF (175 KB) Volume 23 Number 3 & 4 PDF (1.6 MB)