Aboriginal Health

We support the authentic participation of Aboriginal people and organisations in all levels of decision-making affecting their health needs, to help achieve Aboriginal health equity. 

Our Priorities

• Increasing access to culturally appropriate primary healthcare.
• Increasing patient literacy so Aboriginal people are empowered to participate more fully in their healthcare journey and take control of their health.
• Improving system integration to ensure better experiences for Aboriginal people accessing multiple parts of the health and social care system.

Key Activities

Integrated Team Care: A program that works across multidisciplinary care models to support Aboriginal people to access well-coordinated, culturally appropriate mainstream primary care and supplementary services. 

Integrated Team Care Country to City, Improving Patient Transitions: A project initiated in response to feedback relating to the challenges faced by Aboriginal people who were off-Country and staying in metropolitan areas for health treatment.

Key Achievements

• Delivered close to 100,000 services to 3,700 Aboriginal people with complex chronic conditions through our Integrated Team Care program.
• Enabled 31 Integrated Team Care coordination staff to complete Flinders My Health Story and upskill in self-management techniques to reduce potentially preventable hospitalisations.
• Partnered with Mooditj Koort Aboriginal Corporation to trial an Integrated Team Care Country to City Service Model trial to demonstrate how metropolitan based services can support Aboriginal people travelling off-Country for hospital care in Perth.
• Provided resources to general practices to support patients to identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, so they can access appropriate and culturally safe care.

Case Study

Community connection a path to wellbeing

Sharing experiences with others experiencing similar health issues helped one man get back on track

Aboriginal Health