- Queensland to contribute nearly $10 million towards Closing the Gap agreement
- Draft Prescribing Competencies Framework input request
- NT diabetes in pregnancy rates rise
- Community collaboration delivers better oral health
- Job Alerts – Yerin Aboriginal Health Services NSW
Queensland to contribute nearly $10 million towards Closing the Gap agreement
The Palaszczuk Government will support the implementation of the new national Closing the Gap agreement, with $9.3 million as part of a national joint funding effort with the federal government and other states and territories.
The Federal Government today announced that it would provide $46.5 million over four years to building the capacity of the Indigenous community-controlled sector, to be matched by the state and territory jurisdictions, based on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
Minister for Fire and Emergency Services and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Craig Crawford said that investment in building an effective community-controlled sector will be critical to improving life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Read the full media release here.
Draft Prescribing Competencies Framework input request
NPS MedicineWise, as the stewards of Quality Use of Medicine in Australia, has undertaken a review of the Prescribing Competencies Framework, to ensure the Framework remains relevant and continues to support safe and quality prescribing for all prescribers.
Feedback is being sought from practitioners and stakeholders on the new draft framework by COB Friday 4 September 2020. The feedback will be used to finalise the revised framework document for publication.
The revised Prescribing Competencies Framework can be viewed here.
To access the questionnaire relating to this revised Framework click here.
Image source: The Medical Journal of Australia.
NT diabetes in pregnancy rates rise
The burden of diabetes in pregnancy has grown substantially in the NT over the last three decades and is contributing to more babies being born at higher than expected birth-weights according to a new study undertaken by the Menzies School of Health Research.
The study, Diabetes during pregnancy and birth-weight treads among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory of Australia over 30 years, was recently published in the inaugural edition of The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific.
The full study can be found here.
Image source: Bobby-Lee Hille, the Milyali Art project.
Community collaboration delivers better oral health
Aboriginal children in rural Australia have up to three times the rate of tooth decay compared to other Australian children. Recently published research demonstrates the benefits of working alongside communities to establish the most effective ways to implement evidence-based strategies, and sustain them.
Co-design is about sharing knowledge to enable long-term, positive change to complex problems and enables much needed health-care services to be delivered in ways that strengthen communities, respect culture and build capacity.
Image Source: The Conversation.
To read more about the research Outcomes of a co-designed, community-led oral health promotion program for Aboriginal children in rural and remote communities in New South Wales, Australia click here.
Job Alerts
FT Suicide Prevention Officers x 2
PT Aboriginal Dental / Allied Health Administration Officer x 1 – 3 days/week
Yerin Aboriginal Health Services Limited are looking for highly motivated Aboriginal people to undertake the above roles at their modern new clinic in Wyong, NSW.
For further information about these positions click here.