Resources

The NACCHO-commissioned evaluation examines how the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health sector’s COVID-19 initiatives were implemented, their effectiveness and impacts, and what the sector’s pandemic response reveals for future community-led public health planning and policy.

This CSIRO-led scoping report explores how artificial intelligence can be responsibly and meaningfully applied in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare, centring Indigenous voices, cultural safety, and data sovereignty to inform future policy and practice.

This webpage from the Fair Work Ombudsman details The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2020 which sets the minimum pay, work conditions and classifications for employees and employers in Aboriginal community controlled health services and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers across Australia.

The RACGP health check template for older people is designed to comprehensively assess physical, mental, social and preventive health needs, support patient-centred goals, and guide evidence-based care planning across key clinical areas. It emphasises risk identification, preventive screening and follow-up planning delivered by a regular healthcare provider to improve health outcomes and wellbeing.

The Comprehensive Care Standard aims to ensure that patients receive comprehensive health care that meets their individual needs, and considers the impact of their health issues on their life and wellbeing.

This webpage by LiveUp provides various resources designed to support culturally appropriate assistive technology, independence, and wellbeing for Elders, older people, and their families.

This video by SAHMRI details how to implement cultural safety in aged care settings.

This Open Access article by Fono et al. examines how policymakers and First Nations peoples co-designed the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan.

This report from the Australian Institute of Family Studies summarises the evidence on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s experiences of a range of diverse programs that address social and emotional wellbeing.

This article by DR SJ Springer is a personal reflection on how to be a good ally in the face of racism in health services.