palawa partnering - tasnmc.com.au€¦ · palawa partnering: developing effective partnerships...
TRANSCRIPT
palawa Partnering: Developing effective
partnerships between
mainstream health services &
Tasmanian Aboriginal community
controlled organisationsTasmanian Nursing and Midwifery Conference
Emma Shanahan, Aboriginal Health Service, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
Carol Jackson, Public Health Services DoH
21 February 2020
Acknowledgement of Country
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about
Aboriginal Health?
How healthyare Tasmanian
Aboriginal people?
70% of Tasmanian Aboriginal people
have a long term health condition
compared with 52% of the general Tasmanian population
37% of Tasmanian Aborigines reported
excellent/very good health
compared to 81%of the Tasmanian population
23-27% of Tasmanian Aborigines report
high/very high psychological distress
compared to 13% of the rest of Tasmanian Population
0.5% of Tasmanian Aborigines
discharge against medical advice
over double the rate of the
rest of Tasmanian population 0.2%
“The answer is: they’re not
engaging with Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people. Its
pretty simple stuff. We’re not
sending people to the moon
here.”
Why aren’t we getting the results?
“ I treat everyone the same”
I treat everyone with the same
respect
Aboriginal
community-controlled
health services
is best practice
Find out about the health and well being programs and
services provided by your local Aboriginal
organisation/s
Cape Barren Island
Aboriginal Association
Read the Report.
Listen to Aboriginal
people’s stories
and priorities
‘To ensure quality access, care & outcomes
for Aboriginal clients…
It sits under Clinical Governance ’
Why Partnerships?
Nurses & midwives
are leading the way.
The making of a great
relationship:
The Aboriginal Midwifery
Outreach Project
‘A collaborative relationship .. based on
trust, equality & mutual understanding
for the achievement of a specified goal’
Partnerships
A long time frame
‘Let the relationship/partnership
grow at its own pace’
Building Trust
‘Trust is a common Indigenous theme. It is tied in with
the history of colonisation of Australia, and the
mistrust that developed between 2 cultures..’
Building TrustSit and be
Listen well
Advocate & assist to negotiate mainstream health services
Always have an open door
Enjoy it, there’s no other job like it! -
Iona Brennan Former AMOP midwife
Valuing each other
‘just because it is different, doesn’t
make it wrong’
Marianne Johnson AMOP Midwife
‘Pregnancy Support Workers are the experts when it
comes to their community...Their knowledge base
extensive... they were excellent educators, working
with the women…at a level I was not able to achieve….’
Marianne Johnson AMOP Midwife
Get
Educated
“Insightful session on
Tasmanian Aboriginal history
and how this formed policies
and actions today’’
g r a mrc u l t u a l a w a r e n e s s p r o
tipara waranta kani nina -tu( )What we want to talk to you about
‘Involves risks as well as benefits,
making
shared accountability critical ’
Partnerships