HLSC120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Community Ownership, Stolen Generations, Bush Medicine
Document Summary
The australian federal government defines an aboriginal person as someone who: Is accepted as an aboriginal person by the community in which he or she lives. Cultural awareness training for staff: aboriginal community controlled health services, aboriginal specific organisations legal, healing and education. Health checks need to act on day. Aboriginal community controlled health services were established as an alternative to mainstream health services which were, for various reasons, not accessible or not appropriate for aboriginal and torres strait islander people (franklin & As policy moved towards self-determination and self-management, community controlled health services provided an opportunity for aboriginal people to have some control over how health services were delivered. The objectives: access to the full range of services expected within a comprehensive primary health care context. Improves community decision-making, influence and control over the management and delivery of health services. Improves capacity of individuals and communities to manage and control their own health and well being.
