AMA Report Card into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 2010/2011

Katherine West Health Board Aboriginal Corporation was specifically mentionedas a model for health service delivery for aboriginal Australians by theAustralian Medical Association in their annual report into the state ofaboriginal health in Australia.

Click through to read the AMA Aboriginal Health Report Card 2010/2011.

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Indeveloping its specific recommendations, the AMA has investigated the latestdata and evidence about the barriers that stop Aboriginal peoples and TorresStrait Islanders accessing primary health care services.

Importantly,the Report Card identifies factors that encourage appropriate access andcontribute to high quality health and clinical outcomes - in short, the keycharacteristics of best practice in primary care for Aboriginal peoples andTorres Strait Islanders.

Best practice in primary care for Aboriginalpeoples and Torres Strait Islanders is about implementing models ofcollaborative service delivery that sustain continuity of care and are suited tothe particular needs of particular regions and locations inAustralia.

The AMA believes that best-practice primary health care has tobe informed by the perspectives of the Aboriginal peoples and Torres StraitIslanders who are the potential recipients of that health care, and of those whosuccessfully deliver it.

This Report Card reflects perspectives from thecoal-face in its case studies on models of best practice in different servicecontexts, including models witnessed by the AMA on site visits to primary careservices in remote and urban areas.