Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: Providing Culturally Safe Primary Healthcare

Aboriginal Community Controlled
Health Services ACCHS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
In Australia, citizens are decided on the basis of culture and the two groups made were
aboriginal and Torres strait islander people. Poor indigenous people are still struggling for their
fundamental requirements for cultural survival. Aboriginal Community Controlled Health
Services ACCHS was launched by local aboriginal community for the purpose of delivering
ethically appropriate health care services. It was designed to improve the health care services for
aboriginal people. This community provides advices government regarding budget and policies
made for improving health care for aboriginal people. This community is controlled by Torres
strait islander community. The main goal of this community was to deliver primary health care to
aboriginal people which means providing all the medications by a health care professional when
the aboriginal patient comes in contact of health care centre. The community provides quality
care to aboriginal people. Aboriginal health community controlled health services has authorized
150 Australian communities which are working for health care for aboriginal people. In this
report he discussion will be based on how ACCH provides primary health to aboriginals and how
it ensures cultural safety, self determination and holistic care for aboriginals. The analysis is
based on the commitment towards ACCH models of care and its effect on aboriginal and Torres
islander people. In this report, the knowledge about cultural safety models such as ACCH has
been summarised.
MAIN BODY
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service deliver holistic, broad, and culturally
suitable healthcare through board of management elected locally. In order to deliver special
healthcare services according to local people's needs and priorities; ACCHS consider their
attention to provide proper nutrition and prevent substance abuse within indigenous people.
Some programmes are directed for the welfare of special groups includes elder people and young
mothers. The ACCHS primarily organise programmes to identify the most significant problems
within the area and then provide support and services to specific health problems (Anderson, I.
(2019)). For instance, a program named 'Dare to Dream' was organised by Danila Dilba Health
Service in Darwin in order to provide support and counselling for the indigenous people
suffering from mental illness. The main intention behind the program is to address and provide
support to the adult generation exhibiting the symptoms of mental and behavioural health
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