Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in Healthcare

This report delves into the critical role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in enhancing health outcomes for their communities, highlighting their significance within primary healthcare teams. It explores their diverse roles across various community settings, including Aboriginal community-controlled organizations and government health sectors, emphasizing the importance of registration with the Australian Agency of Registration for Practitioners. The report further examines the essentials of their practice, the impact of policies affecting their work, and the funding mechanisms supporting their incorporation. It also touches upon the dietary tracking of nutrition for awareness creation and analysis which can be helpful in influencing balanced food intake. The discussion encompasses their strengths, limitations, and how nurses and these health workers optimize each other's roles within an interdisciplinary context. This provides a comprehensive overview of their contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare.

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Interdisciplinary
Collaboration
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Workers

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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers’ role
is crucial in the improvement of health outcomes for the
people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
 They play a vital role in the workforce of primary
healthcare. They provide clinical and primary healthcare for
families, individuals and the community.
 They work in various environments in the community.
 Many are employed in the Aboriginal community controlled
organizations of health. Some of them are employed in the
Government Health Sector.
Introduction

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 Many work within mainstream services with general
practices and other non-governmental organizations.
 Their roles exist in metropolitan settings with regional and
remote touch.
 The health practitioners ought to be registered with the
Australian Agency of Registration for Practitioners.
Work Ethos

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 The title for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Health Practitioner is protected under section 113 of the
National Law.
 The certificate for the practice in Aboriginal or Torres
Strait Islander Health Care is the mean qualification for
the registration as a healthcare practitioner.
 A number of titles are used for the description of the job
roles for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers
of health.
The Law and Certification

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 The titles vary significantly across Australia and they may
describe the specialty of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health Worker.
 Everyday dietary tracking of nutrition is beneficial in
awareness creation for and analysis and can be helpful in
influencing balanced food intake.
Essentials of Practice

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 At incorporation in 2001, the primary funding was
received from the government of South Australia via the
Aboriginal Health Branch of the Aboriginal Health
Services.
 The need to address health issues of the Aboriginal
population increased over time increased the opportunities
for receiving further funding from other sources
Incorporation and Needs

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 The policy is not in effect anymore because it received
huge public outcry that made it lose favor in the eyes of
citizens.
 The policy shed negative light on the reputation of the
Australian immigration practice.
 At the beginning of the documentary, many immigrants
said they would live in the country for two years and
migrate.
Policies Affecting Practice