NSW Aboriginal Health Plan 2013-2023: Priorities and Evaluation

This report summarizes the NSW Aboriginal Health Plan 2013-2023, focusing on its key priorities and objectives. The plan aims to improve the health and well-being of Aboriginal communities in NSW, with a primary focus on achieving health equity. The identified priorities include reducing smoking rates, decreasing infant mortality, and reducing hospitalizations. The plan's implementation strategy involves collaboration with health and community services, emphasizing the development of trust, evidence-based practices, and a culturally secure environment. The report evaluates the plan's strengths, such as its collaborative approach, and identifies gaps, including a lack of a clear communication plan, and limitations, such as the absence of detailed budget and timelines. The plan targets only Aboriginal people in NSW and does not address reproductive or sexual health issues directly, though it emphasizes the importance of respecting cultural values and human rights in its implementation. The NSW Aboriginal Health Partnership is responsible for monitoring the plan's progress and measuring its success.

REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL HEALTH

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Identifying priorities
Main priorities
● Reduce smoking rate by 4% by 2015 for aboriginals
● Reduce smoking rate by 2% every year in case of aboriginal pregnant women
● Halve the gap between the mortality rate of aboriginal and non-aboriginal infants by
2018
● Reduce age-standardization rate of possibly inhabitable hospitalizations for
aboriginals by 2.5% by 2014 and 2015.
Basis of prioritizing
The basis of these priorities is to improve health and well being of aboriginal communities
residing in NSW. Main objective of this plan is to generate health equity for aboriginal
people by collaborating with these communities.
Reproductive and sexual health issues
This article has not included any reproductive and sexual issues.
Other priority population
Only Aboriginal people of NSW are targeted for this strategic plan and no other communities
are involved.
Message about human rights
This plan will be implemented by providing respect to culture and values that can help to
protect human rights.
Implement
Plan for implementation
Implementation is aimed to be in health and community services and the plan is mentioned
below,
● Developing trust through a partnership
● Implementing work and developing evidence
● Confirming service delivery and integrated planning
● Strengthening the workforce from aboriginal community
● Providing culturally secure health services and working environments
● Improving performance monitoring, accountability, and management
Monitoring implementation and measuring success
Monitoring will be done by the NSW aboriginal health partnership. They will measure the
progress and evaluate results to measure success.

Evaluate
Strength
● It is a collaborative plan that involves different public and private organizations.
● Strategies are divided into different steps that can help in proper implementation.
Gap
A proper communication plan is missing in this plan. As this is a collaborative plan, thus
proper communication between stakeholders is necessary.
Limitations
Proper budget and timeline of strategic actions are not provided which is a limitation.