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Coolamon Advisors provided Cultural Awareness Training for primary health care providers in the ACT, services commissioned by CHN and CHN staff. Due to COVID-19, sessions were provided online. Over 45 primary health care professionals and 40 Commissioned Service professionals working in mental health and AOD attended, with ongoing bi-annual training planned.
This training is supported by the CHN Indigenous Health Team which delivers in-practice education to improve the capacity of primary health care services to provide culturally safe environments and care for First Nations people, and to improve understanding and utilisation of Government initiatives by health care providers to help close the gap.
The past five years has shown a 23% increase in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT who received a Medicare Benefit Schedule (MBS) health check for physical, psychological and social wellbeing.
CHN Annual Report 2020-21 - Contents (click to expand)
Contents
- From the Chair and CEO
- COVID-19 response
- Priority areas
- Workforce
- Care across the continuum
- Vulnerable groups
- Mental health
- Regional Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan
- Borderline Personality Disorder: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Emerging Adults
- Mental health services for young people: headspace
- Mental health services for the LGBTIQA+ population: Inclusive Pathways
- Mental health support: Next Step
- Psychosocial support for people with severe mental illness
- National Psychosocial Support Transition and Continuity of Support
- Therapeutic service for children: Stepping Stones
- Support following a suicide attempt: The Way Back Support Service
- Aged Care
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
- Digital health
- Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Chronic disease management
- Financial Statements