Year-in-Review-2021-22 - Flipbook - Page 53
Aboriginal Health
Ngurang Dali Mana Burudi
– A place to get better.
The Aboriginal Health Unit provides advocacy,
leadership, cultural support and education for
our health services as well as to the Aboriginal
Workforce. The unit is responsible for the
development of strategic partnerships, planning
and performance and the coordination of
Aboriginal health programs.
In Sydney Local Health District, we are working
with our community and our partners, particularly
the Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern and the
Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council,
to realise our vision of having the healthiest
Aboriginal community in Australia.
Highlights:
• Continued to support the COVID-19 pandemic
response including the development of the
Aboriginal Cultural Response Team to support
COVID-19 Aboriginal Outbreak Management
in partnership with the Aboriginal Medical
Service Redfern and the Metropolitan Local
Aboriginal Land Council. The Aboriginal
Cultural Response Team and the Aboriginal
Health Unit worked in partnership with
Local Aboriginal community groups and
organisations developing culturally appropriate
communication strategies for COVID-19 safety
and hygiene; community engagement; positive
case and contact management; Special Health
Accommodation transfers; supply of PPE,
Rapid Antigen Tests and other services to
local Aboriginal community groups; as well
as established screening, testing and
vaccination clinics in the community. Locations
included Redfern Community Health Centre,
National Centre of Indigenous Excellence,
Marrickville PCYC, Herb Greedy Memorial Hall
and Redfern Park.
Year in Review 2021–22
• Participated in YABUN 2022 and hosted
Sorry Day and Close the Gap Day events at
Royal Price Alfred Hospital including the
launch of the Rosemarie Slater Artwork – a
gift from a former patient of the hospital and
her family to help raise awareness about Lung
Cancer rates Aboriginal people and to show
that RPA is a welcoming place for Aboriginal
people to be treated.
• Established an Aboriginal Midwifery Group
Practice at RPA to provide pregnancy care
for Aboriginal women and their families
in collaboration with the Women’s Health,
Neonatology and Paediatrics Clinical Stream.
• Commenced works on an Aboriginal Cultural
Lounge at Concord Hospital. This will be
used as a culturally safe space for Aboriginal
families to gather when they have family in
Concord Hospital.
• Hosted a series of Aboriginal Youth
Mental Health Consultations – to explore
ways to improve mental health for Aboriginal
young people.
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