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Workforce insights on how health promotion is practised in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service.
- Source :
- Australian Journal of Primary Health; 2017, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p243-248, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services deliver holistic and culturally appropriate primary health care to over 150 communities in Australia. Health promotion is a core function of comprehensive primary health care; however, little has been published on what enables or challenges health promotion practice in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service. Apunipima Cape York Health Council (Apunipima) delivers primary health care to 11 remote north Queensland communities. The workforce includes medical, allied health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and health practitioners and corporate support staff. This study aimed to identify current health promotion practices at Apunipima, and the enablers and challenges identified by the workforce, which support or hinder health promotion practice. Sixty-three staff from across this workforce completed an online survey in February 2015 (42% response rate). Key findings were: (1) health promotion is delivered across a continuum of one-on-one approaches through to population advocacy and policy change efforts; (2) the attitude towards health promotion was very positive; and (3) health promotion capacity can be enhanced at both individual and organisational levels. Workforce insights have identified areas for continued support and areas that, now identified, can be targeted to strengthen the health promotion capacity of Apunipima. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MEDICAL personnel
ACTION research
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
COMMUNITIES
CONCEPTUAL structures
CONFIDENCE
STATISTICAL correlation
HEALTH education
HEALTH promotion
MEDICAL care
PRIMARY health care
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SURVEYS
QUALITATIVE research
MEDICAL care of indigenous peoples
QUANTITATIVE research
THEMATIC analysis
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14487527
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Journal of Primary Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 123727721
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1071/PY16033