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Title: Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
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Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
- Presentation by Julie Tongs to the
- What Works for Children- Bridging the Gaps
- Early Childhood Conference
- Canberra 29th 30th of August 2007
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WINNUNGA NIMMITYJAH Wiradjuri language meaning
STRONG IN HEALTH
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GRIFFEN CENTRE (1990 1997)
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AINSLIE LOCATION 1998- 2004
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NARRABUNDAH (2004 present)
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How Does Our Service Differ?
- Whole of life focus
- Flexible to the needs of the individual, family
and community - A strong focus on the inter-relationship between
physical and social, spiritual and emotional
well-being - Culturally safe
- No separation of issues
- Not just the physical well-being of the
individual but the social, emotional and
cultural well-being of the whole community. This
is a whole of life view and it also includes the
cyclical concept of life-death-life - National Aboriginal Health Strategy 1989
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ABORIGINAL MIDWIFERY ACCESS PROGRAM TEAM -
2006
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AMAP Program
- In 2004 the retention rate of women who accessed
the Program was 53, today it is close to 100. - In 2004, 32 of clients presented in their first
trimester, by 2006 that rate had increased to 57
which is above the NSW average for Aboriginal
mothers of 52.2.
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AMAP Program
- In 2006, shared care between AMAP staff and
Specialists was particularly high with 73 of
deliveries involving shared care with GPs,
compared to 47 in 2004 and 86 of women
accessing shared care with our hospitals,
compared to just 53 in 2004.
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AMAP Program
- Low birth weight is also improving with the rate
falling from 14 in 2004 to just 8 in 2006,
lower than the national average of 13 for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies.
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Family Violence Position Statement
- Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
acknowledges that violence is not part of
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Culture. We
do not support the secrecy and silence that often
surrounds violence in our community. We are
committed to a moral and ethical position of
opposing the use of any form of violence whether
in the workplace, family or the larger community.
We also support our leaders taking a stance
against violence in any form whether in their own
home or their community. We recognise physical
and sexual violence as criminal acts in
accordance with the law and support appropriate
legal sanctions. We strive to promote the safety
of people threatened by violence. We encourage
and advocate non-violent, dignified and
respectful ways of engaging in relationships. We
are committed as members of the community to
challenging the silence, social structures and
popular mythology, which permit and encourage
violence, and particularly family violence and
abuse, and the continued erosion of our culture
and individual rights to safety.
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