Healthy for Life Service Toolkit
Section 2: Knowing your starting point - the service stocktake
The Healthy for Life Service Toolkit has been developed to assist primary health care services (organisations) undertake activities required to meet the aims of the Healthy for Life program, which are: to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers, babies and children; to enhance the quality of life of people with chronic illnesses; and over time, to reduce the incidence of adult chronic disease.
This section introduces the general concepts underlying the gathering of information about the health needs of your clients and how well your organisation currently meets the needs of your community.
Slide shows introduce the idea of quality improvement and summarise the processes involved in carrying out the service stocktake.
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