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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework - 2008 Report & Report Summary
This page provides information on the 2008 Report and Report Summary
Full Report:
Printable PDF version of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework - 2008 Report (PDF 5369 KB)The same report in smaller sections:
Prelims and Chapter 1-2: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HPF - 2008 Report (1-2) (PDF 1208 KB)
Chapter 3-4: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HPF - 2008 Report (3-4) (PDF 1402 KB)
Chapter 5: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HPF - 2008 Report (5) (PDF 1710 KB)
Chapter 6 and Appendices: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HPF - 2008 Report (6) (PDF 2112 KB)
Report Summary
Printable PDF version of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework - 2008 Report Summary (PDF 1765 KB)An html version of the Report Summary is in preparation.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework (HPF) has been developed under the auspice of the Australian Health Minister's Advisory Council (AHMAC). The HPF is designed to inform policy analysis, planning and program implementation. The Report provides high-quality contextual data on progress towards the COAG ‘Closing the Gap’ agenda.
This is the second report against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework and it reports against 71 measures across three domains:
- Health status and outcomes
- Determinants of health including socioeconomic and behavioural factors, and
- Health system performance.
The Report finds that there have been improvements in some aspects of health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, while some areas are unchanged and some are worsening.
- Areas of improvement include: overall mortality and infant mortality, deaths caused by circulatory disease, expansion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care, antenatal care, immunisation, education and unemployment.
- Areas of concern include: deaths caused by chronic diseases, injury, end stage kidney disease, social and emotional well-being, low birth weight, chronic ear disease, oral health, sexually transmissible infections, social determinants of health, smoking including smoking during pregnancy, alcohol, physical activity, nutrition, obesity, relative per capita health expenditure, early detection and early treatment, access to prescription medicine, numbers of Indigenous Australians in the health workforce and access to health services.
Other publications in the HPF series:
2006 Report
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework
If you are unable to access the attachments or would like more information about this publication, please contact OATSIH Enquiries, or call 02 6289 5291.
Program/Initiatives
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme
- Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas
- Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme
Publications
- Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: Health Conditions and Referrals
- The link between primary health care and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
- 2006 – 2007 Jurisdictional Summary Report against the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (NSFATSIH)
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Health Promotion Report 2008
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