The Link Between Primary Health Care and Health Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

A national approach to closing the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians should ensure that all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have access to a basic suite of comprehensive primary health care services (including for chronic disease and for maternal and child health) regardless of funding streams or administrative responsibility for the health service.

In this section:

National recommendations for the clinical management of alcohol-related problems in Indigenous primary care settings

National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 2003-2013 Australian Government Implementation Plan 2007-2013

Review of Current Arrangements for the Collection, Recording, Transfer and Reporting of National Trachoma Data

Revised Recommendations for Clinical Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media (Middle Ear Infection) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations 2010

Systematic Review of Existing Evidence and Primary Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media (Middle Ear Infection)

The Management of Middle Ear Infection in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations (Plain Language Summary of the Systematic Review on the Management of Otitis Media)

Trachoma Surveillance Report 2006 to 2010

Indigenous ear health: Developmental market research to inform indigenous social marketing campaigns

Central Australia Renal study - Terms of Reference.

Central Australia Renal Study

Review of OATSIH's investment in sexual health and blood borne virus activities

The Recommendations for Clinical Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations, March 2001

The Link Between Primary Health Care and Health Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

The following report explores the evidence both domestically and internationally as to whether access to high quality primary health care is essential to enhancing Indigenous health status.

PDF printable version: The link between primary health care and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (PDF 740 KB).

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The report is also available split into smaller sections. Click on the appropriate link below:

Cover and Prelims (PDF 268 KB)
Chapters 1 - 2 (PDF 422 KB)
Chapters 3 - 4 (PDF 527 KB)
Conclusion and Bibliography (PDF 147 KB)

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