Minister Welcomes Launch of New Urban Indigenous Health Institute
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, has welcomed the establishment of the new Institute for Urban Indigenous Health in Brisbane.
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2 November 2009
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, today welcomed the establishment of the new Institute for Urban Indigenous Health in Brisbane.
The Australian Government has provided funding totalling $312,618 toward the establishment and implementation of the initial phase of the Institute.
The Minister said the Institute would integrate health planning and servicing within Brisbane and the surrounding regions to meet the health needs of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
“The majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reside in urban centres and addressing access to services for these people is crucial to closing the gap in health status between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians,” Mr Snowdon said.
“This Institute will go along way to a coordinated/integrated approach to the planning, development and delivery of primary health care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations within the region, involving Indigenous-specific and key mainstream providers.”
The Institute’s key focus will include:
strengthening and maintaining key service relationships such as those with the local Indigenous health services, local Divisions of General Practice, private practitioners, allied health service providers and hospitals
- development, testing and evaluation of ‘new’ models of primary health care delivery to urban Indigenous populations
- the establishment of a teaching centre in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health through collaboration with the Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland (UQ).
Media contact: Greg Doolan, 0433 345 323
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