Aboriginal health workers and diabetes care in remote community health centres: A mixed method analysis

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-45

  Si, Damin ^a   Bailie, Ross S ^a   Togni, Samantha J ^a   D'Abbs, P H N ^b   Robinson, Gary W ^c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPONSIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33745946279     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00451.x     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Curtin Indigenous Research Centre, Centre for Educational Research and Evaluation Consortium, Jojara & Associates. Training re-Visions: a national review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker training. Perth: Curtin University, 2001.
2. National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party. A national Aboriginal health strategy. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Aboriginal Affairs, 1989.
3. Tregenza J, Abbott K. Rhetoric and reality. Perceptions of the roles of Aboriginal Health Workers in Central Australia. Alice Springs: Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, 1995.
4. Centre for International Economics. National Competition Policy review of the Northern Territory Health Practitioners and Allied Health Professionals Registration Act. Canberra: Centre for International Economics, 2000.
5. Robinson G, d'Abbs PH, Togni SJ, Bailie R. Aboriginal participation in health service delivery: coordinated care trials in the Northern Territory of Australia. Int J Healthcare Technol Manage 2003; 5: 45-62.
6. Local Evaluation Team, Menzies School of Health Research. Jirntangku Miyrta Katherine West Coordinated Care Trial local evaluation final report. Darwin: MSHR, 2000.
7. Robinson G, Bailie R. Tiwi Coordinated Care Trial final local evaluation report. Volumes 1 and 2. Darwin: Centre for Social Research, Northern Territory University, 2000.
8. Bailie RS, Si D, Robinson GW, et al. A multifaceted health-service intervention in remote Aboriginal communities: 3-year follow-up of the impact on diabetes care. Med J Aust 2004; 181: 195-200.
9. Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association. CARPA standard treatment manual: a clinical manual for primary health care practitioners in remote and rural communities in Central and Northern Australia. 4th ed. Alice Springs: CARPA, 2003.
10. Goldstein H. Multilevel statistical models. London: Hodder Arnold, 2003.
11. House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs. Health is life: report on the Inquiry into Indigenous Health. Canberra: Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 2000.
12. McDermott RA, Schmidt BA, Sinha A, Mills P. Improving diabetes care in the primary health-care setting: a randomised cluster trial in remote Indigenous communities. Med J Aust 2001; 174: 497-502.
13. Gary TL, Bone LR, Hill MN, et al. Randomized controlled trial of the effects of nurse case manager and community health worker interventions on risk factors for diabetes-related complications in urban African Americans. Prev Med 2003; 37: 23-32.
14. Khanchandani R, Gillam S. The ethnic minority linkworker: a key member of the primary health care team? Br J Gen Pract 1999; 49: 993-994.
15. McDermott R, Tulip F, Schmidt B, Sinha A. Sustaining better diabetes care in remote indigenous Australian communities. BMJ 2003; 327: 428-430.
16. Jackson D, Brady W, Stein I. Towards (re)conciliation: (re)constructing relationships between indigenous health workers and nurses. J Adv Nurs 1999; 29: 97-103.
17. Kahssay HM, Taylor ME, Berman PA. Community health workers: the way forward. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1998.
18. Bodenheimer T, Wagner EH, Grumbach K. Improving primary care for patients with chronic illness. JAMA 2002; 288: 1775-1779.
19. Si D, Bailie R, Connors C, et al. Assessing health centre systems for guiding improvement in diabetes care. BMC Health Serv Res 2005; 5: 56.
20. Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce National Strategic Framework. Canberra: Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council, 2002.
21. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National summary of the 2001 and 2002 jurisdictional reports against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance indicators. Canberra: AIHW, 2004. (AIHW Cat. No. IHW 12.)