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AHPs in Indigenous Primary Health Care
A View from the Northern TerritoryJohn Paterson
Rob Curry
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Presentation Summary
• AMSANT• Context of remote Australia• AHPs in Remote Health• Aboriginal PHC Reform in the NT• AHPs in NT PHC Reform• Key issues for consideration
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AMSANT• The Aboriginal Medical Services
Alliance of the Northern Territory
• Peak body for 24 Aboriginal community controlled health services in the NT
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AMSANT
Our Vision Improve the health of Aboriginal TerritoriansKey Strategies• Build support for member organizations• Strengthen leadership amongst membership• Advocate for health equity• Build effective relationships in Aboriginal health• Grow the community controlled sector
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Aboriginal Community Controlled Health
• Independent incorporated health organizations (170 around Australia)
• Elected Aboriginal Boards of Management• Principal funding source: DoHA• Answerable to communities & funders• Committed to comprehensive PHC• Committed to Closing the Gap• NACCHO as national peak body
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Healthcare in Remote Australia
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Remote Health Context
• 30% of Australians live in rural/remote regions – about 7 million
• 5% live in remote Australia – about 1 million• Rural/remote health is worse than metro • Health deteriorates with distance from cities• Reasons for poorer health - social determinants • Poorer access to services; eg. health, transport,
education, etc.• Many Aboriginal people live remote
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Remote Health Context
Productivity Commission report on Australia’s Health Workforce (2005):-
• “The importance of providing appropriate, sustainable, high quality health care to all Australians, regardless of their socio-economic circumstances or geographic location, is paramount.”
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Remote Health Context
Different Healthcare Models Needed for the Bush “Providing services for people in rural/remote
areas where the population and service infrastructure is sparse presents particular challenges for both government and community sectors. These include additional costs, lack of service infrastructure and service options, transport difficulties and difficulties in recruitment and support of staff …”.
Chenoweth & Stehlik
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Remote Health Context
• Remote communities lack scale for services• Remote residents must access care from
larger towns & cities.• Do we deliver services to people or people to
services?• Limited service access results in unmet needs
& poor health outcomes.• Must build/expand local PHC services
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The NT is Remote• Vast geography – same size as South Africa• Unique population demographics• Poor health picture• Health service delivery arrangements - 5 regional hospitals - Mainstream general practice - Urban community health - Private AHP services - Aboriginal PHC (largely remote)
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NT Demographics
• Vast area, sparse population = 220,000• Aboriginal people are 30% of population• Darwin = 120,000; Alice Springs = 30,000• Most people in remote areas are Aboriginal• Many small remote Aboriginal communities• Unique jurisdiction
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Remote AHP Services
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AHPs in Remote Health
Limited AHP services in the bush. Why???
• AHPs, nurses & AHWs are States responsibilities• Medicare covers doctors (Commonwealth funding)• Poor State funding for AHP services in the bush • No national approach to developing comp PHC • Consequence - limited development of remote
AHP services.
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AHPs in Remote Health
• Low per capita AHP services in remote • Example physiotherapy. High per capita rates
in big cities, low rates in NT (AIHW, 1998) Adelaide – 1:1300 NT = 1:2500• Medicare supports urban General Practice • Medicare fails to support multi-disciplinary
PHC • Market failure for health care in remote
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National Healthcare Reform & AHPs
Nicola Roxon (Federal Health Minister, 2008)
“ Prevention of illness and chronic disease is central to a sustainable health system and a fuller life for all members of the Australian community. Too often in the past, individuals, communities and governments have focused on the immediate issues of treating people after they become sick. Whilst this will always remain vital, and there is much to do in this area, we cannot afford to limit our focus to treatment and ignore prevention.”
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National Healthcare Reform
• AHPs fit well with comprehensive PHC & prevention
• AHPs trained in effective health promotion• To build comp PHC, must build AHP workfrce• Reform Medicare ie. universal ‘health’ care,
not just ‘medical’ care• Medicare Locals offer some hope for reform
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Aboriginal PHC in the NT
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Challenges for Aboriginal PHC in NT
• High Aboriginal morbidity/mortality• Workforce shortages, particularly AHWs &
AHPs• Lack of Aboriginal people in health workforce• Dispersed population, isolated communities • High service delivery costs for remote • Market failure for health care – dependence
on grant funding
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Reforming NT Aboriginal PHC
• Advocacy for PHC reform for 30 years• NT Aboriginal Health Forum is key reform
body• Forum includes:- - AMSANT - NT Health - Commonwealth Health
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Key NT PHC Reforms
1. Pathways to community control of PHC2. Regionalization of Aboriginal PHC 3. Core PHC services4. Funding formula for equity5. Expanded PHC services from Emergency
Intervention & now Stronger Futures
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Regionalization of PHC
• 14 regional Health Service Delivery Areas (HSDAs)• Each comprised of 2,000 – 4,000 people• Each a centre for PHC planning• Focus on community level services, not vertical
programs• Each HSDA funded for equitable PHC services• All based on comprehensive PHC model• All to become Aboriginal community controlled
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Core Primary Health Care Services
• Expanding community based PHC services to include areas of:-
- Chronic Disease management - Mental health - Alcohol & other drugs - Child, maternal, family services - Aged/disability care - Dental and oral health - Health promotion
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Principles of Core PHC Services
• Bringing services closer to remote residents• Horizontal program development over vertical
programs (visitors)• Improved capacity for health promotion• Supporting local Aboriginal workforce• Engaging the community• Address broader social determinants of health
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Progress with CTG in NT
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Rate per 100 000 Actual IndigenousProjected Indigenous rateIndigenous variability bandsActual non-IndigenousProjected non-Indigenous rateIndigenous trend 1998-2010
Age-standardised death rate per 100 000, actual and projected rates, by Indigenous status, Northern Territory, 1998–2031
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Indigenous Mortality Rate Comparisons
1998 Mortality RatePer 100,000
2010 Mortality Rateper 100,000
NSW 920 956Qld 1310 1096SA 1259 1181NT 1933 1432
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AHPs in Aboriginal PHC
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Features of NT Aboriginal PHC
• 14 HSDAs, each with 2,000–4,000 people• Some HSDAs contain several geographical
sites/towns, but under 1 governance structure
• Each HSDA employs a comprehensive team covering Core PHC areas
• Some resident health professionals, others visit from a central base.
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AHPs in Remote Aboriginal Health
AMSANT proposes 3 levels of AHP engagement at remote community level
1. AHPs in Comprehensive PHC2. AHPS as members of regional Hub Support
services3. AHPs as part of Specialist Outreach services
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AHPs Embedded in PHC
• PHC services need expansion to include:- - Chronic Disease management - Mental health - Alcohol & other drugs - Child, maternal, family services - Aged/disability care - Dental and oral health - Health promotion
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AHPs in Aboriginal PHC
Range of AHP services needed in Aboriginal PHC within HSDAs:-
• Dietetics/Nutrition• Environmental health• Oral hygiene/dental therapy• Occupational therapy• Physiotherapy• Psychology• Social work
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Key AHP Roles in Aboriginal PHC
• Assessment• Treatment • Health education/promotion• Therapeutic equipment • Advocacy • Project development/research• Liaison with the PHC team• Liaison/referral to special programs
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Physiotherapy Example
• 1 registered physio per 1,200 Australians • Each PHC HSDA has 2,000 – 4,000 people• Therefore, each HSDA should have 2 or 3
physios • Current situation in NT – approx 1 physio per
5,000 remote Aboriginal people
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AHPs in Aboriginal PHC
AHPs that could be added to PHC based on local health profiles/priorities:-
• Audiology• Diabetes education• Pharmacy• Podiatry• Speech pathology
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Barriers to AHP in Remote PHC
• No viable private practice• Lack of knowledge of AHPs – limited demand• Lack of state government funding• Urban-centric models of care/planning• Dominance of hospital/specialist care• Lack of preparation on AHPs for comp PHC
roles
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AHPs in Hub Support Services
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Concept of Hub Supports
• Not specialist services• Focus on supporting PHC level of care• Regionally planned, not central planning• Strong community engagement/consultation• Need effective management /auspicing
agency • Best working hub model for AHPs – NW Qld
Allied Health Services
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AHPs in Hub Support Services
• AHP Hub Support providers are generalists• Many sources of Hub Support AHPs• Difficult for PHC to integrate some AHPs • Move hub supports to PHC level when/where
possible • Hub Supports required for foreseeable future• Some AHPs could be placed permanently at Hub
Support level
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AHPs in Hub Support Services
AHPs best placed with Hub Supports:-
• Audiology• Diabetes education• Optometry• Podiatry• Speech pathology
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Barriers to regional Hub Supports
• Central placement/planning of Hubs• Lack of focus on community priorities and
PHC• Lack of capacity of non-gov sector to run
Hubs• Limited options for a Hubs Manager• Limited coordination of the various Hub
providers
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AHPs as Specialist Outreach
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AHPs as Specialist Outreach• Specialist trained AHPs from specialist settings• New funding under COAG MSOAP Indigenous Chronic
Disease Package• $474 million over 4 years for multi-disciplinary
specialist outreach • Areas for focus are:-
• Diabetes• Cardiovascular disease• Chronic respiratory disease• Renal disease• Cancer
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AHPs as Specialist Outreach Some Allied Health professions are credentialing
specialist practitioners• Physiotherapy• Psychology• Podiatry• Social Work
All AHP professions support specialist training All AHP professions are potential members of
specialist outreach teams in Aboriginal health
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Where to From Here
1. PHC level of healthcare needs major development2. Focus on horizontal programs, not vertical3. AHPs are an essential part of comprehensive PHC4. Aboriginal health needs more AHP input & resources5. Build Hub Support service structure6. Integrate AHP specialist outreach in support of PHC7. Focus on regionally health planning and managed,
not central