Case Study 114 Round 6 ID 144 Indigenous High Risk Foot Study 114 Roun… · · 2016-08-12Title:...
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Case Study No: 114 INDIGENOUS HIGH RISK FOOT (ID 1446) Project Highlights Photo provided Jason Warnock, Queensland based podiatrist, has researched, developed, written, implemented and evaluated the “Indigenous Diabetic Foot (IDF) Programme.” The intent of the programme is three tiered: 1. Train podiatrists to deliver the IDF to Indigenous health workers. 2. Train health workers to deliver the programme to the public. 3. Train the public in strategies that will assist in their foot care. Considering the vastness of the Kimberley, sparsley populated regions, high prevalence of diabetes, and the high risk of developing diabetic foot complications, the IDF programme has the capacity for wide reaching dissemination of knowledge on the maintenance of healthy feet. As a pilot, this project successfully achieved its objectives The podiatrists working for Boab Health Services are assembling resource kits to enable healthcare workers to effectively deliver the “message” to individuals and groups. Part of the workshop is to encourage locals to perform regular home care on their feet. In following the advice of the IDF programme, additional resources such as files, pumice, soaps/detergents are required. To this end, research into locally sourced products is Organisation/s Boab Health Services. RHCE2 Funding: $3,500.00 (ex GST) Round 6 Duration: 24 th and 25 th August 2015 Project status: Project completed and final report submitted Project type: Continuing Professional Development, Interprofessional Learning, Knowledge Translation/Transfer. Location: Broome – RA 4 Target Groups: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Workers, Allied Health Professionals, General Practitioners, Overseas Trained Doctors, Nurses & Midwives Purpose: Boab Health Services, Podiatry Section, successfully applied for a Rural Health Continuing Education Grant. The original premise behind the application was to help fund a guest speaker’s presence at the Inaugural Indigenous and High Risk Foot workshop held in Broome in March 2015. Approval was given to alter the original intention for the grant money and an IDF training conference was consequently conducted in Broome 24 th and 25 th August 2015.
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Case Study No: 114 INDIGENOUS HIGH RISK FOOT (ID 144-‐6)
Project Highlights Photo provided Jason Warnock, Queensland based podiatrist, has researched, developed, written, implemented and evaluated the “Indigenous Diabetic Foot (IDF) Programme.” The intent of the programme is three tiered:
1. Train podiatrists to deliver the IDF to Indigenous health workers. 2. Train health workers to deliver the programme to the public. 3. Train the public in strategies that will assist in their foot care.
Considering the vastness of the Kimberley, sparsley populated regions, high prevalence of diabetes, and the high risk of developing diabetic foot complications, the IDF programme has the capacity for wide reaching dissemination of knowledge on the maintenance of healthy feet.
As a pilot, this project successfully achieved its objectives
The podiatrists working for Boab Health Services are assembling resource kits to enable healthcare workers to effectively deliver the “message” to individuals and groups. Part of the workshop is to encourage locals to perform regular home care on their feet. In following the advice of the IDF programme, additional resources such as files, pumice, soaps/detergents are required. To this end, research into locally sourced products is
Organisation/s Boab Health Services.
RHCE2 Funding: $3,500.00 (ex GST) Round 6 Duration: 24th and 25th August 2015
Project status: Project completed and final report submitted
Project type: Continuing Professional Development, Inter-‐professional Learning, Knowledge Translation/Transfer.
Location: Broome – RA 4
Target Groups: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Workers, Allied Health Professionals, General Practitioners, Overseas Trained Doctors, Nurses & Midwives
Purpose: Boab Health Services, Podiatry Section, successfully applied for a Rural Health Continuing Education Grant. The original premise behind the application was to help fund a guest speaker’s presence at the Inaugural Indigenous and High Risk Foot workshop held in Broome in March 2015. Approval was given to alter the original intention for the grant money and an IDF training conference was consequently conducted in Broome 24th and 25th August 2015.
continuing. This includes locally sourced “bush medicine” utilising locally grown plants to make emollients and detergent. A substitute for pumice/sandpaper is also being looked at. Health care workers and Aboriginal Liaison Officers (ALOs) are representative from a wide geographical area, and speak a multitude of languages. It is also hoped the chosen language used to deliver the IDF convey an accurate account of the principles of the IDF. Translations will be something that will require additional work in the future, and local interpreters may be recruited in the future.
Comments from the workshop evaluation included:
1. Were there parts of the workshop you particularly liked? • One on one with patients. • Hearing the personal case studies and real life examples. • Being able to practice on real people.
2. When questioned whether they would use the IDF foot tools in their workplaces, 100% of the participants responded affirmatively.
Future developments Since the workshop, arrangements for two podiatry delivered trainings have been confirmed. Both trainings will be delivered to HACC / KACS staff and clients in two remote Fiztroy Crossing communities. Contact: Jenny Kitchen Regional Podiatrist Phone: 0408 890 077 Email : [email protected] Website: www.boabhealth.com.au
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