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September 2005
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NCACCH FINALIST IN 2005 Newsletter Archive: |
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The Indigenous Governance Awards have been established to encourage, reward and promote best practice in Indigenous Governance. The awards are an annual event and incorporated Indigenous organizations from across the country were invited to enter. The National winner received $10,000 and two Achievement Awards were issued for $5,000 each. The award money will be used to further the development of the winning organizations.The Indigenous Governance Awards are a partnership project between Reconciliation Australia and BHP Billiton. The awards show what works in Indigenous governance and help to share experience and good ideas. By boosting awareness about the benefits of good governance, the awards will encourage organizations to invest time and energy into this important element of their work for indigenous communities. The wards also educate the wider Australian community by highlighting some of the good news in Indigenous Australia and the impressive achievements of their organization.
Sexual Health Poster Competition NCACCH is hosting the 2005 Sexual Health Poster Competition. The theme is: "Sexual Health Through The Eyes of an Indigenous Teenager." It is open to all teenagers aged 13-19, and we want you to show us, in picture form, what sexual health means to you. It can be either individual or group entries (max 3 persons). There are 12 winning entries and the artwork will form part of a calendar to be distributed to the community. The competition ends 28 October 2005. For more information please contact Sharelle on 54433599.
Tasmanian Brokerage Model Request A Success NorthCoast Women’s Health Centre |
There were a total of 57 applications in this first year of the awards. Eight organizations were selected as finalists and received site visits from members of the judging panel. We are proud to announce NCACCH was chosen as one of these 8 finalists. John Spink (CEO) and Tom Cleary (Chairperson) attended the awards ceremony at the BHP Billiton House in Melbourne on 29, 30 and 31st August 2005. The Koori Heritage Trust (VIC) were the overall winners with Sunrise Health Service (NT) and Central Aust Ab Congress (NT) receiving the runner up awards. NCACCH was highly commended on our efforts, and we are all very proud to have made the finals. The awards were shown on SBS News on 30/08/2005 ."
Sexual Health Poster Competition Prizes 1st Prize: $1000 shopping voucher at plaza 2nd Prize: Portable DVD Player 3rd Prize: MP3 Player 4th-12th Prize: $50 shopping voucher at plaza
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The CEO (John Spink) and Jill Hogarth (Board Member) travelled to Hobart on the 8 and 9th September 2005 to meet with the Karadi Aboriginal Women's Corporation and gave a presentation on the "Brokerage Model." Arriving in Hobart on the Thursday, they were taken straight to Karadi to give the presentation. A representative from the Tasmanian Division of General Practice, members of staff and members from the community were invited to attend the event. The presentation was very well received and the North Coast Brokerage Model DVD impressed all who viewed. The staff and community members were very friendly and looked after John and Jill providing a great lunch. They met with the Northern Division of GP to discuss the model. They were inquisitive and impressed with how well it was working here on the Coast and Gympie areas. On the Friday, they met with OATSIH in which further discussions were made. They were also impressed with how the model works. Karadi have been issued with $60K from OATSIH to implement and set up a brokerage model and are very keen to develop a contract with NCACCH to implement the model. This is great news for NCACCH and our community. It proves our service is successful and with the implementation and hopeful success of our first pilot it will ensure positive future proposals from other organizations/community groups across Australia.
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North Coast Women's Health Centre The staff of the North Coast Women’s Health Centre are committed to the provisions of a quality clinical service with an emphasis on personal care, choice and confidentiality. They offer confidential consultations, pap smears, breast checks, sexual health checks, contraceptive advice including diaphragm fitting and IUCD’s, pregnancy testing and counselling, infertility assessment, management of menstrual and hormonal problems, menopause advice and treatment. They offer Medicare bulk billing for all clinical services. Clinic Hours are: Monday: 12.30pm - 5.00pm Tuesday: 9.00am - 4.30pm Wednesday: 9.00am - 12.30pm Every 2nd Thursday by appointment Friday: 8.30am - 12.30pm These hours and days may vary due to Dr other commitments. Please always phone first to check opening hours. They recommend they you make an appointment, but in an emergency they will do their best to meet your needs. Demitron House 54433977 To access one of our services you may contact one of our referrers. |
After holding our membership drive for the 2005/06 financial year, our memberships numbers have increased significantly. We now have 134 full members and 16 associate members. This is great for NCACCH and the services we provide and would like to thank everyone for their support. Your contributions will ensure the continuation of the services you are accustomed to.
Following is a comparison of figures between 2003/04 and 2004/05 financial years.
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TOTAL CLIENT'S TO G.P.'S
TOTAL CLIENT REFERRALS
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TOTAL VISIT'S TO G.P.'S
TOTAL REFERRAL'S TO SERVICE PROVIDERS
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As you can see, the total client visit’s to the G.P.’s have increased dramatically over the past year. This is mainly due to more client’s becoming aware and applying for the Health Access Card. The referral’s to Service Providers have also risen quite significantly. Back to the Index
Men's and Women's Groups
"Up and Running"
The Men’s and Women’s group are now up and running again and we would like to invite all interested person’s to attend. As most of you are aware, we had to temporarily stop our meetings due to lack of interest and funding. This is a great way of getting involved in your community and is a valuable form of networking in meeting other people in order to keep in touch with what’s happening. We appreciate your support and without your presence, will not be able to continue these groups. A good mixture of community and business members get together once a month to discuss business affecting you. We invite guest speakers to come along and talk to you about items of interest as requested by you. So please come along for a chat, bite to eat and make some new friends and contacts. Phone Sharelle on 54433599 to RSVP. Transport is available for both groups and can be arranged when confirming your attendance.
WOMEN’S GROUP DATE: 19 October 2005 RSVP: 07 October 2005 TIME: 10.30am - 12.00pm VENUE: Millwell Rd Community Centre 11 Millwell Rd (East) MAROOCHYDORE GUEST SPEAKER Jo Steward - Family Planning |
MEN’S GROUP DATE: 14 October 2005 RSVP: 07 October 2005 TIME: 7.30am - 9.30am VENUE: Moffit Beach BBQ Area Seaview Tce (Off Roderick St) MOFFIT BEACH GUEST SPEAKER Ken Warren - Counsellor |
DO YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH ACCESS CARD
Contact a North Coast Referrer to complete an application form ( List of Community Referrers on the next page). Show proof of residence of the Sunshine Coast or Gympie District for at least 3 months e.g. electricity bill. Have and show your current Medicare Card which must be used in conjunction with the NCACCH Health Access Card. NOTE: You must have possession of and produce your Health Access Card before the doctor will bulk-bill you. This card will ensure that bulk billing occurs as long as the doctor is participating in the scheme. Let NCACCH know of your CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR DEPENDANT DETAILS as soon as possible to ensure all records are kept up to date. |
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ADULT HEALTH CHECKS AVAILABLE THROUGH YOUR LOCAL DOCTOR
Full Adult Health Assessments are currently being offered through your local doctor free of charge. The purpose of the assessments are to enable GP's to undertake an holistic in-depth assessment of the health of a person in the context of their social and physical environment. The doctor will do a basic assessment of the individuals physical, psychological and social health status and with joint identification with the patient consider the need for any preventative health care, support and/or education to improve functioning and quality of life. The assessment is open to any Indigenous person's aged 55 years and over and non-indigenous person's aged 75 years and over. You also need to be living in your home only (including retirement village) not in hospital, day hospital, or in a residential aged care facility. Client's may have an assessment once per year. The assessments can be done at the patients home, at the doctors surgery or a combination of both. |
You may need to schedule two appointments though as they can take approx. 30-40 minutes to complete. This is a great opportunity for our community to visit your local doctor and have an assessment done to ensure your health is at its best and any problems are diagnosed and preventative measures can be put in place if any issues are discovered.
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REFERRERS
NOTE: This list is current at the time of publication. For an up to date list please follow this link.
Maroochydore Nambour Noosa/Tewantin Pomona / Cooroy Alexandra Headlands/Mooloolaba * Mobile - Able to travel to client |
Gympie Caloundra Hinterland Kawana Imbil Tin Can Bay |
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NCACCH has been feeling the strain on our budget in the 2004/05 year in supplying the services you are all accustomed to. This is mainly due to people migrating to the Sunshine Coast from surrounding areas to access our services. Extra funding has been requested through our funding body OATSIH to help keep up with the demand on services due to the increase of clients. We now have 3033 clients on our database, which is 93% percent of the total Indigenous people who identify with the other 7% being non-indigenous. The 2001 census shows the total Indigenous population being 3100. |
Tom Cleary (NCACCH Chairperson) has recently been elected as chairperson for the newly formed Wide Bay Health Forum. This is newly formed group which covers North Bundaberg to Monto and the Sunshine Coast, including: Maryborough, Cherbourg, Hervey Bay and Gympie. The group are currently in the process of forming partnerships with Qld Health and the Division of G.P.’s to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have better access to health services in the above mentioned areas. I am sure Tom will use his time to the advantage of our community and will keep us updated on the progress of the group. |
| Come and see your resource centre, training/meeting room, whether to just browse or for the purpose of research. Titles available and issues covered include; .Age and Health Care
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North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for 3 Mungar Street PO Box 479 Phone: 5443 3599 Find us on the web BOARD OF MANAGEMENT Chairperson - Tom Cleary Ordinary Committee Members
Phone: 07 5443 3599 |
Office of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health.
